Feature request: Setting default/maximum program volume

[cynr1c]

Hi!
I recently stumbled upon EarTrumpet and I really like it so far. Great job guys!
However I've got a feature request for you: Could you please provide a setting in the options to set the default volume for new programs and/or maximum setting, that can only be surpassed by some special actions (holding ctrl while pulling the slider or something like that)?

The reason for this request is clipping artifacts due to samplerate conversion. I've got an external USB DAC hooked up (Creative SoundBlaster E5), that offers a volume controlled (by Windows main volume) analog output as well as a optionally uncontrolled digital out. I've got a studio DSP/DAC and a seperate volume control connected to that digital out running in direct/pass-through mode.
So pretty often when a program plays a sound at maximum level with a different samplerate than the DAC is on there is a samplerate conversion taking place which can lead to clipping on high-level sounds. The only viable solution against this is the set each program to -6dB/50% of the system volume, leaving enough headroom for the SRC. Having EarTrumpet auto-set all yet unknown programs to this level would really save a lot of hassle!

[riverar]

Understood, we have this in the backlog for our next major release. Stay tuned!

[LarsKemmann]

I have a different scenario that would benefit from a similar feature. My Bluetooth headset doesn't correctly obey the Windows global system volume, so I need to adjust per-application volume every time I get e.g. a call via Teams or Skype for Business. Having a way to force those applications to always start at 20% volume, for example, would be really helpful for my eardrums. :)

[sgtdeagle]

Status so far for this Feature?

[XJIOP]

up

[slbb]

Similar situation.
When I run a newly installed program, sometimes the default 100% volume is too loud.
If I turn down the global system volume, some programs works well in 100% volume before, these programs' volume will become too low.

It will be great if there's an option to set a default volume for newly installed program.

[vertigo220]

This is by far the biggest feature I need. I've searched without luck for a way to do this, and in fact that's how I came across EarTrumpet, and while it's better than the standards Windows volume control, the fact it lacks this feature was a big disappointment.

The reason I need this is for playing games in Steam. I can't just turn Steam down, since every game launches as its own app, with its own volume, which is always defaulted to 100%, and every...single...game defaults to 747 takeoff level volume that seems to be at least 50% louder, at the same volume, than even an action movie. So what I'd like is the ability to either just have any program EarTrumpet hasn't seen before (can't just be newly shown in EarTrumpet, since it would happen every time an application is restarted) or, better yet, based on the executable path and/or parent process, e.g. all programs launched from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam or D:\Games or any program launched by steam.exe (though not sure if that would actually work or if that would be the right executable).

And the icing on the cake would be the combined ability, as suggested elsewhere, to be able to control volume with hotkeys, so if by chance a game's volume were actually too low because of this, I could use a hotkey to adjust the volume for all apps in a category, e.g. "Games" (which would be any app that matches the above rule). And then it should remember the volume for any manually changed app/game, while still launching new ones at the default volume. For example, I set "Games" category to 35%, then launch game A and manually increase it to 50%. Later I launch game B, which defaults to 35%, and afterward I relaunch game A, which is at 50%, where I set it before.

Edit: Just had another thought regarding this. I'm not sure if it's possible, but if EarTrumpet can determine the actual volume of an audio stream and adjust it to bring it to a specified level, that would possibly be an even better solution. For example, if I could just set any new app to default to a volume level that corresponds to 90 dB, so one app launches and is really loud (e.g. 110 dB), it would be turned down appropriately, and vice-versa for a quieter app.

This would fix all the games that scream at you the first time you open them. I'd really love to see this espc. after riverar wrote it is coming in the next major release 18 months ago

[LukasDoubleU]

I implemented this and other features over at my fork.
There is no max volume for single apps, but you can configure a default volume that will be applied to all new apps.

If you want you can test the pre-release:
https://github.com/LukasDoubleU/EarTrumpet/releases