Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level
"Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8849491E-5185-4CFB-86B5-D382FE5962C5@microsoft.com...
>
> Boy, you guys are sharp! I did not even mention that I had a SB512 PCI
> card
> installed in my system. Yet you picked up on the Windows Startup audio
> file
> installed by the Creative Labs setup CD.
>
> I have changed the Windows Startup sound file to the standard Windows
> Startup, and that has solved my volume problem.
>
> Again, Thanks guys for all your help.
You're welcome Ed, glad you were able to resolve the issue.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell
>
> Regards,
>
>
> "Donald Anadell" wrote:
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>> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F8C7C876-722C-4A61-8DC2-4EF619C4ACDB@microsoft.com...
>> > If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio
>> > Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start
>> > Windows,
>> > in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I
>> > browsed
>> > the
>> > audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an
>> > entirely different sound file.
>> >
>> > I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I
>> > will
>> > try
>> > to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.
>>
>> CTMelody.wav is not a default Windows XP sound file. That wave file was
>> most likely placed on your machine by the Sound Blaster Live(SB Live)
>> setup
>> CD.
>>
>> The default startup sound file for Windows XP is "Windows XP Startup.wav"
>> located in the "C:\WINDOWS\Media" folder.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Donald Anadell
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "R. McCarty" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.
>> >> In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a
>> >> search
>> >> of
>> >> my Windows volume.
>> >>
>> >> You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound
>> >> is associated with a system event.
>> >>
>> >> If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound
>> >> editor
>> >> app
>> >> such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume
>> >> of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by
>> >> Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will
>> >> automatically replace the original file.
>> >>
>> >> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...
>> >> > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running
>> >> > Windows
>> >> > XP
>> >> > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave
>> >> > file
>> >> > that
>> >> > plays when Windows Starts.
>> >> >
>> >> > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and
>> >> > you
>> >> > can
>> >> > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY,
>> >> > which
>> >> > runs
>> >> > in
>> >> > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.
>> >> >
>> >> > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the
>> >> > CTMELODY
>> >> > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the
>> >> > speaker
>> >> > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control
>> >> > knob),
>> >> > so
>> >> > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown,
>> >> > etc.),
>> >> > are
>> >> > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way
>> >> > TOO
>> >> > LOUD!
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sincerely,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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