Sound balance problem

Nothing else is wrong with my computer except the balance of the sound. I notice that the sound decides to set the balance more to the left when it wants to. I'm doing nothing to change it. I start playing some music and then it sounds a little funky and I look into my sound preferences and I notice that the balance is more towards the left. Any help? Thank you.

Hi Kirk,
Have you tried to go into Audio MIDI Setup, I believe you can adjust balance from here.
Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup choose Audio Devices - you can configure speakers and at the bottom you should see volume sliders 1 and 2... fool around and see if you can get a better balance...
If all else fails, try opening GarageBand, it seems by doing this it resets the audio properties, don't ask how...
Rick
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