Lock the input sound in system preferences
I was wondering, I use programs like skype and venrilo, anytime I go to a settings pane, my input volume level in the system preferences goes down to about 1/4.
I have tried turning off ambient noise reduction.
I have tried my professional grade microphone.
It seems to happen no matter what regardless, everytime I reboot (which is alot). Or as I mentioned before, anytime I go into a preference panel for any voice used application.
Can you lock it to a set input level, are there apps out there that allow you to control or lock this?
Any updates on when this bug will be fixed? I read 10.6.3, but I'm running 10.6.3 so it's clearly not fixed.
All that's really needed is a LOCK VOLUME SETTINGS option.
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