Volume Mixer
Wed, 02/28/2007 - 12:59 — George
The old Volume Control from Windows XP was replaced in Windows Vista by the Volume Mixer. The new application brings to Windows Vista much more flexibility regarding the sound management of the different applications you have installed on your PC. In Windows XP the only feature of the Volume Control was to increase or decrease the general system sound level. In Windows Vista, the Volume Mixer is capable of managing sound settings for each multimedia application installed on your PC.
To access the Volume Mixer you have to click on the small volume icon from your taskbar.
At this point the Volume Mixer looks almost the same as in Windows XP. Here you can increase or decrease the sound level of your system. If you want to make individual application settings, click on the Mixer link.
As you can see in the below screenshot, the Volume Mixer will load a list of all the running multimedia applications.
To configure the sound settings for each application move the level up or down. To mute/unmute an application, just click on the speaker button beneath it.
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Comments
Yea I tried that several
Yea I tried that several times and it still is set to "currently unavailble" starting to think this is inpossible using window's vista.
sound card
What sound card do you have?
It's well known that Vista's Volume Mixer (and Line In connection) have lots of problems with different sound cards...
volume
for some reason my volume tab has dissappeared from the tabs in the lower right corner next to the sound. how to i get to the volume mixer to adjust the sound and return the tab into the taskbar?
Check this article
Check our article on How to configure the Taskbar and the Start Menu.
Notification Area
Right click on your taskbar and select Properties from the menu. Then go to the Notification Area tab and select the system icons you want to appear in the bottom right corner. There you will find the Volume icon.
no sound
I have no sound, I clicked on the volume, clicked on the mixer and all items are at max, still no sound. I have vista and just installed a web, might that be the problem and how do I fix it? I get hums and all from the speakers, so all wires are working
Drivers
Did you install the sound drivers and... did you plug your sound system into the right jack?
Audio Controls
I click on the speaker button beneath it and all it says is that 'No audio device is installed' How can I fix this?
Drivers
You have to install the drivers for your soundcard. If you have a dedicated or onboard soundcard, you can find the drivers on the manufacturer's website or on the CD that came with the soundcard or with the mainboard.
Volume Mixer Fall Back Down To Zero
I understand the basic of XP & Vista Volume. However the volume mixer on Vista will not let me turn up the volume on my Logitech 350 Premium USB headphones. Anyone have any ideas where Vista would not let me increase headphone volume , but whenever they are removed I can adjust the volume for my PC speakers?