The sound effects and music are too loud

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I’m playing movies that have 6 channel audio by using MPC-HC. I mirrored my laptop to my TV which has stereo speakers and I am watching movies on my tv.

I am noticing that the sound effects and music are just too loud. The tv volume is already low and it’s 10 and I have to lower it to 7 or 8. The dialogue volume is lower than the sound effects and music volume but I can hear it ok and it’s clear.

I experimented with different presets in FxSound. I tried movies, volume boost and dialogue boost. The sound effects and music volume is still too loud. I tried lowering dynamic boost. The dialogue volume became lower if I lowered dynamic boost. I used different values for the frequencies. It didn’t make that much difference.

Can you please tell me how to lower the volume of sound effects and music and raise the dialogue volume?

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You could try the transcription preset, but this might be an issue with your speakers.

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It’s not an issue with my speakers and the music\sound effects are not that loud if I disable FxSound.

Can you please tell me how to tweak a preset like voice to lower the loudness of music\sound effects?

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This is a popular problem… close it FXSound and activate Loudness Equalization in Windows

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The new controls in version 2.0.4 should do exactly what you need.

  • The “Master gain” control is adjustable from -20dB up to +20dB does a very large control on the loudness.
  • The “Normalization” control is an additional compressor to the existing “Dynamic Boost.”

If you adjust all these controls correctly, you should get what you want.

You will also find many other improvements in version 2.0.4, read the PDF documentation.

Soon the version 2.0.4 will be unified with the main FxSound version, in the meantime you can download it from here.

After the download unzip the files and start the “FxSound_Enhanced_Installer.exe”
( or read the file README to learn all about this installer )

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I have 2 laptops: an HP laptop and a Lenovo laptop. The Lenovo laptop is connected to my TV by HDMI and I mirrored the display. I updated to FxSound 2.0.4 on both laptops. Weird issues happened on both laptops just after I updated.

The sound became choppy on the HP laptop when I played a movie. I shut down the laptop and switched it on. The sound went back to normal.

The colors on the TV became yellow just after I updated FxSound on the Lenovo laptop. I shut down the laptop and switched it on. The colors on the TV went back to normal.

Why did problems happen on both laptops? It’s normal for the sound to get choppy on the HP laptop because something related to audio was updated but why did the color on the TV become yellow when I updated FxSound on the Lenovo laptop?

I don’t understand. Is your version different from the main version? How do I switch back to the main version after it becomes 2.0.4?

What values should I use for both to reduce the volume of the sound effects and keep the voice volume loud?

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For the max possible compression:

  • Raise Dynamic Boost to maximum
  • Raise MasterGain to +20
  • Reduce Normalization to -20 dB
  • Regulate the window output level to a confortable volume

This is only an example, only the direction to raise and reduce controls.
Probably it is better to limit them to +10 and -10

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I tried the advice I gave you in a context similar to your game, and it didn’t work well. Normalization is too late when there’s a sudden, very loud sound.

So the only real improvement you’ll get from version 2.0.4 is being able to raise the Matter Gain to +20 dB, which replaces exactly what you’d do with all the sliders turned up to 20 dB.

As for the other two controls (Normalization and Dynamic Boost), I don’t know what to advise you on; you’ll have to decide whether and how to use them.