biggles Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 I know this is probably a very basic question with (probably) a very simple answer, but I'm a bit new to MD so please be gentle :? I am using the 'onboard' sound on my MSI motherboard (KT4 Ultra) because it has Optical Out. I am connecting this to the Optical In on my Sharp MT80 and am recording from a CD in the CD drive via Windows Media Player. I wrongly assumed that this would bypass system alerts and so merrily went of 'doing stuff' while I was recording :oops: Is there an easy way to turn off all system sounds while I'm recording and then turn them back on again afterwards? (I'm running XP Pro) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilbunny Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 In older Windows versions (don't know about XP) you can go to Control Panel -> Sounds and select the "no sounds" profile. Then you have to make sure sounds are turned off in all your apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted April 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Thanks for that - I was wondering if I could define a new user (then set this up sans all system sounds) or something like that. Then I could logon to my PC using that user when I wanted to record from my PC to my MD. When I had finished that I could switch back to my normal user account. Having to go through and manually turn off all sounds in all programs sounds like a real pain in the *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted April 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Well, did a bit of experimenting and found that in XP I simply had to go to Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel, select the Sounds tab and there is an option already there for No sounds - simple really (much to my embarassment!) :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilbunny Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Yes, but your apps can still create their own sound events - it's just the ones that use the system sounds that will be quiet now. I was thinking more of things like AIM or IRC programs that throw in their own noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted April 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Good point!! I hadn't thought of that - I guess it's a case of 'Back to the drawing board' - just when I thought I was so clever I guess one solution is to not run any apps at all whilst recording - sort of negates the whole thing though. Surely someone else must have a solution for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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