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Guest Ed Wood

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For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running Windows XP

Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file that

plays when Windows Starts.

 

After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you can

adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which runs in

the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

 

If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the CTMELODY

wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the speaker

volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control knob), so

that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

 

Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of the

other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown, etc.), are

recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO LOUD!

 

Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

 

Sincerely,

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Guest R. McCarty

Guest R. McCarty

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Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search of

my Windows volume.

 

You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

is associated with a system event.

 

If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor app

such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

automatically replace the original file.

 

"Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

> For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running Windows

> XP

> Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file

> that

> plays when Windows Starts.

>

> After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you

> can

> adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which runs

> in

> the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

>

> If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the CTMELODY

> wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the speaker

> volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control knob),

> so

> that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

>

> Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of

> the

> other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown, etc.),

> are

> recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO

> LOUD!

>

> Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

>

> Sincerely,

Guest Ed Wood

Guest Ed Wood

Posted
Posted

Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

> In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search of

> my Windows volume.

>

> You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

> is associated with a system event.

>

> If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor app

> such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

> of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

> Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

> automatically replace the original file.

>

> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

> > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running Windows

> > XP

> > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file

> > that

> > plays when Windows Starts.

> >

> > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you

> > can

> > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which runs

> > in

> > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

> >

> > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the CTMELODY

> > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the speaker

> > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control knob),

> > so

> > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

> >

> > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of

> > the

> > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown, etc.),

> > are

> > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO

> > LOUD!

> >

> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

> >

> > Sincerely,

>

>

>

Guest Ed Wood

Guest Ed Wood

Posted
Posted

Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio

Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start Windows,

in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I browsed the

audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an

entirely different sound file.

 

I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I will try

to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

 

Thanks for your help,

 

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

> In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search of

> my Windows volume.

>

> You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

> is associated with a system event.

>

> If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor app

> such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

> of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

> Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

> automatically replace the original file.

>

> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

> > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running Windows

> > XP

> > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file

> > that

> > plays when Windows Starts.

> >

> > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you

> > can

> > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which runs

> > in

> > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

> >

> > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the CTMELODY

> > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the speaker

> > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control knob),

> > so

> > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

> >

> > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of

> > the

> > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown, etc.),

> > are

> > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO

> > LOUD!

> >

> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

> >

> > Sincerely,

>

>

>

Guest 3c273

Guest 3c273

Posted
Posted

Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

IIRC ctmelody.wav is installed with a sound blaster live. (Thunder sound?)

Like RM said, get audacity and adjust the volume of the file.

Louis

 

"Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F8C7C876-722C-4A61-8DC2-4EF619C4ACDB@microsoft.com...

> If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio

> Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start

Windows,

> in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I browsed

the

> audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an

> entirely different sound file.

>

> I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I will

try

> to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

>

> Thanks for your help,

>

>

>

> "R. McCarty" wrote:

>

> > I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

> > In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a

search of

> > my Windows volume.

> >

> > You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

> > is associated with a system event.

> >

> > If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor

app

> > such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

> > of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

> > Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

> > automatically replace the original file.

> >

> > "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

> > > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running

Windows

> > > XP

> > > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file

> > > that

> > > plays when Windows Starts.

> > >

> > > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and

you

> > > can

> > > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which

runs

> > > in

> > > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

> > >

> > > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the

CTMELODY

> > > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the

speaker

> > > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control

knob),

> > > so

> > > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

> > >

> > > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All

of

> > > the

> > > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown,

etc.),

> > > are

> > > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO

> > > LOUD!

> > >

> > > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

> > >

> > > Sincerely,

> >

> >

> >

Guest Donald Anadell

Guest Donald Anadell

Posted
Posted

Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

 

"Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F8C7C876-722C-4A61-8DC2-4EF619C4ACDB@microsoft.com...

> If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio

> Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start

> Windows,

> in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I browsed

> the

> audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an

> entirely different sound file.

>

> I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I will

> try

> to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

 

CTMelody.wav is not a default Windows XP sound file. That wave file was

most likely placed on your machine by the Sound Blaster Live(SB Live) setup

CD.

 

The default startup sound file for Windows XP is "Windows XP Startup.wav"

located in the "C:\WINDOWS\Media" folder.

 

Good luck,

 

Donald Anadell

 

>

> Thanks for your help,

>

>

>

> "R. McCarty" wrote:

>

>> I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

>> In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search

>> of

>> my Windows volume.

>>

>> You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

>> is associated with a system event.

>>

>> If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor

>> app

>> such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

>> of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

>> Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

>> automatically replace the original file.

>>

>> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

>> > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running

>> > Windows

>> > XP

>> > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file

>> > that

>> > plays when Windows Starts.

>> >

>> > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you

>> > can

>> > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which

>> > runs

>> > in

>> > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

>> >

>> > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the

>> > CTMELODY

>> > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the

>> > speaker

>> > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control

>> > knob),

>> > so

>> > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

>> >

>> > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of

>> > the

>> > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown,

>> > etc.),

>> > are

>> > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO

>> > LOUD!

>> >

>> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

>> >

>> > Sincerely,

>>

>>

>>

Guest Ed Wood

Guest Ed Wood

Posted
Posted

Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

 

Boy, you guys are sharp! I did not even mention that I had a SB512 PCI card

installed in my system. Yet you picked up on the Windows Startup audio file

installed by the Creative Labs setup CD.

 

I have changed the Windows Startup sound file to the standard Windows

Startup, and that has solved my volume problem.

 

Again, Thanks guys for all your help.

 

Regards,

 

 

"Donald Anadell" wrote:

>

> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F8C7C876-722C-4A61-8DC2-4EF619C4ACDB@microsoft.com...

> > If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio

> > Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start

> > Windows,

> > in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I browsed

> > the

> > audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an

> > entirely different sound file.

> >

> > I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I will

> > try

> > to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

>

> CTMelody.wav is not a default Windows XP sound file. That wave file was

> most likely placed on your machine by the Sound Blaster Live(SB Live) setup

> CD.

>

> The default startup sound file for Windows XP is "Windows XP Startup.wav"

> located in the "C:\WINDOWS\Media" folder.

>

> Good luck,

>

> Donald Anadell

>

>

> >

> > Thanks for your help,

> >

> >

> >

> > "R. McCarty" wrote:

> >

> >> I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

> >> In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a search

> >> of

> >> my Windows volume.

> >>

> >> You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

> >> is associated with a system event.

> >>

> >> If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound editor

> >> app

> >> such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

> >> of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

> >> Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

> >> automatically replace the original file.

> >>

> >> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

> >> > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running

> >> > Windows

> >> > XP

> >> > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave file

> >> > that

> >> > plays when Windows Starts.

> >> >

> >> > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and you

> >> > can

> >> > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY, which

> >> > runs

> >> > in

> >> > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

> >> >

> >> > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the

> >> > CTMELODY

> >> > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the

> >> > speaker

> >> > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control

> >> > knob),

> >> > so

> >> > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

> >> >

> >> > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All of

> >> > the

> >> > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown,

> >> > etc.),

> >> > are

> >> > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way TOO

> >> > LOUD!

> >> >

> >> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

> >> >

> >> > Sincerely,

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Guest Donald Anadell

Guest Donald Anadell

Posted
Posted

Re: CTMELODY wave file volume level

 

 

"Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8849491E-5185-4CFB-86B5-D382FE5962C5@microsoft.com...

>

> Boy, you guys are sharp! I did not even mention that I had a SB512 PCI

> card

> installed in my system. Yet you picked up on the Windows Startup audio

> file

> installed by the Creative Labs setup CD.

>

> I have changed the Windows Startup sound file to the standard Windows

> Startup, and that has solved my volume problem.

>

> Again, Thanks guys for all your help.

 

You're welcome Ed, glad you were able to resolve the issue.

 

Good luck,

 

Donald Anadell

 

>

> Regards,

>

>

> "Donald Anadell" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F8C7C876-722C-4A61-8DC2-4EF619C4ACDB@microsoft.com...

>> > If you navigate through the Control Panel\Sounds, Speech, and Audio

>> > Devices\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds, then scroll down to Start

>> > Windows,

>> > in my version of Windows XP Pro, the selected file is CTMELODY. I

>> > browsed

>> > the

>> > audio clip folder and found one labeled Windows XP Startup, which is an

>> > entirely different sound file.

>> >

>> > I have changed to this to see if this solves the problem. If not, I

>> > will

>> > try

>> > to edit and save the CTMELODY wave file.

>>

>> CTMelody.wav is not a default Windows XP sound file. That wave file was

>> most likely placed on your machine by the Sound Blaster Live(SB Live)

>> setup

>> CD.

>>

>> The default startup sound file for Windows XP is "Windows XP Startup.wav"

>> located in the "C:\WINDOWS\Media" folder.

>>

>> Good luck,

>>

>> Donald Anadell

>>

>>

>> >

>> > Thanks for your help,

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > "R. McCarty" wrote:

>> >

>> >> I don't recognize the CTMelody as a part of the Windows sound scheme.

>> >> In fact that file ( or any similarly named ) file does appear in a

>> >> search

>> >> of

>> >> my Windows volume.

>> >>

>> >> You can always modify a Sound Scheme so that a different or no sound

>> >> is associated with a system event.

>> >>

>> >> If you really want to adjust it, you'll have to download a sound

>> >> editor

>> >> app

>> >> such as Audacity and do a Waveform normalization with a capped volume

>> >> of around -15 db. I don't believe that sound modules are monitored by

>> >> Windows File Protection - if so once you make a change the system will

>> >> automatically replace the original file.

>> >>

>> >> "Ed Wood" <EdWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:3EB90067-D170-4D16-BD92-88A6ED5B908E@microsoft.com...

>> >> > For years, going all the way back to Windows 3.1 (I am now running

>> >> > Windows

>> >> > XP

>> >> > Pro SP3), we have lived with the loud volume of the CTMELODY wave

>> >> > file

>> >> > that

>> >> > plays when Windows Starts.

>> >> >

>> >> > After Windows is up and running, the volume controls take over, and

>> >> > you

>> >> > can

>> >> > adjust the volume of everything, except the volume of CTMELODY,

>> >> > which

>> >> > runs

>> >> > in

>> >> > the boot process before the volume control settings are loaded.

>> >> >

>> >> > If you decrease the volume control on your speakers so that the

>> >> > CTMELODY

>> >> > wave file is at an acceptable level, you then have to readjust the

>> >> > speaker

>> >> > volume controls (provided you have speakers with a volume control

>> >> > knob),

>> >> > so

>> >> > that the rest of the audio is loud enough to hear.

>> >> >

>> >> > Is there any way to adjust the volume of the CTMELODY wave file? All

>> >> > of

>> >> > the

>> >> > other built in Windows wave files (Windows exit, logoff, shutdown,

>> >> > etc.),

>> >> > are

>> >> > recorded at acceptable levels. Just the CTMELODY wave file is way

>> >> > TOO

>> >> > LOUD!

>> >> >

>> >> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

>> >> >

>> >> > Sincerely,

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

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