When optical disks such as CDs, DVDs were very popular, everyone had CD burning software from Nero or Roxio installed on their computers. Nero has been industry leader in the field of the optical media, but now that optical disks are no longer as popular as they once were, they are still providing some really Read More …
Before the 1980s the preferred way of listening to high quality music was through the vinyl records. Then Sony came up with Walkman in 1979 and people started collecting audio cassettes. As a result, many older generation people have amassed hundreds if not thousands of vinyl records and cassette tapes. If you have also found Read More …
Have you ever wondered how the small sounds in the older computer games were created? They were created simply by combining sound waves of various frequencies. You can hear these sounds in games like Super Mario or Wolfenstein 3D. If you want to generate these types of sounds for your own projects then you can Read More …
Rumors are that Microsoft is going to do away with the standard volume mixer control in Windows 10 that shows up when you right-click on the speaker icon in the notification and select “Volume Mixer”. This classic volume mixer in Windows allows you to change the individual volumes of every application that is playing sound Read More …
If you have to keep changing the volume level of various applications in Windows often then you may find VolumeLock very useful. You have to crank up the volume of some applications while lower down that of others. Furthermore, the volume has to be changed depending on the time of the day – you can Read More …
Back in the early days of Hollywood, there was no mixing – so all the performers had to record all of their music, their voices and other sounds from the same microphone. If anyone made a mistake, they all had to start all over again. But later the new advancements made it possible to mix Read More …
When you are running many applications in Windows, there are times when more than one of them start playing the sound. For example, your web browser could start playing the sound from an open website while you are watching a video in the media player. Another situation that I personally have across many times is Read More …
Sometimes when I start my Windows 10 PC, it does not load audio drivers and shows a speaker icon with red cross icon in the notification area. If I hover the mouse pointer over this speaker icon then it shows – “No Audio Output Device is installed”. What happened to the audio output device that Read More …
MicMute is a small but very useful tool for all the Windows users as it allows you to control the microphone in a very convenient manner. Just like you can mute and unmute the speaker volume from Windows system tray, MicMute lets you mute and unmute the microphone from the system tray. It installs a Read More …
Back in late 1990s when the webcams first became popular, many people were creating personal webpages solely for hosting their webcams so that everyone can view them. I faintly remember reading an article about setting up webcams and putting them online on webpages in an old PCWorld magazine issue of sometime around 1999. Times have Read More …