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Where did the volume control options go in Windows 7?

XP's sndvol32 sound mixer used to feature individual volume controls such as Wave, SW Synth and CD Player, PC Speaker or PCM SPDIF among others. These could be set hidden or visible under it's menu ...
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Volume Mixer automatically mutes game

I am running a game (3d movie maker) and the Volume mixer has set the sound right down to 0. So I put the volume back up, but as soon as I click back to the game, the volume goes right back down ...
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Routing sound in Windows 7 to separate devices [duplicate]

When I'm running games through Steam (for example Skyrim), I like to use my Razer USB headset and I would like to have devices such as Google Chrome or VLC etc. playing through my speakers at the same ...
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Splitting sound inputs between left and right channels in windows 7

is there any way of assigning specific line-in feeds to one side of a speaker system, using freeware/opensource software? I have, 3 computers, A and B have output from their headphone sockets to each ...
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Per-application audio control that works in Windows 7 64 Bit

Added: Last item that I could not gain (per-app) control of is "System Sounds" I do not know what executable or window to "talk to" to control this item. On Windows 7, I'm still looking for a per-...
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Win7 - mute sound in mixer for particular application by keyboard shortcut

I was wondering whether there is a way to mute / unmute a particular application in the mixer by a keyboard shortcut. So e.g. by CTRL M W to mute / unmute the sound of Winamp. I am not asking about ...
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How can I make the sound direction from an application "move" with the window position?

I currently use 3 monitors to efficiëntly use multiple windows and applications at the same time. This works very well for me in general, but I have a problem. Sometimes a specific window, ...
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Sound on browser not working

The sound on my browser doesn't seem to be working. It's working fine from other media sources but not from my browser. I tried in both chrome and IE. I then tried a fresh install of FF with a fresh ...
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Sometimes sounds change the Windows mixer settings

I find that pretty sporadically something will make a sound, and then mess with the audio settings of another applications. If I am playing music in Foobar2000, and then plug in an iPod which loads ...
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Per-application sound balance in Windows 7

I like the new volume mixer in Windows 7, but it lacks balance controls. I know of the master balance control in the device properties, but what I really want is control of stereo balance per ...
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Windows 7 Audio Mixer - Alternative?

Does anyone know of an app that could serve as an alternative to the mixer in Windows 7? I am looking to quickly adjust the volume of various devices easily (preferably with a keystroke to open the ...
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