Really big and annoying problem with mixer!

RS1485

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So i have been always having a headset with a sound controller on it, but i also always had a media keyboard, which let me control the audio mixer in windows with 3 buttons, 1 is mute, second is lower the sound with 3 steps, third is to make it louder with 3 steps.

So yesterday my headset with sound control broke. So i took my new headset (which doesn't have controller) and pluged it in, the problem was that i could hear sound when it was on ZERO, and then hear a LOT of sound when i pressed the button so it would be louder, and MAX when i pressed it again.

So the main problem is, The audio mixer in my windows 7 makes so that the sound is very near to max when it is about 10% (out of 100). I have been searching on this problem but didnt find anything. I have onboard sound on an M2N-SLI and this has nothing to do in faulty cable/headset/driver.

In XP there was an option called WAVE ( i think ) which i could lower and then everything was fine, and there was another which itself was the "main" sound that i could control.

PS.: When i had the controllable headset, i pushed the sound to max in the PC, but i never lowered it IN the pc, i used the controller on the headset.

Anyone know a fix for this?


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I was thinking perhaps the "Loudness Equalization" is on in the "Enhancements" section.

Ap
It just made it louder for me

On my sound system, which has a SoundBlaster sound card, when I go to the Control Panel/Sound Panel and then double click on the icon for my Speakers another panel comes up. In that panel is a "levels" tab and in the Levels section is the option for controlling the volume levels of each sound type, like the old Windows XP sound panel.

Check yours to see if you have this.
tried that, unfortuantely when i lower the sound to 20 or below, it all gets reseted and goes back to original. ANyway thanks for the advice
 
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On my sound system, which has a SoundBlaster sound card, when I go to the Control Panel/Sound Panel and then double click on the icon for my Speakers another panel comes up. In that panel is a "levels" tab and in the Levels section is the option for controlling the volume levels of each sound type, like the old Windows XP sound panel.

Check yours to see if you have this.
 

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I was thinking perhaps the "Loudness Equalization" is on in the "Enhancements" section.

Ap
 

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Assembled in my workshop
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RME 24/96 Card, Realtek Internal Audio PreSonus FireStudio
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On my sound system, which has a SoundBlaster sound card, when I go to the Control Panel/Sound Panel and then double click on the icon for my Speakers another panel comes up. In that panel is a "levels" tab and in the Levels section is the option for controlling the volume levels of each sound type, like the old Windows XP sound panel.

Check yours to see if you have this.
tried that, unfortuantely when i lower the sound to 20 or below, it all gets reseted and goes back to original. ANyway thanks for the advice
 

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OS
Windows 7
I was thinking perhaps the "Loudness Equalization" is on in the "Enhancements" section.

Ap
It just made it louder for me


With it off.... it may make it louder (depends on the input material) but you should have more control.

At least it works that way here.

Ap
 

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Assembled in my workshop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.00gHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P35-S3G
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Sound Card
RME 24/96 Card, Realtek Internal Audio PreSonus FireStudio
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 1917 (x2)
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024 on both monitors
Hard Drives
Three 250GB Seagate SATA Barracuda 7200rpm
PSU
Rosewill 500-watt
Case
Rosewill mid-tower
Cooling
Noctua NH-U9B (CPU), PwrSupply fan + single large case Fan
Keyboard
Macally w/2/USB ports.
Mouse
Trackman Wheel
Other Info
Event 20/20 bas studio monitors, Yamaha sub.
Rackmount Korg/Roland/Yamaha synthesizers,
Cubase MIDI/audio recording. Sony Soundforge audio/mastering software. CD Architect Mastering. RME & Presonus audio interfaces.

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Have you tried reinstalling the sound driver? and/or checking the vendor for a possible updated driver.
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
My Own Build
OS
Windows 10 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 6700K
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
Memory
16GB Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card(s)
Intel CPU Graphics
Sound Card
RealTek
Monitor(s) Displays
27" Dell S2719dgf
Screen Resolution
2560X1440
Hard Drives
1 TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD for Win 10 Pro
500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD for Win 10 Insider
2 TB drive for backup
PSU
EVGA Supernova 750G2
Case
BeQuiet Silent Base 600
Cooling
Deepcool Captain 120EX
Keyboard
Microsoft Wireless 2000
Mouse
Microsoft wireless
Internet Speed
100 MB/sec (Cable)
Antivirus
Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes
Browser
Edge/Firefox
Other Info
Cakewalk (Sonar) by BandLab and Studio One 4.1 Pro recording studio software. MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface, Frontier Tranzport wireless control unit, Behringer X-Touch Control Surface.
Five USB connected optical drives for CD Audio production using Nero BurningROM
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