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[Steve]

Hi,

I'm using BASS on the PC. My game plays a streamed MP3. When I play explosion SFXs the music ducks by about 30% in volume.

Is there anyway I can stop this?

As far as I can see I'm using the default setting for the stream and effects.

Cheers,
Steve

[Ian @ un4seen]

What Windows version are you using? That sounds like it could be Vista/7's limiter kicking-in, due to the level getting too high. Try lowering the volume levels of the MP3 and SFX, and see if that makes a difference. To simplify matters, you can make use of the global volume config options (BASS_CONFIG_GVOL_STREAM/SAMPLE), to lower the volume levels for all streams and samples. To find good levels, you could try playing with the BASSTEST.EXE example (in C\BIN), which includes those global volume options.

[Steve]

Hi Ian,

Yup... that's the problem. Just playing everything a little quieter fixed it.
Nice one!

Cheers,
Steve