Setting the volume of various sound elements.

[Alan Moorman]

I've taken to playing CDs (from my hard drive files -- using Windows
Media Player) while I'm working, but turning the volume up to a nice
level for the music makes the Windows sound scheme bits painfully
loud!

I've opened the mixer, but it seems the WMP and the systems sounds
are on the same input, so I can't leave the system sounds down at an
acceptable level.

Any way to reassign those sounds to another input?

Thanks,
Alan Moorman

 

[peter]

I just turn the system sounds off.....I dont need a little ping to tell me
I've closed a file or a tune to tell me I've got mail...I am a reasonably
intellegent male who knows when I click the X the files close and when the
little flashing mail icon shows up I've got mail.
peter

 

[Alan Moorman]

I just turn the system sounds off.....I dont need a little ping to tell me
I've closed a file or a tune to tell me I've got mail...I am a reasonably
intellegent male who knows when I click the X the files close and when the
little flashing mail icon shows up I've got mail.
peter

I know. But that's so. . . .. . well, . . . practical!

Thanks,
Alan

 

[Phil Weldon]

'Alan' wrote:
| I've taken to playing CDs (from my hard drive files -- using Windows
| Media Player) while I'm working, but turning the volume up to a nice
| level for the music makes the Windows sound scheme bits painfully
| loud!
|
| I've opened the mixer, but it seems the WMP and the systems sounds
| are on the same input, so I can't leave the system sounds down at an
| acceptable level.
|
| Any way to reassign those sounds to another input?
_____

You can't change the sound assignment to a different input because the
device that produces wave sounds for any digital music player also produces
wave sounds for system events. What you could do is build a new set of
system sounds with a lower level.
Or wait for Windows Vista.

Phil Weldon

| I've taken to playing CDs (from my hard drive files -- using Windows
| Media Player) while I'm working, but turning the volume up to a nice
| level for the music makes the Windows sound scheme bits painfully
| loud!
|
| I've opened the mixer, but it seems the WMP and the systems sounds
| are on the same input, so I can't leave the system sounds down at an
| acceptable level.
|
| Any way to reassign those sounds to another input?
|
| Thanks,
| Alan Moorman
|
|

 

[Falco98]

I've taken to playing CDs (from my hard drive files -- using Windows
Media Player) while I'm working, but turning the volume up to a nice
level for the music makes the Windows sound scheme bits painfully
loud!

I've opened the mixer, but it seems the WMP and the systems sounds
are on the same input, so I can't leave the system sounds down at an
acceptable level.

Any way to reassign those sounds to another input?

Thanks,
Alan Moorman

Use Winamp with the (included) DirectSound output plugin selected (i
think the other output plugins work fine too, but haven't checked in a
while). It controls volume relatively independently of windows'
wave-sounds, and has preamp control. Plus it's all kinds of more
configurable and less cartoon-ware compared to WMP.

 

[Alan Moorman]

Use Winamp with the (included) DirectSound output plugin selected (i
think the other output plugins work fine too, but haven't checked in a
while). It controls volume relatively independently of windows'
wave-sounds, and has preamp control. Plus it's all kinds of more
configurable and less cartoon-ware compared to WMP.

Thanks. I'll go look for it!

Alan

 

[Alan Moorman]

Thanks. I'll go look for it!

Alan

OK. I found it, downloaded it, and installed it.

But it seems really really clumsy when it comes to just playing music
selections from the library. WMP is much more up-front about how to
do everything!

Perhaps WinAmp is good for burning, though! ?

Alan