A replacement for Windows' own volume controls.
Review by Future Shock:
There is some serious meat to this volume control (now if I can just find a system wide equalizer!). I like the edges option even on my large screen for times when I have the mouse near the top of the screen. Mouse wheel could be useful too, though. I also have a RocketDock volume controller for the right side of the screen. It's an efficient set up for me. Looks like this would be perfect for laptop/notebook users. Oh, and it's portable...no installation...
Just one sort of overall concern with audio apps. Testing equalizers, I noticed that audio related program coders don't seem to have learned to merge the functionality of their program into the run time functionality of a PC very well. That concern carries over a bit to this program, but not much. Volume^2 isn't overkill, but there is just a tiny bit of run time over prioritization that can lead to mouse jumps, etc.
Kind of back in the Windows 98 days with audio controls I would say in the overall sense. I think we need something along the lines of AudioX like DirectX does the job for graphics. Developers could create their programs that make use of audio controls with the idea in mind of using the native run time routines of A-X without worrying about stepping on the overall functionality of the PC if there were such a thing.
As it is, Volume^2 is sort of like any stand alone improvement to a natively Windows function that is audio related begins to step on overall functionality.
Looking forward to the day when audio related program coders get it that with a PC, there are hard and fast no nos. Got to have control of the mouse at all times. Again, no serious worries here. Volume^2 is good, but I would like to see some follow up and improvement on this one.
Features of Volume2
- Audio conversion: Convert audio files to other formats.
- Audio playback: Stream and play audio files.
- Design: Intuitive and customizable user interface.
- Effects: Apply audio effects such as chorus, echo and flanger.
- Equalizer: Apply sound effects and presets.
- Hotkeys: Create, assign and edit global hotkeys.
- Mixer: Adjust volume, balance and playback speed.
- Multi-channel support: Play and control audio on multiple channels.
- Playlist: Create and manage playlists.
- Plugins: Extend functionality with third-party plugins.
- Recording: Record audio from a microphone or line-in.
- Scheduler: Automate playback and recording.
- Spectrogram: Monitor sound activity in real-time.
- Visualization: Visualize sound with colorful spectrum analyzers.
Compatibility and License
Volume2 is provided under a freeware license on Windows from Windows tweaking software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.1.9.466 is the latest version last time we checked.
irzxya accepts donations for the continued development of this free software.
Is Volume2 for Windows 10 or Windows 11?
Yes. It can run on a PC with Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
Filed under:
- Volume2 Download
- Free Windows Tweaking Software
- Volume Customizing Software
- Software for Windows 11
