10 Things - Volume Mixer

re: 10 Things - Volume Mixer

kaceltd — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:14:38 GMT

1) How can I assign my MSN IM and Internet Radio feeds (Volume out) under Windows Volume Mixer, separately to an external mixer; such that the IM channel feed does not contain Internet Radio steam and vice-versa?

2) Is it possible to run two Windows Media player Internet Radio streams concurrently?

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jambly405 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:55:28 GMT

I have a guitarport USB device,I used to play a jam track through media player, and play along through the gutarport and all worked fine in XP. In Vista, not so, if I play the track (mp3 or whatever) the sound in media center (or any player) will mute when I start to play through the guitarport - I haven't found a way to stop the channel muting - This doesn't seem like a 'mixer' to me - Is there a way to control this behavior?

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Sai — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:08:12 GMT

Hi , Recently i have got sony vaio cr24g with vista home premium . being a visually challenged i use screenreading software jaws to operate a computer , but with vista voice of jaws [text to speach] is very low , i have checked all the settings from volume mixer it seems everything is fine , i have set the highest volume for jaws from mixer , and i have pulled all other volume level on maximum level , for cross checking i have used text to speach provided by microsoft SAPI5 from ease of access , volume level of SAPI5 is much lower than my screenreader . in other cases like mp3 files i am getting exceptable volume as compare to text to speach . i cant operate my laptop without my screenreader so please help me out , waiting for your reply , thanks in advance .

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craigh — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:50:48 GMT

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.

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tunaboy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:26:19 GMT

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!

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gez — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:46:48 GMT

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.

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jimmyjam — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:30:27 GMT

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.

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Badcam — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:46:47 GMT

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!

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Badcam — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:31:16 GMT

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?

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Hakon Strande — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:53:00 GMT

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

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manniongeo — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:29:38 GMT

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?

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munchkin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:49:09 GMT

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)

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digital liquid — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:29:52 GMT

..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?

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liebezeit — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:01:00 GMT

"2. An app could be set to feed into multiple outputs, for example multi-room audio distribution."

Please, please, I beg you! Implement this in SP1 or earlier. JohnHind is right on target here. At the bare minimum let us output the entire mix to multiple outputs, like we could with XP.

If this and the monitor-profile-resetting bug were fixed, I would be fairly happy with my computer. As it is I am seriously considering going back to XP, which would be a serious hassle.

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Dudu Lins — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:39:48 GMT

I found this mixer stuff a little bit complicated, since I don't have the option to change a application from one device to another... So much time wasted when I have to close iTunes and re-open since I was using speakers and want to use headphones... Or unplug headphones and plug back in and the app doesn't work... Microsoft should do something about it in service pack 1 to come!!!