Mixer/Volume

The Mixer feature is designed to control the volume for playback and recording on the Xonar Essence ST. In addition, the Xonar Essence ST also provides a high- quality digital monitoring function for hearing the recorded audio from the speakers. You can also process the input signals with all playback sound effects such as Dolby and DTS technologies.

Playback Volume

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1Playback volume tab

Click this button to show the playback volume page.

2Left / Right balance

The horizontal slider controls the volume between the left and right channels.

3Volume slider

Drag this slider down to decrease the volume. Drag it up to increase the volume. The tool-tip displays percentage increments.

4Mute button

Click this button to mute the audio channel. Click this button again to restore the audio output.

5Source / path name including:

•WAVE: All digital audio sources except MIDI files

•SW: Software Synthesizer; control the playback volume of the MIDI files

•CD: CD-ROM digital playback (CD-DA) volume control

•LEFT, RIGHT: the volume control for each speaker/channel

Windows® Vista does not support WAVE, Synthesizer and CD-In volume controls.

6Reset

Reset all volume controls to the default settings

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