> In an ideal world, the hardware volume could be synced to the system master volume This already works if you're using something that can be controlled via th

> In an ideal world, the hardware volume could be synced to the system master volume This already works if you're using something that can be controlled via the windows volume. Eg, a USB dac+amp usually works like this. That is, the "hardware volume" and "windows master volume" become one synchronized slider. Very often there's a break in the digital chain that prevents this from working more broadly, though (for example if you're outputing analog to your speakers, or using separate dac & amp)