Winamp quieter than other programs

When I try the "alt setting mode" as stated above It does indeed decouple it from the wave out on the main windows volume control. If I raise the windows wave volume my winamp does indeed get louder. This indicates that it isnt really decoupled, just another layer of volume controls has been added on.

I can't ever get my winamp louder than the waves. Am I doing something wrong? I believe that is how it works for me as well agent Unfortunately that may be how their plug-in works.

Perhaps there is an alternative plug-in with better volume control? I am using an old-skool SB Live! I'm glad someone asked because I'd been wondering at this too. Something else I fond funny is I cut the buffering to 50ms. I did this because I figured it shoudln't need to buffer, since virtually any MP3 I have will be loaded entirely into RAM When you have Megs and rarely use much of it, setting Winamp to load all files smaller than 16 Megs into RAM is of no consequence, and helps reduce any skipping.

Unfortunately, taking the buffer down made it basically not work. Doesn't make sense. I did find that a ms buffer was enough for smooth playback, vs the recommended ms. It's a little late and 'all, but basically I think you're fucked. Whatever funky drivers Winamp or any windows program for that matter uses it still has to send a final sound stream to the soundcard drivers and subsequent playback via the hardware. The soundcard driver is the one and only gateway from windows to the hardware, and the wave-slider in the volume control is indeed the master level control Hey - "master level control" has a nice TRON ring to it.

The way this works is that there is a maximum level, and you cannot go over it, only under. Cheesy windows programs without a volume control usually just sends everything at maximum level. The ICQ foghorn has been mentioned and I think that the combined ear damage of that one wav-file all over the globe is enormous.

If you lower the master volume control that only means that ALL the sounds that are send to hardware output is lowered. Is there hope? Well not without another sound card and something that mixes that outputs of your soundcards together.

Most people I know who cherish their sanity and hearing just plain disable windows sounds and ICQ and e-mail sounds etc.

If there is one particular event that you absolutely must have an aural que to you can get a nice soft sound from somewhere and replace the perpetrating sound. Nowadays several apps can request waveout and windows will mix the output. For example, I can play a song in winamp using the waveout plugin, then start a movie in WMP and I will hear both the song and the movie music. That's funny. I don't think so. Maybe you are fucked when it comes to this, but I sure am not. I generally leave it alone.

In fact, I don't even use the WinAmp mixer. My stereo does a fine job of it. How to make winamp loud and windows quiet? Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor. Richard Berg. Janx Spirit. Posted: Sun Sep 23, pm. Posted: Mon Sep 24, am. Janx Spirit "rather alcoholic and potent" Ars Praefectus Tribus: bork bork bork! Registered: Jul 17, Posts: Posted: Mon Sep 24, pm. Well done, but I would prefer less 'active' leveling - This is a nice plug-in, but unfortunately it's always auto-leveling, like a compressor, and seesm to affect the dynamic range of the music.

I would like to see an option for normalized playback, which would set the peak volume to a set level, and everything in relation to that. I'm not sure if this is clear Expecially in passages with a lot of dynamic range. I think the problem with the style I'd like is that the entire mp3 file would need to be scanned before playback began, to find the peak level.

This one is simply always tweaking the level during playback. I love the fact that it works transparently in the background. Works good - I use the plugin for years now from version 1. Works perfectly. The best volume balancing plug-in I've tried! It seems to use a different concept than the other two. I have a wide variety of mp3's, many different volume levels, many different types of music.

TomSteady manages to make them all sound about right, and using it, I never have to manually adjust the volume of Winamp because a song is too loud or quiet -- TomSteady takes care of it all. Never heard any problems with clipping either. All in all, an excellent plug-in. I just wish an equivalent existed for Apple's iTunes on my Mac.

I'm going to write Apple with a suggestion that they take a look at TomSteady and incorporate its functionality into iTunes! Awesome adjuster plugin - One of the best plugins i've used!

Thanx for the work. Those low level mp3's that were encoded without normalisation are taken care of with this little beauty. Your a frickin genius! Very nice - Very useful plug-in. The 1st one is low volume and the next one very high. Great Program! It's user friendly. It hads a sharpest clear sound then other programs I worked with. It don't lock up my computer where I have to do a complete shout down and reboot. Like Other programs I worked with in the pass.

You guys have a good thing going here keep up the good work! Winamp sounds good on laptop now - This is great.

Finally Winamp sounds good on my laptop. This plug in is great. Download it now! Its just fantastic. I'm not some sort of sound nazi that needs to tweak every single aspect of my music, but some of my mp3's are louder than others, while others are quieter.

This plug-in completely eliminates that problem. Unpleasant volume peaks fade away. Tidy plugin - This sounds quite nice. Very radio-ish. Smooth volume adjustments, no distortion. Whatever the guy who said it was crap was thinking, I don't know. He probably didn't know how to work it. Works really good!! This does it automatically! The boost function is very good too!!! Makes MP3's sound great - This is an automatic adjustment that seems to optimize any MP3 to its best sound.

Perfect - The volume adjustment feature was just what I was looking for! DO Bother - I've been looking for something like this for ages; it works perfectly with no real discernable alteration or coloration of the sound. It's perfect for "normalizing" the levels of your mp3's for parties or for broadcasting. Get it now. Don't Bother - This plugin does not increase or decrease the volume of mp3s but makes them sound distorted, don't bother downloading this, it is a waste of time. Winamp Heritage - Legacy resources of Winamp media player.

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