Change in music playback level during gameplay

Hi,
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature.. when i'm playing my own music during gameplay and some effects happen in the game the music level goes to bottom and the sounds overwhelm the music. Is there a workaround to this... its rather annoying when you're listening music and when something happens in game and suddenly the music practically disappears... im using x-fi platinum. thanks

Do you have SVM turned on? If yes, turn that off.
If not:
In Windows Vista and up, the OS' sound system lowers the overall volume if the mixed sound would be loud enough to cause distortion. Try lowering the music player's and the game's volume and instead crank up the master volume.

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