SOLVED: No sound in Rift after reformat of Windows 10

I recently reformatted my system. Fresh install of Windows 10 and Steam and Rift (through Steam)

System has been running great, except I couldn't get sound working in Rift. I'm using a Sound Blaster ZxR

I've updated drivers, reinstalled drivers, installed DirectX 9 web installer, and the redistributable. Updated and reinstalled everything I could think would be related to Rift.

I was running out of ideas, and for whatever reason I was clicking through the audio settings in Rift and I adjusted the Master volume within Rift (which was at its default of 90). As soon as I moved it, the audio started working.

I'm posting this to hopefully save others hours of troubleshooting and headaches, when it would be solved with simply playing with the slider.

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SOLVED: No sound in Rift after reformat of Windows 10