>> I go into 'Sound', slide the sliders down, and the alerts are >> very quiet, but once the games run, they're loud! > >... and therein lies your answer. The game software is resetting your >system volume for it's own gratification. > >If you're lucky, the game preferences will allow you to adjust sound >volume, and save the setting in its preferences file. > >John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. >San Antonio, Texas
>> I have the same problem with Eudora, and can't find any volume >> setting in the Settings (Prefs) or even in the x-settings. Am I SOL? Herb After searching Google I feel that John is correct. Basically the internal iMac speakers can only be turned down so much within the OS. If the App has the ablitiy to control sound on top of that, you can lower it, but if it doesn't, damn if it's just too loud! This happens on my daughters games, and they're for 3-6 year olds, so they don't have a sep volume control within the App; this makes the games way too loud, which was a big dissappointment for me. My solution for now is to connect some old beige computer speakers to the headphone jack in the front of the iMac and control the sound through those. Is there any other way that anyone knows of to control those buildin iMac speakers? Also, for your Eudora issue, you could always take whatever sound file that it's playing for you, and use a sound editor (like Audacity) to re-record it at a lower level. It's a hacky workaround I'll admit, but short of using external speakers that have a volume control on them, it's all I can think of. Phil -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
