Mixer Does Not Work After Upgrading to Windows 95

 Last reviewed: August 21, 1995
Article ID: Q132623
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

The mixer program included with your Paradise sound card may not work after you upgrade to Windows 95. Additionally, the mixer control included with Windows 95 does not affect the volume of sounds being played.

CAUSE

The Paradise card is really both a SoundBlaster 8-bit sound card and a Microsoft Windows Sound System-compatible sound card. Windows 95 installs drivers for both of these cards, causing previous proprietary volume- control methods to not work. The Windows 95 mixer control does work, but it is operating on the default audio device. If the default device is not the device being used (such as when the default device is the SoundBlaster device and you are playing a 16-bit file, so the Windows Sound System- compatible device is being used), adjusting the controls has no effect.

RESOLUTION

Set the Windows Sound System-compatible device as the preferred device using the Multimedia tool in Control Panel.

MORE INFORMATION

The third-party product discussed in this article is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kbmm kbsound
KBSubcategory: posfest win95
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: August 21, 1995
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