Using the Mixer

All the Mixer controls are located in the Equalizer/Mixer area (the red controls) on the base QCD skin. If you don't see this area extended, just click the Equalizer/Mixer button (#43 in the base skin). The Mixer controls are indicated with #44 and #45.

You can adjust either the QCD volume, or the sound-card volume.  Adjusting the QCD volume only affects the playback of music in QCD.  Adjusting the sound-card volume adjusts the volume for your entire computer, so it affects other applications besides QCD.

When adjusting the sound-card volume, you can adjust the overall (master) sound-card volume, or you can adjust the volume for selected channels.  This lets you adjust the sound from different devices (such as CD volume and Line In (AUX) volume) to different relative levels.

Here are some of the basics:

To:

Do This:

Adjust the balance between left-right speakers

  • Click and drag the Balance slider control to the left or right.

You must hold down the mouse button while you move the mouse.

Note: Balance only works with stereo sound-cards  Check the Message Area (#1 in the base skin) to see if Balance is available.

Adjust the bass and treble

  • Click and drag the Treble or Bass slider control to the left or right.

You must hold down the mouse button while you move the mouse.

Note: Not all sound-cards support control of the bass and treble.  Check the Message Area (#1 in the base skin) to see if these controls are available.

Adjust the sound-card volume

  • Click and drag the Volume slider in the Mixer area.

You must hold down the mouse button while you move the mouse.

Note: This adjusts the sound volume for your entire computer, which will affect other applications besides QCD.  To affect the volume in QCD only, use the Volume Knob (#27) in the main body of the QCD base skin.

Adjust the sound-card volume for individual channels

  1. Right click the Volume slider in the Mixer area.  This displays a list of available channels for this sound-card.

  2. Select the channel you want to adjust.

  3. Click and drag the Volume slider in the Mixer area to adjust the level of selected channel.

For more information about volume control, see Controlling the Volume.

If you have problems, see Troubleshooting.