Volume too low?

vickers03 · 07-02-09, 09:00 AM

same soundcard, same volume problems

Pisces · 07-02-09, 11:48 AM

It's a Vista 'feature'! (and W7 is based on it, so it has it too ofcourse) Each program has it's own volume slider in the mixing panel, seperate from the 'master' volume slider. I think it defaults to 50%. This allows you to almost mute unimportant background applications without also limiting the main application soundlevel. But I find it far from easy to use.

rockhpi · 07-02-09, 01:21 PM

How do you access that slider to set it higher? No other programs give me this trouble.

Thanks for all the responses.

Pisces · 07-02-09, 03:16 PM

I have a speaker icon in the taskbar, near the clock. For the slider for that game to be to appear the program needs to be running, so you are forced to Alt-tab out of the game to adjust it.

Rockin Robbins · 07-02-09, 09:20 PM

I use a little utility called Volumouse, which lets me press the Alt button and then use my mouse scroll wheel to adjust the volume in any program. I'm running XP.

07-02-09, 11:48 AM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	It's a Vista 'feature'! (and W7 is based on it, so it has it too ofcourse) Each program has it's own volume slider in the mixing panel, seperate from the 'master' volume slider. I think it defaults to 50%. This allows you to almost mute unimportant background applications without also limiting the main application soundlevel. But I find it far from easy to use. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

07-02-09, 03:16 PM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I have a speaker icon in the taskbar, near the clock. For the slider for that game to be to appear the program needs to be running, so you are forced to Alt-tab out of the game to adjust it. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

07-02-09, 09:20 PM	#5
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I use a little utility called Volumouse, which lets me press the Alt button and then use my mouse scroll wheel to adjust the volume in any program. I'm running XP. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

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07-02-09, 09:00 AM	#1
vickers03 Pooped from posting Join Date: May 2007 Location: germany Posts: 999 Downloads: 712 Uploads: 37	same soundcard, same volume problems

07-02-09, 01:21 PM	#3
rockhpi Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How do you access that slider to set it higher? No other programs give me this trouble. Thanks for all the responses.