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Questions tagged [mixer]

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Windows 8 turns program sound volume down randomly

I recently upgraded to Windows 8 from Win 7 64 bit and have started to encounter a strange issue. When I have any program running which plays sound, such as a game or spotify, after a random interval (usually around 5-10 minutes) the program sound…
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Per-application audio control that works in Windows 7 64 Bit

Added: Last item that I could not gain (per-app) control of is "System Sounds" I do not know what executable or window to "talk to" to control this item. On Windows 7, I'm still looking for a per-application adjustment of the focused program audio…
Psycogeek
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How can I make the sound direction from an application "move" with the window position?

I currently use 3 monitors to efficiëntly use multiple windows and applications at the same time. This works very well for me in general, but I have a problem. Sometimes a specific window, application or other sound source start producing sound and…
dtech
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Win7 - mute sound in mixer for particular application by keyboard shortcut

I was wondering whether there is a way to mute / unmute a particular application in the mixer by a keyboard shortcut. So e.g. by CTRL M W to mute / unmute the sound of Winamp. I am not asking about muting sound in general as in Is there a shortcut…
Horst Walter
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Where did the volume control options go in Windows 7?

XP's sndvol32 sound mixer used to feature individual volume controls such as Wave, SW Synth and CD Player, PC Speaker or PCM SPDIF among others. These could be set hidden or visible under it's menu Options / properties / (device) / playback . With…
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Per-application sound balance in Windows 7

I like the new volume mixer in Windows 7, but it lacks balance controls. I know of the master balance control in the device properties, but what I really want is control of stereo balance per application, so I can have one program panned left and…
Steven Barnett
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Routing sound in Windows 7 to separate devices

When I'm running games through Steam (for example Skyrim), I like to use my Razer USB headset and I would like to have devices such as Google Chrome or VLC etc. playing through my speakers at the same time. Is there a way to set specific…
Sam
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Sometimes sounds change the Windows mixer settings

I find that pretty sporadically something will make a sound, and then mess with the audio settings of another applications. If I am playing music in Foobar2000, and then plug in an iPod which loads iTunes. The FooBar2000 windows mixer volume will go…
Arelius
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Cannot record from Windows Stereo Mixer in Windows 8

How to capture desktop audio with Audacity or similar programs? I need to capture sound which is produced by programs. I remember I should select windows mixer to record it, but currently I hear nothin with audacity. Why? Windows is Windows 8. Is…
Suzan Cioc
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How can I set the CD audio volume in Linux?

In Windows 7 Control Panel -> Sound -> Sound Properties window there's an slider for setting CD Audio volume: And it's pretty strange that I can't find corresponding one in generic Linux mixers: alsamixer or amixer. I connected a CD drive to try to…
Ilya I
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Sound Mixer on Windows to mix sound over several output devices

I am looking for software that primarily let me mix sound over all devices, sound-cards etc. For example to have sound mixed over a blue-tooth headset and laptop speakers. It should also be possible to see where which apps (Like SKype for example)…
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Something is blocking audio controls?

Lately I noticed that something seems to be blocking various audio controls - mixer mostly. I can't access mixer window from taskbar, my keyboard volume knob doesn't work, mute too. But - all the generated events are there, because when the problem…
user7385
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Windows program start with specified audio level

Is there a way for a windows program to start up such that its audio level (as seen in the volume mixer) is at a specified level? Simply being able to remember its previous level from when last run would be perfectly fine.
Matthew
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Audio input not working Ubuntu 9.10

My audio input is a mix of my mic output and my sound card output. I'd like it to be just my mic output. I was able to do so in Ubuntu 9.04 but the interface is 9.10 is totally changed and I tried every my creativity was able to think. It's really…
Andrea Ambu
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Volume Mixer automatically mutes game

I am running a game (3d movie maker) and the Volume mixer has set the sound right down to 0. So I put the volume back up, but as soon as I click back to the game, the volume goes right back down again. I've read similar problems, but this isn't…
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