CTMELODY wave file volume level

[Ed Wood]

For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running Windows XP
Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file that
plays when Windows Starts.

After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you can
adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which runs in
the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the CTMELODY
wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the speaker
volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control knob), so
that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of the
other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown, etc.), are
recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO LOUD!

Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

Sincerely,

 

[R. McCarty]

I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.
In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search of
my Windows volume.

You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound
is associated with a system event.

If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor app
such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume
of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by
Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will
automatically replace the original file.

 

[Ed Wood]

I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.
In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search of
my Windows volume.

You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound
is associated with a system event.

If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor app
such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume
of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by
Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will
automatically replace the original file.

 

[Ed Wood]

If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio
Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start Windows,
in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I browsed the
audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an
entirely different sound file.

I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I will try
to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

Thanks for your help,

 

[3c273]

IIRC ctmelody.wav is installed with a sound blaster live. (Thunder sound?)
Like RM said, get audacity and adjust the volume of the file.
Louis

 

[Donald Anadell]

If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio
Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start
Windows,
in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I browsed
the
audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an
entirely different sound file.

I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I will
try
to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

CTMelody.wav is not a default Windows XP sound file. That wave file was
most likely placed on your machine by the Sound Blaster Live(SB Live) setup
CD.

The default startup sound file for Windows XP is "Windows XP Startup.wav"
located in the "C:\WINDOWS\Media" folder.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

 

[Ed Wood]

Boy, you guys are sharp! I did not even mention that I had a SB512 PCI card
installed in my system. Yet you picked up on the Windows Startup audio file
installed by the Creative Labs setup CD.

I have changed the Windows Startup sound file to the standard Windows
Startup, and that has solved my volume problem.

Again, Thanks guys for all your help.

Regards,

 

[Donald Anadell]

Boy, you guys are sharp! I did not even mention that I had a SB512 PCI
card
installed in my system. Yet you picked up on the Windows Startup audio
file
installed by the Creative Labs setup CD.

I have changed the Windows Startup sound file to the standard Windows
Startup, and that has solved my volume problem.

Again, Thanks guys for all your help.

You're welcome Ed, glad you were able to resolve the issue.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell