Volume too low?

rockhpi · 07-01-09, 11:18 PM

SHIV works fine for me, except the volume sounds like it's set to about 50%. I have to crank the stereo way up to hear it properly. Volume is set to max in the options. No other games/programs have this problem. I have a Soundblaster X-Fi sound card, Vista 32-bit. I have seen threads about sounds going high-to-low, cutting out, etc. but mine is just always very quiet. Has anyone else experienced this?

SteveUK · 07-02-09, 07:04 AM

Sometimes my volume went skyhigh for some reason, installed new driversnow it stays the same level but haven't come across your problem sorry.

Have you tried downloading latest ones for your card?

fred8615 · 07-02-09, 08:09 AM

When I was playing on XP I had to turn the computer sound up all the way in order to hear at a decent level. But after installing the Windows 7 RC, I only have to go up about halfway now.

Rockin Robbins · 07-02-09, 08:45 AM

Ditto rockhpi, I think SH4 volume is about 50% compared to just about everything else. I like to run a media player with SH4 and it makes relative volumes a little tricky.

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.

07-01-09, 11:18 PM	#1
rockhpi Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Volume too low? SHIV works fine for me, except the volume sounds like it's set to about 50%. I have to crank the stereo way up to hear it properly. Volume is set to max in the options. No other games/programs have this problem. I have a Soundblaster X-Fi sound card, Vista 32-bit. I have seen threads about sounds going high-to-low, cutting out, etc. but mine is just always very quiet. Has anyone else experienced this?

07-02-09, 08:09 AM	#3
fred8615 Saint of the seas Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sorrento, Louisiana Posts: 1,320 Downloads: 265 Uploads: 127	When I was playing on XP I had to turn the computer sound up all the way in order to hear at a decent level. But after installing the Windows 7 RC, I only have to go up about halfway now. __________________ Frederick J. Barnett Radio Stations & Music Captain's Desk Photos FJB Camera Pre Pearl Harbor Career Start Office links, Info Boxes, & 50 cal Crew Rank Fix Sub Class Info Real Subs SH4 Randomizer Sub Images Office Images Sub Pinups & Pics 24 Hour Clocks Office Posters Nav Map Make-Over Add-ons FJB Navigation Maps Office Window Chronographs Someone's got to take the responsibility if the job's going to get done! Do you think that's easy?! - Gregory Peck, The Guns of Navarone. Last edited by fred8615; 07-02-09 at 09:15 AM.

07-02-09, 08:45 AM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Ditto rockhpi, I think SH4 volume is about 50% compared to just about everything else. I like to run a media player with SH4 and it makes relative volumes a little tricky. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

07-02-09, 11:48 AM	#6
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	#8
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, 07:04 AM	#2
SteveUK Helmsman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Essex, England Posts: 107 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Sometimes my volume went skyhigh for some reason, installed new driversnow it stays the same level but haven't come across your problem sorry. Have you tried downloading latest ones for your card?

07-02-09, 09:00 AM	#5
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	#7
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.

07-02-09, 09:20 PM	#9
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