Win 98 Volume?

[djbriane]

Does anyone know a way to setup a keyboard shortcut to raise/lower the volume in Windows? I found a program that sets up a keyboard shortcut to raise and lower the volume but it doesn't seem to work in mamewah or an emulator.

Any ideas to avoid putting an external volume knob would be great.

Thanks,
Brian

[SirPoonga]

Do you use a soundblaster live or newer?
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3422185,00.html
You might be able to figure out something there.

I want to find a digital volume knob and control volume directly ont he card that way.

[Nightmare03]

You can change the volume in mamewah...just press 2 to bring up the menu then goto audio options and then change the volume.

-Nightmare

[Brad Lee]

SirP.. I am SO gonna check this out


nice link

[Minwah]

You can change the volume in mamewah...just press 2 to bring up the menu then goto audio options and then change the volume.

-Nightmare

Yes but this will only change the volume of MAMEWAH's sounds...Windows (ie any other app/emulator that is launched) volume stays the same regardless of the MW volume setting.

[Howard_Casto]

Maybe I'm stating the obvious here, but why not just adjust the volume to a nice mid level (say 60-75%) and then leave it?  Most emulators and apps read the wave volume label to set their volume anyway.  I've found windows to be very good about uniform sound levels throughout apps.  

[djbriane]

Well, two reasons...

1. It'd be nice to be able to lower the volume depending on what other things are going on in the house.

2. Certain emulators have different volume levels. Most are reasonable but one specific example for me is the Gens emulator. Its levels are quite a bit higher than most other emulators so it is kind of annoying.

One thing I have noticed is that my Logitech keyboards volume controls work fine within mame (not sure about mamewah) so it might be a problem with the ActiveKeys software getting pre-empted by mame/mamewah. If anyone knows of another software app that would work for this, let me know.

Brian

[Minwah]

Maybe I'm stating the obvious here, but why not just adjust the volume to a nice mid level (say 60-75%) and then leave it?  Most emulators and apps read the wave volume label to set their volume anyway.  I've found windows to be very good about uniform sound levels throughout apps.  

I find that even within MAME, various games (/drivers) seem to have different levels to some others.  Occasionally you a play a game which sounds really quiet, then the next game blows your head off!

I know MAME has the sound level on-screen setting (in my case they are all set to 0db).  The problem is to use this to get uniform volume levels you would have to first find the quietest game (that would stay at 0db), and then reduce the volume of any louder ones.  I certainly can't be bothered to do that!

Having said all that I don't (won't) have a volume control on my cab!  

[Howard_Casto]

Mame emulates different systems, so a big duh on that one.  


You have to invidually go into each games test menu and set the volume.  Why?  Because this not only adjusts the game's volume, but it's output level.  Crackling and distortion in some mame games can only be eliminated by adjusting the game's levels.  Btw... the mame volume control is more of a volume attenuation control.  Adjusting it is a bad idea as it cuts off the high sounds.

Anyway, i'm done with my rant.  If you need a volume control then put it on your speakers.  If you aren't willing to do that then you probably don't really need one.  

[Zombie]

Do you use a soundblaster live or newer?
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3422185,00.html
You might be able to figure out something there.

i did a keyboard hack before but it didnt work when it was connected through the I-Pac, strange problem?

so pulled out the soldering iron and did the mod on a SB Live! Value.
works great

[Minwah]

Btw... the mame volume control is more of a volume attenuation control.  Adjusting it is a bad idea as it cuts off the high sounds.

Not doubting what you say technically, but the result you say doesn't hold true.  I opened up a few games and lowered the volume this way - all the treble (& all other freq's) are still there, just with the volume lowered as expected.

I agree with you that sticking a volume control before the speakers is the best thing to do however