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This is spot on - thanks for posting this. You shouldn't be putting your OS volume at 100% - I never put mine past 50% when i'm sending the signal out.
by scep12 14y ago
This is spot on - thanks for posting this. You shouldn't be putting your OS volume at 100% - I never put mine past 50% when i'm sending the signal out.
- davidcuddeback 14y ago> You shouldn't be putting your OS volume at 100% Isn't that only true if you're using your sound card's analog output? If you're using a digital output, I would imagine you would want to keep it at 0dB (no gain and no attenuation). Am I right or am I missing something?
- scep12 14y agoExactly. Digital volume is just smoke and mirrors. Turn it as high as you like - it's not going to distort. Any time you're going through a DA converter and controlling the volume after the conversion (at which point it's an analog manipulation) - which most OS-level volume controllers do - you should generally stay in the 50-75 range depending on the quality of you hardware. Some soundcards might break up at 25%, others might be okay at 100%. I find that 50% is usually safe, and any distortion at 75% is subtle and not offending.