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you know what really overcooks my ribeye to an inedible extra well done how

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horribly inconvenient Windows audio settings have been for years

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i mean sure turning the volume up and down typically isn't hard in fact you

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can often do it from your keyboard but trying to do just about anything else is

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such a chore even something as simple as switching

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your output say from your desktop speakers to a pair of headphones often

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requires going into a separate sound settings app and instructing your sound

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chip to treat your headphone out and your speaker out as two separate outputs

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now once you've done that switching between the two is just a matter of

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opening up the volume slider clicking on the name of the output above it and then

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clicking the speakers that you want but it isn't very obvious how to do this

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as you more or less have to know that the menu exists beforehand i mean the

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only hint you get is a little arrow above the volume slider fair enough

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though i've got that memorized and then Windows 11 rolls around and microsoft

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for whatever reason decides hey you know what users really need right now for the

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sound options to be even more of a pain now clicking the notification area

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brings up a quick settings menu that isn't even audio specific with another

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tiny arrow next to the volume slider that is somehow even less obvious than

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the one in Windows 10. then you've got the fact that it's also

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not super clear how to adjust the volume for individual programs and with how

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many things on our pcs can be constantly

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screeching at us these days i would say that's a pretty important feature to

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have quick access to especially if you've gotten tired of how auto playing

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video ads inside your web browser can start all the crap out of you if you

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aren't ready for them in Windows 10 and 11 that option isn't even located

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anywhere in that volume slider menu you instead have to right click and select

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open volume mixer where you're then greeted with the list of individual

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programs and their volume levels Windows 11 finally did ditch that old

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school looking volume mixer that's been basically unchanged since the days of

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Windows 7 in favor of something more modern but it's still an annoying

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treasure hunt if you don't know exactly what to click on now i'm going to keep

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want to change any additional settings like your input device or your left

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right balance well guess what there is yet another menu for all of that simply

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called sound settings that is separate from the volume mixer and look maybe

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working your way through this maze of mouse clicks isn't as infuriating to you

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as it is to me but the point is that it shouldn't be

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hard to put many of these commonly used settings on one sound panel that comes

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up with a single click in fact there are actually third party solutions out there

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that do a much better job than what Windows offers by default one such app

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is called ear trumpet not to be confused with the old school hearing aid ear

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trumpet who did not sponsor this video offers quick access to a seamless

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looking volume mixer for easy individual app control even allowing you to change

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your sound output on a per app basis which you can do in Windows but again

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it's hidden beneath a couple of submenus

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it was developed by a team of only three people so you gotta think it wouldn't be

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that hard for microsoft to make the built-in audio experience a little more streamlined especially considering that

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the team behind deer trumpet is actually made up of ex-microsoft employees maybe

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their workers are just prohibited from having too many good ideas at one time

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but you're not prohibited from watching more of our videos leaving a like or a

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dislike or subscribing yeah subscribing is good