Boot Camp volume is to loud.

which thing do i lower in realtek hd audio manager? Because I went into volume control and lowered master volume to as low as it can go.. and the volume is stil really loud if i turn it up a few clicks with the mac.. So I've been having to keep it right on 1 click.

Bootcamp volume is to loud.

Bootcamp volume is reallly loud. I can't even go more than 1 or 2 clicks without having it far to loud.. Is there any way to fix this?

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Go to the audio on the taskbar, lower the volume controls.

the master volume is already at the very bottom.

weste47 said:

the master volume is already at the very bottom.

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So it's at the very bottom and you got one notch of volume on and it's too loud? That's sounds very weird.

yeah the notches only bring the master volume up and down, so it seems they are the same thing. It's really annoying

Happens with me too...

Its just a normality of using bootcamp...

Even when my master volume control is raised one pixel (the lowest you can go) it is sometimes still too loud...

Here's like a homemade idea.

Get headphones, plug them in, then put the volume to desired volume. Don't put the headphones in your ears, just lay them where they're plugged in. Not the same audio quality, but it should be able to lower the volume.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd kind of rather not blow out a pair of headphones from using them as speakers.

weste47 said:

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd kind of rather not blow out a pair of headphones from using them as speakers.

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haha

weste47 said:

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd kind of rather not blow out a pair of headphones from using them as speakers.

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You underestimate the beating headphones can take. I have mine on so high I can hear them from 3 feet away some times. They can take a beating. I've never blown one out.

Hay guys quick question.

Are you talking about the volume in windows being too loud or bootcamp the programme? I'm a little unsure.

Josh

jjoliver988 said:

Hay guys quick question.

Are you talking about the volume in windows being too loud or bootcamp the programme? I'm a little unsure.

Josh

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We are talking about running windows on a mac through bootcamp...

anyone know a fix for this? It's pretty annoying. I'd think it would be a pretty simple fix.

Well, its not a 100% perfect solution, but I found that turning down the Wave volume next to the master control gives you more headroom to work w/ on the master control...if you play cds or use a mic, I would assume turning those down would help with that too. Hope it works for you guys.

I'd like to go the other way. The volume in Windows on my MBP is super loud as well, but what I want to know is why can't I turn it up this loud in OS X? Even with the equalizer in iTunes on full, volume on full, the sound volume isn't even half as loud as Windows can achieve. Any way, command-line or something, to raise the max volume in OS X?

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I too had this problem on my bootcamp MacBook Pro (with a RealTek audio device). I went to the "sounds and audio devices" control panel and turned the device volume down to "low" as well. Now the volume scales in a much more linear fashion. Previously, my last five or six notches of volume were at maximum.

Of course now I have the problem of readjusting my individual applications which I'd set up to compensate.


"Dear software developers, please make all volume settings universal. I shouldn't have to adjust the volume in eight different places to achieve a workable solution." Oh wait, that's just Windows!

Dear Microsoft, your market domination baffles me. How does a company which produces nothing but inferior unoriginal products dominate the market in such a way? Surely there must be some sort of criminal element, witchery, or other sort of dubiously ethical activity transpiring out there in dark, dark Washington. Boo to you

To the above poster, I am sorry I do not have a solution for you but the ear splitting volume of my Windows partition did set me wondering as well.

weste47 said:

yeah the notches only bring the master volume up and down, so it seems they are the same thing. It's really annoying

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Open the volume control equalizer/mixer , should have lots of sliders and turn down the wav sound, it doesn't touch the master volume but lowers the output of the card.

Had the same problem in Windows 7 on my iMac. Found out I could right click on the little speaker in the task bar (lower right of the screen). Go to volume mixer. Killed off system sounds and bootcamp sounds. Moved the speaker level on the left up, then I brought down the level of iTunes. This adjusts everything relative to the speaker level, and removes those annoying clicks when you press the keyboard volume level are gone. Good luck!