Unable to turn down sound in Yosemite

To all,
I have a problem that I haven't seen until I upgraded to Yosemite.  The situation is, Im listening to Pandora or iTunes, and Im unable to turn down the sound from the speaker icon in the menu bar.  No matter where I put the speaker, it will not decrease or increase the volume, however if I go into System Preferences and then sound, I can adjust the sound from there, or individually in applications like the ones previously mentioned.  Thanks for the help!
Todd

If you have the ambient light sensor on and are under bright lights, that could be the outcome. You can turn off the ambient sensor to see if that is the issue. The check box for this is right below the slider you referenced.

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