Controlling the Volume

Typical soundcards have several different channels that control the sound level of different components such as CD audio and digital file audio. QCD gives you a lot of control over how to best control its volume levels.

The 'Player Volume' (#27 on the base skin) is a one-stop volume control that will adjust the volume for any audio format and should meet your needs in most cases. The Player Volume sets the level that QCD will playback at. You should take note of this level if you choose to change the volume with other applications (such as Windows built in mixer) as QCD may reset its playback volume to its set level.

The 'Mixer Volume' (#44 on the base skin) allows you to set the volume levels on the soundcard directly. Use this control if you want to adjust system sound levels or need to adjust a non-standard mixer channel.

To adjust the QCD 'player' volume

In the main body of the base QCD skin , click and drag the Volume knob.
Drag the knob to the right or up to increase the volume level, to the left or down to decrease the volume level.

You must hold down the mouse button while you move the mouse for the volume control to work.

To adjust the soundcard mixer volume

In the Equalizer section of the base QCD skin, click and drag the mixer volume control.
Note: right-click the mixer volume control to select a different channel for it to control

Selecting correct soundcard channel for adjusting the CD Audio volume.

Because systems can vary wildly in how CD-ROMs and soundcards are configured you should set how QCD will control the volume channels for each CD-ROM drive.

Bring up the QCD Preferences (Ctrl+P or use the menu button at the top left of the base skin).
Go to the Plug-ins >Input Preferences page.
Select the CD Audio Plug-in and click the Configure button.
In the Volume Settings tab, select the CD-ROM drive on the left, and on the right side select the corresponding volume channel (usually the first option in the list, or "CD Audio").