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***One of the most useful "tricks" is replacing some standard Windows features or controls with improved ones, which are easier to use and prettier to see. When you see things like Audio Control 4, you definitely know: it's just Better than you had before. Audio Control's task is to provide full replacemement of Windows volume control, you know, those boring window with a handful of huge ugly "sliders"***
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| Audio Control 4, Just Plain Better, by the editors of 3d2f.com - Read Full Review... |
Audio Control is an audio mixer software application for control of the sound-controls
that each properly installed and operating audio device exhibits. Audio Control has extremely ergonomic design and extended functionality,
including saving space in the work area of the screen and on the taskbar, easy access, improved precision, intuitive interface, idling
features and more. Audio Control saves time, effort and frustration making the use of PC easier and more pleasant.
Audio Control's interactive help system supports F1 and context help and is designed to be as useful as possible. Information
is distributed in a tree structure by topics, sub-topics and so on. Pressing F1 invokes the help article for the control or menu item
that currently owns the focus. Context Help is supplied via context menu.
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| Audio Control is a replacement for the standard system Volume Control: |
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| Although the standard Volume Control does the job it is a bit uncomfortable to use. For example it requires the user to move
the volume adjustment controls vertically. While this may be intuitively logical it is uncomfortable since the user must lift and move his/her entire hand.
In difference Audio Control was made to increase the volume by controlling a horizontal bar, thus the user need to only turn (rotate) his/her wrist, which
is the natural movement for the wrist, hence it is comfortable. See the following image of Audio Control: |
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| Audio Control supports volume control adjustment via all possible inputs, e.g. mouse, mouse wheel, clicking on the up
and down arrows, entering numeric value from the keyboard, hitting the keyboard arrows, Page Up and Down keys, Home and End keys, etc. There are many more
advantages that Audio Control offers, for example size, position, accessibility, logic, etc. The images above show the standard Volume Control and Audio Control
displaying the same audio card. Audio Control is easily customizable, allowing the user to set his preference for almost every property of the application. For example,
the user could easily adjust the appearance of Audio Control so that it displays only a single audio line as shown below, while all other audio controls and functionality
are still there - only one or two mouse clicks away.
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| Some audio cards expose more than one audio lines. If using the Standard Volume Control one would need to open separate window and
juggle these windows individually. Additionally to this inconvenience, to find and open these windows is not immediately obvious and many people do not even suspect
the richness of controls which they might have on their system. In difference Audio Control displays all audio lines in a single window. Using the scroll bars the
user can easily reach the precise control it needs. Audio Control is also able to sort the controls by use, alphabetically, value and other properties. For users who
use a particular audio line or lines extensively and want to have it/them displayed in a very specific place(s) on the screen, Audio Control offers the Minimal 1 and
Minimal 2 view modes. The following snapshot of Audio Control appearances demonstrates this. |
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Audio Control version 4 is an outstanding software application for its class and purpose, for many reasons including because of:
- Devices, Lines and Controls enumeration
- Devices, Lines and Controls representation
- Improved precision
- Logic and functionality
- Idling features
- Ergonomic design
- Accessibility and Intuitive user interface
- Total Customization
- Help system
- Great look
- Technical features and applied methodologies that ensure robustness at low cost of system resources
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