[ale] Let's discuss audio settings - why all the volume controls?!

[Ed Cashin]

If you turn everything up all the way, it might not sound ideal.

This problem occurs whenever there are different parts of a system that
processes sound, predating computers.

https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/gain-staging/

Usually I put the mixers at about 80% of max and use application volume
controls for listening pleasure.


On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 3:19 PM Allen Beddingfield via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> Something that drives me crazy is the number of places for adjusting the
> volume on a PC.
> For example, I'm currently listening to MP3s with Clementine player.
>
> 1.  There is a volume control in the player
> 2.  There is a volume control on the audio applet at the bottom of the
> screen
> 3.  My speakers have a volume knob
> 4.  If I click the "mixer" button on the audio applet, there is an
> individual volume level for each running application, and "system sounds"
>
> That makes FOUR places to change the volume.  What do you do?
> Crank all the software volume controls to 100%, and change the volume with
> the mechanical knob?  Set them all at 50% and use the mechanical knob?  Set
> the mechanical knob to some sane midpoint, and control the volume with a
> software control (which one?)
> Is there an officially recommended procedure?
> What's the purpose of all of these?
>
> Allen B.
>
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