You say that you have two separate programs that are having audio issues, so something is going wrong on your end. I found
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that suggests having a youtube video playing while starting the game as a workaround. Does that work?
Just because it's shown on the calendar doesn't mean it's actually started yet. If the area with the throne has monsters, you need to wait a day. If it has NPCs, then you just sit on the throne for ~13 seconds and you should be transported.