Winamp volume lowering on its own?

[ChiggyChiggy]

When playing a .kar file the volume automatically gets lowered to be super low from the Windows volume mixer, even if i make it higher again, replaying the file will make it lower it back again, why does it do this and how to stop it? Or is it a bug?

[JonnyMac]

See Dj Egg's reply (old, but relevant)...

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166526

Or try this...

1. Ctrl+P
2. Plug-ins > Input
3. double click 'Nullsoft MIDI Player'
4. Device tab
5. select "Direct Music / Microsoft Synthesizer (with output)"
6. close out of prefs
(Credit and thanks to Nunzio390 for the screenshot)

I prefer the second method because the MIDI playback volume can be controlled though Winamp and depending on your sound card, you may get better quality.

[ChiggyChiggy]

Thanks! the second method worked, the first did nothing :P

Why does one type of file need to have its own playback volume than the rest though? I dont get it o.O

[Aminifu]

Mod decoders don't need to have separate volume control. It's just a feature that the developers thought was a good idea at the time given all the different kinds of mods and the ways you can encode them.

Mp3 decoders can also have separate volume control.

I suggest you check the config options of all the input decoders you use and disable volume control in those that offer it.