Sound Mixer

[Yamanox]

I know there are mixers that can control audio from other inputs, but is there a physical mixer that can control things from the Windows Volume Mixer? It's troublesome to tab out of games every time I want to play with audio levels slightly and am curious if there is such a mixer or if it's even called so.

 

Thanks in advance ^.^

[anothertom]

No. Not a thing. Sadly.

[Lauen]

You would pretty much have to get a multiple output soundcard, map each program to one output each, feed that into a regular mixer, and then feed that signal back into your headphones / speakers post mix. 

 

It can theoretically be done but we're talking a lot of money in getting the hardware needed, plus Windows is really shit when it comes to using separate outputs. I know that some programs (media players mostly) allow you to choose what output to use but it's a huge hassle. There are also programs like Virtual Audio Cable that can split up the audio and map to separate outputs. 

[Yamanox]

Just now, anothertom said:

No. Not a thing. Sadly.

that's unfortunate... 

[MrKickkiller]

1 minute ago, Yamanox said:

that's unfortunate... 

I do believe digital mixers could do this, but those will cost you > 500 dollar at the minimum.

[anothertom]

7 minutes ago, MrKickkiller said:

I do believe digital mixers could do this, but those will cost you > 500 dollar at the minimum.

None that actually interface fully with windows. Some are able to be used as a large array of additional I/O, but you won't be able to map different  programs to different channels, mix them and then feed them back to the computer or to a mix.

[Ahoy Hoy]

The only thing I know which would kind of do this is fuck off expensive and doesnt work that well. Every time you open something new you have to assign its audio to the mixer, and it gets really annoying.

[Guest Kloaked]

If you have a smartphone or tablet, you could try Roccat's app and see if it does what you want. I haven't used it myself in a bit, so I'm not even sure it still works.

[ArachneNet]

you might be able to make something yourself like an USB controller. will require quite a lot of handywork tho. (but also very interesting)