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Win10 quickly change audio settings (not devices)

Philybeef

I've tried googling around without results so I'll try here to see if anyone knows what I'm talking about and possibly has a solution.  I'm looking for an easy software solution to quickly change audio settings in my audio device, not quickly changing audio devices.  Maybe creating separate virtual audio devices using the same device but with their own settings is what I'm looking for.  Switching between 7.1 and stereo audio is easy to do from the Win10 audio icon in the taskbar, but what isn't accessible is a quick way to turn Enhancements on or off in the audio device properties.  If there's an easy way to switch between 7.1, 2.0, and 7.1 with Channel Phantoming or Enable/Disable all enhancements accessible from the taskbar that would be awesome.  Thank you ahead of time.

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Might I ask why you want to quickly change these settings? 
Most songs and audio files are only released in stereo and virtual surround in games is independent of windows surround settings.

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@shearme Thanks, I'll check those out.

@the flying sloth I use Channel Phantoming on stereo audio sources to spread the audio to all surround audio channels and filter low freqs to sub channel.  Then when I play games or movies with surround audio I need to turn channel phantoming off otherwise the audio gets all mixed up and garbled.

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Well that same mixing and garbling is happening when you play other audio, you're just not noticing it. 

What speaker system and motherboard are you using? many cheap consumer surround systems have an inbuilt surround matrix processor that you could switch on and off. You could probably use Auto HotKey to set something up yourself but otherwise I'd honestly not bother and just leave it stereo.

Sloth

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I'll do my best to lend a hand to anyone with audio questions, studio gear and value for money are my primary focus.

Click here for my Microphone and Interface guide, tips and recommendations
 

For advice I rely on The Brains Trust :
@rice guru
- Headphones, Earphones and personal audio for any budget 
@Derkoli- High end specialist and allround knowledgeable bloke

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