Windows 7 sound balance bug

If you do this correctly, the sound quality of your audio device should now be balanced. Otherwise, check method 2 below. If disabling special enhancements doesn't yield the desired result, proceed to check and adjust the volumes for each channel. Also, it is recommended that you use this method with every new headphone or speaker pair you plan to use with your computer. That should give you the sweet spot of output that the audio gear is capable of.

Step 1: Right-click the speaker icon located at the bottoms right corner of the display and select Playback devices. Step 2: Moving forward, select the device whose audio balance you want to adjust and click Properties. Step 3: On the new window that pops up, navigate to the Levels section and click Balance. Step 5: Click OK to save the changes.

You can play a video or music to confirm if indeed the changes have been effected. Some manufacturers permanently lock down the left-right audio channels of their accessories, so you might be unable to adjust the volumes of the device as in Step 4 above. The good thing, however, is that it can be unlocked. Here's how to disband the joint volume of your headphone channel by editing the Windows registry.

Step 2: Type regedit in the provided dialog box provided and tap the Enter button on your keyboard. Step 4: At this location, double-click on the value named DisableAbsoluteVolume and change its value data to 1. Now that you've disabled absolute volume, you can now manually balance the audio channels of your Bluetooth headphone. That's it. You're done adjusting the balance of your audio device s.

The problem in a bit more detail: The audio mixer is working perfectly, and headphones or speakers are detected when you plug them into the green jack around the back of your PC. But when you try to load a game or listen to music, there's nothing. Opening up 'Playback devices' from the Sound control panel and choosing 'Levels' reveals a blank bar where the gain control should be.

There's a white cross on a red background over the audio icon by the clock, and a message saying no speakers or headphones are detected. I've had this problem for a while now on one machine in my office. I've read all kinds of advice telling me to return the motherboard as there's a hardware fault there isn't, I've run functioning installations from a separate hard drive on the same PC or reinstall Windows.

I'd normally have done the latter any way by now, in the course of my normal work. But I've kept this system alive until I could find out the fault. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Realtek drivers supplied with my motherboard an Intel DP67BG didn't change anything.

What's happened is that the something has changed a registry value which give users rights to make changes to the Windows audio process. Use a product like this to solve your issue. This drives me crazy too. My right speaker is further than my left speaker and I am constantly adjusting the balance to get it right. This will permanently fix the balance control.

There is volume, but nothing next to it. Thank you for posting this! I have hearing loss in my right ear, and it makes music more enjoyable to be able to balance the sound out! One such application is trying to record two different instances of SDR balancing one to the left and the other to the right. Unfortunately without individual balance controls they both play on top of each other. Had to look this up to find this hidden option.

After 25 years of development Windows is still crap from a usability viewpoint. I KNOW.. I did pin it to my task bar. Next of Windows. Microsoft Announces Windows July 15, Hey There, Thanks for posting this.