I need more sound!!

[bobber205]

VLC can make my audio/video files play very loud but every other application the max sound is sooo soft. How do I make it louder? I have the volume all the way up in Sys Prefs.

 

[MacDawg]

Is this a laptop or is it a desktop?
Are you using external speakers?
Leopard?

The more info the better


Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[Xander562]

Turn up the volume on your speakers if you are using externals. Otherwise the speakers on all macs are pretty small, I suggest buying a pair of speakers for them. If you have speakers and both volumes are maxed out and it's STILL too soft, buy some new speakers.

 

[bobber205]

Leopard.

The speakers will go plenty loud as VLC is more than loud enough at 100%. it's just OS X built in max is too low. Some things are soften than others and are really hard to hear.
no externals. I have some for my PC and I don't need two pair.

 

[allan.nyholm]

If you need something to make your sound be louder/more crisp in iTunes then try SRS iWOW. It costs a little but it does good for iTunes atleast. Not sure how one can accomplish the same systemwide.

 

[KingYaba]

For iTunes this is all I can think of at this early hour.

 

[misterredman]

This software let you add effects to any audio source and can be used to increase the volume. But it's not free.

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/

 

[bobber205]

For iTunes this is all I can think of at this early hour.

Where is that exactly?

And uuuugh. I don't want to pay for anything that VLC does for free.

 

[gusious]

Where is that exactly?

You can find it by clicking on a song in itunes and then do a command-I.

 

[mnkeybsness]

If your music/movies are too quiet at max volume, it's very likely they are just extremely low quality encodes.

If you ripped the music yourself, change your encoding settings in the iTunes preferences.

If you downloaded them, you're out of luck there. Paying for music and movies is worth it to get the quality you desire.

 

[bobber205]

Alot of them are video podcasts like from MSNBC and the like.

 

[t0mat0]

With apologies to the OP