loudness

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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about loudness focus on managing audio volume levels in Windows, particularly for scenarios like sudden loud commercials, inconsistent speaker output, and headphone volume. Users seek solutions such as Windows Loudness Equalization, third-party software like Soundlock, and media player settings to normalize or limit loud sounds. Common issues include sound pauses during monitor sleep/wake cycles and difficulty boosting low volume on netbooks. Topics cover Windows 10 and earlier versions, with practical troubleshooting for audio playback in apps like Spotify, YouTube, Netflix, and VLC.
  1. olat

    Windows 10 Sound pauses every time monitor goes to or wakes from sleep

    Hi, I have an issue where sound stop whenever my monitor goes to sleep or back. For example, I'm listening to some stone cold heavy metal on Spotify, screen goes to sleep, sound stops for 2-3 seconds, then comes back. When I move my mouse or press a key on my keyboard to wake up the monitor...
  2. L

    Even stronger sound equalization? Really muffles loud sounds?

    I like listening to audio on youtube before bed . Suddenly a speaker in the video will shout or there will be a loud commercial. I just want the computer to almost mute the loud sounds* Perhaps also be smart enough to also mute sounds that may not be loud but are so much louder than the sounds...
  3. Pauli

    Windows 7 Possibility to normalize speakers' output

    Oh my, what a title... Anyways, I'm annoyed with the fact that when I watch a film on TV > on my PC, that is, if I adjust the sound level of the film pleasant, along comes commercials... and the sound level goes sky high - if you allow a bit of exaggeration. The phenomenon varies between...
  4. whs

    Windows 8 Tutorials and Demos

    In the last couple of years I have produced about 70 tutorials and demos. The ones that are still appropriate I gathered (as hyperlinks) in a pdf. I skipped those that are outdated (e.g. a series of 10 videos for Windows 8 Consumer Preview) and those that had gathered dust and were not...
  5. J

    Windows 7 Techniques to Boost Volume on a Netbook?

    Hello, I am interested in increasing the max system volume on a toshiba nb305 netbook. I have turned on Loudness Equalization and my Speaker volume in the Volume Mixer is at maximum. Is there a way to do this? With certain files in various applications, the volume is too low to be...
  6. G

    Windows 7 Headphones Really loud

    I have volume around 8% and sound from movies/music and everything is really loud when I use headphones. When I used the same headphones on Vista volume was normal, not too loud and not too low.
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