No external programs nor additional hardware needed, all you need to do is think like a Microsoft software engineer! ) (Only took me about 4 hours to find this workaround/hack. In other words, you can now use the full 0-100 range and do fine-grained volume adjustments, while in actuality it will only use the limited range that you set. When changing the volume via the task bar volume control, observe how that proportionally changes the channel volumes in 'balance'. Observe that the global system volume now seems to be at 100%, while the channels that are actually in use are still at their previous volume. In the pane that appears, under Main interfaces, click Qt, then scroll down and increase the Maximum Volume displayed box to 200 or 300. Pull any one of the unused channels all the way to 100 and leave the others where they are. To increase this, go to Tools -> Preferences, then click All in the bottom left corner of the window. additional device properties (on the right).open system settings, system, then sound.Set global volume to the maximum that you want If you are not using all 8 supported channels (L,R,C,Sub,RL,RR,SL,SR), you can abuse one of them to set a limit.
