sound output balance

[ThoughtKriminal]

for some reason my speakers seem to randomly switch on their own so that the right one is twice as loud as the left.

Its easy to fix, but its annoying. Am i pressing some key or something thats doing that? or what?

anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it from happening again?

 

[WinterMute]

Seems to be a bug in 10.2.6, happens on my PB, in iTunes, but not in the audio apps, I think its well known and documented, and I guess it'll be fixed in Panther or soon after.

 

[Daveman Deluxe]

If you adjust the volume so quickly that the volume animation can't keep up, that will happen.

It's irritating, but at least Apple knows about it so they can fix it.

 

[bellis1]

Same issue here

The same thing has happened to me on a 12" PB and a 17" PB and it is annoying. I can't replicate what causes it. I tried the volume animation but that does not appear to be it. And it is always to the right and never the left.

 

[tjwett]

i get this alot with my 12" PowerBook and it used to happen on my Quicksilver. I think it's a 10.2.6 bug. I'm always having to fix the balance on the Sound setting in Sys Prefs.

 

[Daveman Deluxe]

I wasn't clear in my original post. I mean that if you hit the volume keys several times and you've already pressed it a few times before the animation even appears on the screen, then the animation goes through several notches at once, your balance is liable to get changed. This typically happens when your CPU is running a high load.

 

[Nermal]

Just letting you know that it happens here too, on my 800 MHz iBook with 10.2.6.

 

[tjwett]

Originally posted by Daveman Deluxe
I wasn't clear in my original post. I mean that if you hit the volume keys several times and you've already pressed it a few times before the animation even appears on the screen, then the animation goes through several notches at once, your balance is liable to get changed. This typically happens when your CPU is running a high load.

wow, that's interesting. i get that constantly. it always takes a little while for the graphic to pop up. and even when i'm not running anything at all there is always a noticeable delay from the time i push a volume button to when it actually changes on the screen. i didn't know this is what caused the balance to change. any idea why?

*EDIT* and he's totally right! wow, i quit all apps except the Finder and unplugged any inout devices. i messed with the volume buttons for a minute like we said and then checked the balance from Sys Prefs and sure enough it was way off. i reset it to the middle and tried the whole thing again and it did it again. this is such a silly bug. it's been bothering me for so long and now i know the answer. does Apple know of this issue specifically? i'm sure they must have heard of it by now.

 

[krzysiek]

Balance sound problem

In my Cube 1-2 dayafter i instal 10.3.4 it some problem. But in 10.1.5 and 9.2 balance is OK. In iTunes, DVD player balance is totaly in left speakers. NO BALANCE SLIDER in System Preferences!!!
I'm orginal Apple speakers buy with Cube.
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