Usually I set up my gain structure the same way that I would with a hardware signal chain- everything that's static is at about 80%, then the last fader in the chain is what I use for a volume control. But 50% is fine too- it's just that 80% sort of visually corresponds to where "unity" is on most hardware faders.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Kenneth Jacker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khj@cs.appstate.edu">khj@cs.appstate.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I want to ask the "experts" on this mailing list a question I've had<br>
for years. It involves "best practices" for the multiple volume<br>
settings available on most computer systems ...<br>
<br>
Say I am playing an audio stream from '<a href="http://last.fm" target="_blank">last.fm</a>'.<br>
<br>
The way I see it, there are *four* different possible volume settings:<br>
"line" (e.g., PCM) volume, application (e.g., Rhythmbox, TVTime, ...)<br>
volume, mixer "master" volume, and speaker volume.<br>
<br>
I would guess that the last (speaker) volume should be set (dynamically<br>
when needed) to whatever is currently most appropriate for the listener.<br>
<br>
But what about the other three? Should they all be set at 50%?<br>
If not, what other values should be used?<br>
<br>
Can anyone give some guidelines?<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks for your comments!<br>
--<br>
Prof Kenneth H Jacker <a href="mailto:khj@cs.appstate.edu">khj@cs.appstate.edu</a><br>
Computer Science Dept <a href="http://www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj" target="_blank">www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj</a><br>
Appalachian State Univ<br>
Boone, NC 28608 USA<br>
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