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1. digital liquid

   
   Posted on: December 09, 2007 at 7:29PM  

   ..why on earth would you create a media driven OS which doesn't suport a stereo in, either by on board sound card OR external.

   A phasing left to right effect from my DJM800 is totally wasted in MONO and more to the point, every single track is being recorded in MONO which totally deadens the track.

   PLEASE tell me there is a fix somewhere for this issue as, I've done my own tests, and its not the mixer, nor is it specific to the USB sound card or on board one; its both!! - Common denominator; VISTA ??

   How can I resolve this issue without switching os or getting a mac?
2. munchkin

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2007 at 8:49AM  

   I love the Volume mixer in the applications that it has been working.  However, windows did its automatic updates and since it did, I no longer get any sound while watching videos in either of my web browsers, IE or Firefox.  Neither program shows up in the volume mixer either. All my other programs for sound work beautifully!  I have tried reinstalling quicktime, Flash, Itunes, with anti-virus and firewalls on and off with no success!

   How do I get these programs to work with sound?  How do I add them to the volume mixer?

   As a side note, since 11/15 my computer has been trying to do an automatic update of KB941649, but always failed.  Spoke with a tech and he was looking into the problem.  In case anyone wants to know, today I downloaded it from the ms website manually and it went right through! (I have Vista Home premium 32 bit)
3. manniongeo

   
   Posted on: December 20, 2007 at 10:29PM  

   Is it generally the case with Vista that the volume of Windows Media Player 11 completely overpowers the volume of the normal system sounds, like bells and dings from error dialogs?

   I've built three Vista machines over the past few weeks, each with completely different hardware, and am experiencing this same issue with each. I assume that I'm missing something obvious, but can't seem to figure it out on my own.

   Using the Volume Mixer, I have 'Speakers' set to 100%, 'Windows Sounds' set to 100%, and 'Windows Media Player' set to perhaps 5%. With my external powered speakers at full blast, WMP sounds good, but the system sounds are barely audible.

   The only way I have been able to equalize the system and WMP sounds is by enabling the 'Loudness Equalization' enhancement. Unfortunately, this quashes the crescendos of all of my music. I understand that this latter behavior is the intent of Loudness Equalization. I'd like to be able to hear the system sounds without using it, though.

   Is this something I can fix with the Volume Mixer?
4. Hakon Strande

   
   Posted on: December 21, 2007 at 10:53PM  

   To manniongeo:

   Your problem is definitely not common and I am not sure what is goin on. The expectation in your case is that the system sounds should be substantially louder than your WMP playback.

   Where are you enabling this "Loudness Equalization" you mention?

   What audio device and driver is used in each of your 3 systems?

   What types of files are you playing in WMP?

   Have you modified your system sounds in any way?

   Is this on a clean install of Windows Vista with no special/additional software installed?

   When I set the Vista Volume Mixer to the settings you describe on all the machines I have in my office (more than 3 :-)) I hear system sounds loud and clear and WMP is very low.

   Hakon Strande - Microsoft
5. Badcam

   
   Posted on: December 27, 2007 at 8:31AM  

   Hi Guys. I too have the same problems as munchkin with the volume levels in played movies etc. Searching the interwebbytubes shows that a LOT of other people are experiencing this problem with Vista. It's not incorrect volume settings, it's not the wrong codecs, it's not that I've forgotten to turn the volume lever up on my laptop. Everything was fine for weeks, but all of a sudden the volume levels for movies in particular have dropped so low I can hardly hear any sound. I hadn't changed any settings, nor installed any new codecs or programs that would affect the sound. In particular this is in relation to headphones (which are the most affected) where previously I had to keep the volume turned down, now I can barely, BARELY hear the audio track. It's on full volume, as is everything else. It too seems to me that this has happened as a result of a Windows Vista Update.

   Can you guys please shed some light on this?
6. Badcam

   
   Posted on: December 28, 2007 at 3:46PM  

   I take it ALL back. I was wrong.

   It's not a Vista bug for me at all. Somehow my Realtek sound driver has been removed and replaced with the standard windows sound driver. How this happened I do not know. All I know is it did. I do know that I didn't remove those drivers myself. I have since re-installed the Realtek drivers and everything is back to normal.

   I still Luffs Ya Vista!
7. jimmyjam

   
   Posted on: December 31, 2007 at 9:30AM  

   I am running Vista Home Basic on an Acer Travelmate 2480.  What I want to do is to use the laptop to stream audio to a piece of wireless sound equipment (Roku M1000).  I have been experimenting with Windows Media Encoder and Broadwave, both of which work fine with Stereo Mix as the default recording device.  The problem is with the Volume Mixer.  I cannot mute the speakers without also muting the stream.  Moreover, the speaker volume seems to set the "max" volume for all other sources.  Is there any way to mute just the speakers and not affect any other application or audio source?  This worked perfectly under XP, by the way.
8. gez

   
   Posted on: January 17, 2008 at 4:46PM  

   Please can you help a complete novice.

   A friend has Windows Vista and his problem is this - he sets the volume sliders for various applications - the problem is that when he is listening through headphones to someone speaking via Microsoft Messenger the slider does not stay put - it goes to the very bottom of the scale and only returns to its previous setting when he or the other party speak - is there a way of disabling any auto settings so that the slider stays put?

   Any help will be appreciated.
9. tunaboy

   
   Posted on: February 19, 2008 at 9:26AM  

   Hi,

   I just got a new computer with Vista, and plugged in the 2 front speakers and woofer from my old xp computer (the integrated card couldn't take the rear or center speakers).

   Here's my problem: the lowest setting in the volume mixer is too high.  The upshot: I can either have no sound, or sound that could wake up my 2 year old at night. I'd like the volume to be about half of the lowest setting currently possible.

   Is there any way to fix this?

   Thanks!
10. craigh

    
    Posted on: March 07, 2008 at 9:50PM  

    I like the idea of spliting the old wavetable into programs but why loose the input control? I have a USB soundcard which has an internal Microphone. In XP I could mute the mic in the mixer for recording and monitoring separately but I find that in Vista I can only mute the mic for recording. The mic only shows an an input device not an output device and does not control the output. This makes the soundcard rather useless as an output device in a live situation. I would like to add the input devices as playback devices list so that input monitoring can be controlled.