I am currently using the Microsoft High Definition Audio driver provided with Windows 7 rather than the Realtek driver. When playing sound through my computer speakers (plugged into the rear panel jack), I set the volume control to 80. However, my headphones (plugged into the front panel jack) require a volume setting of at most 4.
Windows will remember this setting when I plug/unplug the headphones, but the design of the volume control makes fine-grained volume control impossible (making me wish I had the "Wave/PCM" slider from Windows XP/Linux). Even a volume setting of zero results in clearly audible sound. Is there a way to "zoom in" on the lower part of the volume slider to better control the sound level from my headphones?
Best Answer
I don't believe this is possible with the default Windows 7 audio controller [see this]. However third party plugins such as Volumouse or Volume2 can give smaller steps.
Volumouse is pretty basic and should fit your needs, though Volume2 supports more advanced features, such as changing the scale to logarithmic.