#Soundbunny update free

#Soundbunny update free

If I'm in that situation and come across a tumble-blog that has auto-playing audio (a huge, HUGE petpeeve for me), we have an instant clash between competing music sources having the ability to mute Safari while leaving VLC untouched via a mixer would be, in short, damn useful.įurthermore, take a moment to check your prejudice yes, as it stands, OSX is a better operating system (at least, for my needs and probably for yours too given your attitudes, but others should feel free to prefer Windows if it better suits their needs). Or let's say I'm listening to VLC while surfing tumblr on Safari as one user pointed out, Safari doesn't have its own volume control, and the hotkeys affect the system volume. That is one strong benefit (among many) for having a mixer. But, if one is listening to sound coming from another app, perhaps they DON'T NEED OR WANT those extraneous sounds. Occasionally, these programs trigger system sound alerts if one accidentally hits the wrong key or makes a ding when a process has finished. Take for example, if I'm working in a program that doesn't do any sort of music or sound playback, like photoshop. Yes, some apps like VLC have their own controls (and that's all well and good), but having a means to be able to meter and attenuate ALL outbound signals INDEPENDENTLY is not only a nice potential feature, it's a necessity, and its absence from OS X is simply gross oversight. Having an OS-level mixer would allow the user to more easily prioritize WHICH apps are carrying the most important signals to the DAC (speakers).

All of these apps are ignorant of how they fit into the overall output of the speakers. That's akin to a musician having control over what dynamic at which they're playing (how loud their instruments are), and that's a good thing to have, yes.īUT, suggesting that only having that level of control is sufficient is sadly ignorant on several levels.

Earlier, you said something about Apple wanting to give that control to the app developers, and you're right that the developers should have control of volume leaving their app. In the OS world, an OS-level mixer would serve similar functions. When in a recording session, one of the main tools that an engineer uses is called a mixing board, or mixer for short this is a picture of a mixing board ( and one of its functions is to allow the engineer an easy interface with which to adjust the balance of sound coming from multiple channels. I work with musicians on a daily basis, and one of those roles is as a recording engineer. Satcomer, allow me to explain what it seems like you're missing: