In Windows, audio routing feels like an afterthought. To change your audio output, you must click the tiny sound output icon ...

This week far finer-grain control over audio volume has been released for most Android devices. This control comes in an unofficial app by the name of Precise Volume – and it comes without cost. There ...

Digital potentiometers (pots) offer advantages for audio volume (gain) control applications and can replace bulky mechanical pots, especially in handheld portable devices such as MP3 players, PDAs, ...

Volume control is a simple premise on Android phones. You hit your volume rocker, set your volume, and go. You can also set your notification, call, and media volumes independently. However, that is ...

There's also a neat feature where SoundSource can set your AirPods to 'output-only' mode, which means that every app will use ...

The Volume Control icon in the system tray is the quickest way to control the volume on your Windows 11/10 PC. However if after a recent update or a software installation, it no longer responds to ...

When it comes to gaming, especially first-person shooters, every advantage is a welcome one. While game controllers have improved over the years and added more customization, it’s rare when one comes ...

While sound cues are important to gamers, especially in multiplayer, there may be times when you need to focus on the vocal aspect of team chat while gaming as well. Our Turtle Beach Elite Pro review ...

The volume slider on our virtual desktops is a skeuomorphic callback to the volume sliders on professional audio equipment on actual, physical desktops. [Maker Vibe] decided that this skeuomorphism ...

This design idea details how a standard volume control can be replaced by its solid-state equivalent. Digital potentiometers are often advertised as replacements for rotary volume controls. To ...

One fun and cool thing for ardent audio folks to do is switch the volume of an audio amplifier between levels on a digital panel. Here’s a simple project to help you understand the technology behind ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...