Windows 10: Use Windows 10 (or 3rd party software) to reduce general volume?

Hello everyone!

I've recently bought new headphones, only to realize that their sound level is unpleasantly high.

Of course, one tries to use Windows itself to help himself, but everything I tried does more than just make the sound less loud: it distorts the sound very much.

I couldn't find anything that could help me, which is why I'm asking here. So, does anyone here know some way of using Windows 10 or any 3rd party software to reduce the general sound levels?

Thanks.

:)

 

Using 3rd Party Software

If anyone would like to try this for their Windows Mobile device, you can sign up for a free basic online account. Since the service was originally designed for BlackBerry devices, the PIN (used to ID each BB) is only 8 digits, but that would be easy
enough to change if needed.

With the free basic account, you can store and manage as many application registration records as you wish. The subscription term is still one year, so you'll need to renew the free subscription after 12 months, but it won't cost anything.

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Using 3rd Party Software

I'm trying to understand the registration process to see if Windows Mobile users would find it useful to have a way to store and manage registration information for their 3rd party applications.

I have a service for BlackBerry devices called EZ Reregister. It let's you store the names, registration codes, and vendor contact info for all of your third party apps. When you change devices, you can enter your new device ID number, and automatically create
emails to your vendors asking for new registration codes.

There is a Windows PC desktop version, but the online service was designed to work through the web browser of any operating system, including mobile os designs.

If anyone wants to take a lookie, you can go to the main page (EZ Reregister - for Blackberry Devices) and click on the login link, or go directly to the online login at EZ Reregister Online. Either way, there is a link so you can sign up for a free 30 day
demo.

Currently, the service is designed for BlackBerry users, so the device ID or PIN is limited to 8 characters, but that would be very simple to change.

I designed this so that nothing resides on the device. If your beloved mobile device gets run over by a Mack truck, you can still login and request new registration codes.

If you have any thoughts or suggestions, you can send them to *** Email address is removed for privacy ***. Thanks again.

 

You can fiddle with audio compressors, which can and do affect perceived loudness. Google "loudness wars", a common phenomenon on radio broadcasts for the last few decades.

Are these mp3 files?

Don't these headphones have any sort of volume control? I've heard of situations with everything at max the sound is not loud enough, but can't recall ever hearing of a situation where you couldn't reduce volume--either in Windows somewhere or in the playback devices own settings.

If reducing the sound level causes distortion, I suspect something else is going on--something defective.

 

I concur with ig....also what's the make/model of you new headset?

 

So, of course, thanks for the answers, but I'm not talking about reducing the volume of music files (I can do that).

What I was talking about was reducing all the sounds that are being played.

The headphones are perfectly fine and they're not defective. The "distortion" is mentioned began when I tried using Window's built-in audio enhancement called Equalizer. I basically just put all the sliders to about 25%, rather than 50%. This caused massive feedbacks (somehow) and the distortions.

Hopefully, this made it more clear.

 

Have you gone into the sound Control Panel and set everything back to defaults, taking particular care to turn off any enhancements?

Have you uninstalled and then reinstalled any sound drivers?

 

Yes, I have, though this doesn't change anything, they're just as loud as before.
Since I think that nobody really has this problem, I don't think there's any software to decrease all volume. Well, thanks anyways.

[I'm not going to mark this as solved as someone could still find something.]

 

Did you try the 'Volume Mixer'?

 

I use 7+ taskbar tweaker- when my mouse pointer is on the taskbar, I can use the scroll wheel for volume control.

Another program is Volumouse (free). You can specify a key + scroll wheel e.g. for volume, brightness...

 

Don't hate me for saying this, but you all don't get what I mean!

I know how to change my volume. I know what the volume mixer is.

The problem is that I have to put my volume to 4 or less because it'd be too loud if it was higher. I want to use a tool that lets me put my volume higher without it being too loud.

I don't even know how to explain it myself... I'm a lost cause...

 

I agree with the last sentence I quoted..................because the first sentence I quoted contradicts the second sentence I quoted.

You "know how", but for whatever reason you either can't or won't.

 

None of us hate you.....we're just sitting at our desks scratching our heads....thinking "WHAT".

AFAIK.....there is no such tool to do what you're asking. Raising the volume without making it louder kind of contradicts itself. That's exactly what the volume control does....raises the volume up or down to the desired listening level.

So if your volume is set at 4....BTW I keep mine at 8 and it's perfect for all my listening needs.....then that's where you keep it. There's nothing else you can do.

Good luck.