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Sound level varies without my changing it
Over the last three desktops I have owned, I have found that a
system volume level of "20" is a good base. The "You have mail" ..wav that I had added to my Agent email isn't too loud, I can hear the sound of The Daily Show and Colbert Report, and the sound from Toggle Keys is at this same level when I press the CapsLock, NumLock or ScrollLock keys. All sounds have the same level. My old HP with Windows 8.1 Pro had consistent sound levels. However, with this new HP using Windows 8.1 Home, at a volume setting of "20," the "You have mail" is a little too loud, the normal system sounds of Windows are a little too soft, and the ToggleKeys sounds are barely audible - most of the time. The ToggleKeys sound level will vary during the day with no change in my overall volume setting of "20." Weird. Does anyone have a idea what's different in this new HP from my old desktops. |
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Sound level varies without my changing it
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:38:39 -0500, Kirk Bubul wrote:
Over the last three desktops I have owned, I have found that a system volume level of "20" is a good base. The "You have mail" .wav that I had added to my Agent email isn't too loud, I can hear the sound of The Daily Show and Colbert Report, and the sound from Toggle Keys is at this same level when I press the CapsLock, NumLock or ScrollLock keys. All sounds have the same level. My old HP with Windows 8.1 Pro had consistent sound levels. However, with this new HP using Windows 8.1 Home, at a volume setting of "20," the "You have mail" is a little too loud, the normal system sounds of Windows are a little too soft, and the ToggleKeys sounds are barely audible - most of the time. The ToggleKeys sound level will vary during the day with no change in my overall volume setting of "20." Weird. Does anyone have a idea what's different in this new HP from my old desktops. The speakers are likely as strong as they ever were so you definitely don't need to look at that. If it's an all-in-one desktop, you're likely operating with 2w speakers and not getting excellent volume either way. However, your issue is most likely due to the fact that the sound settings within Windows are not configured to your liking. This is very easy to fix. Simply double-click on the volume icon at the bottom-right of your Windows desktop then choose 'Mixer' at the bottom. There, you can set the volume for each type of sound. -- Silver Slimer GNU/Linux is Communism The average GNU/Linux user: http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instanc...x/38314453.jpg "That is incorrect. GNU/Linux is worse then communism because at least in a communist country you would be paid a wage for your work. In GNU/Linux your work helps some fat cat on wall street earn bigger dividends in his stock portfolio because nobody had to pay for your work. Of course, Linus is a big winner since he earns millions of dollars on the sucker programmers free labor." - Michael Bachmann |
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Sound level varies without my changing it
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:50:14 -0500, "Silver Slimer"
wrote: On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:38:39 -0500, Kirk Bubul wrote: Over the last three desktops I have owned, I have found that a system volume level of "20" is a good base. The "You have mail" .wav that I had added to my Agent email isn't too loud, I can hear the sound of The Daily Show and Colbert Report, and the sound from Toggle Keys is at this same level when I press the CapsLock, NumLock or ScrollLock keys. All sounds have the same level. My old HP with Windows 8.1 Pro had consistent sound levels. However, with this new HP using Windows 8.1 Home, at a volume setting of "20," the "You have mail" is a little too loud, the normal system sounds of Windows are a little too soft, and the ToggleKeys sounds are barely audible - most of the time. The ToggleKeys sound level will vary during the day with no change in my overall volume setting of "20." Weird. Does anyone have a idea what's different in this new HP from my old desktops. The speakers are likely as strong as they ever were so you definitely don't need to look at that. If it's an all-in-one desktop, you're likely operating with 2w speakers and not getting excellent volume either way. The new desktop is a mid-tower. The speakers are my old faithful Sonys that I paid $100 for over 15 years ago. Their settings haven't been changed in months, certainly not in the three weeks since I got my new desktop. However, your issue is most likely due to the fact that the sound settings within Windows are not configured to your liking. This is very easy to fix. Simply double-click on the volume icon at the bottom-right of your Windows desktop then choose 'Mixer' at the bottom. There, you can set the volume for each type of sound. My Mixer gives me only Speakers/Headphones, System Sounds, and Mozilla Firefox as choices. I've seen five or more choices in past desktops. I've never had to fiddle with those settings in the past. I will fiddle now. What really bugs me is that the ToggleKeys sound will go from almost inaudible to normal sound level during a single period of operation. *That* I don't understand, since I'm changing no settings. |
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