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In Windows 7/8/10, the volume control is tapered, so that you drag the slider and it skips many levels at the bottom. Is there any way to make the controls finer, so I can access the settings in between these? Either some hidden feature of the Windows control panel, registry, or using third-party software?
For example, my hardware supports 1 dB steps from -30 to +30 dB, but the Windows control only gives me access to -30 dB, then -7.3 dB, then -1.6 dB, etc. I want to access -30 dB, -29 dB, -28 dB, etc.
This is for testing hardware, not for casual listening, so I need to be able to reach each value, and preferably control the "playthrough" sidetone level, too.
As you said, the levels are tapered, or logarithmic, the differences on the bottom end, if the volume faders are programed correctly should have the same perceptional difference as on the top end. If the volume control had a notch for every level, your top end would be very touchy as dBs are non-linear method of measurement. – sound2man – 2010-11-19T19:37:25.077
1decibels are logarithmic. The Windows controls are tapered in addition to the logarithmic dB taper, meaning that, although the hardware supports individual 1 dB steps, the slider skips steps at the bottom and provides too many steps at the top. I need to be able to access every individual 1 dB step. – endolith – 2010-11-19T19:48:30.193
Don't use the slider; you should just be able to type in a value. – Billy ONeal – 2010-11-19T19:55:27.970
@Billy: Type in a value where? – endolith – 2010-11-19T20:37:30.170
The textbox next to the slider. – Billy ONeal – 2010-11-19T20:46:00.483
It's not an editable text box, unless there's some special way to enable it. Do you have Windows 7? – endolith – 2010-11-19T20:56:39.163