Windows: If you find yourself regularly adjusting the volume on your computer, you'll want to normalize the sound volume. Although some apps (such as VLC) have normalization options and you can normalize the audio in your media collection with software and hardware solutions, Windows has a built-in setting that could also help.
May 12, 2016 I've had this issue with the youtube audio being very low for a long time and it's starting to drive me to my limits. Basically what happens is, despite having set EVERY single option for volume on 100% (windows volume mixer, headset slider, youtube slider) the audio on chrome and most notably on YouTube is very low. Recently I noticed that the audio is very low, even when I have it set to 100. I checked the properties for this device, and everything seems to be set correctly. I tried deleting the drivers, and let Windows reinstall it, but that didn't help either. I have the latest version of Windows 10.0.14393 build 14393.
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Open up Sound in the Control Panel (under 'Hardware and Sound'). Then highlight your speakers or headphones, click Properties, and select the Enhancements tab. Check 'Loudness Equalization' and hit Apply to turn this on. If you have any audio playing at the time, you'll need to restart the application to see the changes.
As the description of this property notes, Loudness Equalization 'reduces perceived volume differences'—making quiet sounds easier to hear and louder ones less deafening. It's useful especially if you have your volume set to maximum but Windows sounds are still too low.
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SaveDelete has a few other suggestions for boosting volume in specific music players and on tablets and smartphones if you want to tweak in those areas.
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- Workarounds a bug that unexpectedly resets the speaker configuration.
- Prevents an issue during installation on Windows 7/Vista that may result in low volume when certain enhancements are enabled.
- Really improves CMSS Headphone experience.
- Dolby Digital Live works on Windows 7.
- Updates all InstallShield setup scripts to support Windows 7.
- Fixes installation INI to properly install applications depending on the detected OS.
- Removes COM workaround for Equalizer, fixed by Creative.
- Adds workaround to a memory corruption issue preventing Equalizer from starting on Windows 7/Vista.
- Updates shared modules, responsiveness on certain applications is improved.
- Enables CMSS2 and Stereo Surround.
- Fixes 32-bit ASIO not working on Windows 7 x64.
- Fixes Encoder not available on Windows 7 x64 (related to fix above).
- Modifies default format on Windows 7 / Vista to 24-bit, 48kHz.
- Properly adds support for 64-bit OpenAL and 64-bit ASIO.
- Sets default speaker setting to 5.1 to properly reset configs to their defaults during install (fixes Bass and Treble leves not set to