Re: Advice on Multiple Volume Settings

[Eric Steinberg <eric.steinberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Usually I set up my gain structure the same way that I would with a hardware signal chain- everything that's static is at about 80%, then the last fader in the chain is what I use for a volume control.  But 50% is fine too- it's just that 80% sort of visually corresponds to where "unity" is on most hardware faders.

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Kenneth Jacker <khj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I want to ask the "experts" on this mailing list a question I've had
for years.  It involves "best practices" for the multiple volume
settings available on most computer systems ...

Say I am playing an audio stream from 'last.fm'.

The way I see it, there are *four* different possible volume settings:
"line" (e.g., PCM) volume, application (e.g., Rhythmbox, TVTime, ...)
volume, mixer "master" volume, and speaker volume.

I would guess that the last (speaker) volume should be set (dynamically
when needed) to whatever is currently most appropriate for the listener.

But what about the other three?  Should they all be set at 50%?
If not, what other values should be used?

Can anyone give some guidelines?


Thanks for your comments!
--
Prof Kenneth H Jacker       khj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Computer Science Dept       www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj
Appalachian State Univ
Boone, NC  28608  USA

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