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Old 06-04-2007, 10:41 AM   #1
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Default Volume levels

Is there a way to adjust the volume within NT itself? I find that the "order filled" voice (etc.) is much louder than my background sounds, such as chat room environments, skype, etc,
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Old 06-04-2007, 11:05 AM   #2
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Sorry no. You would need to adjust the sound level in your PC.
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Old 06-04-2007, 09:50 PM   #3
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You can also modify the existing sound with sound editing software.

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Old 06-04-2007, 11:19 PM   #4
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True, but it will be overwritten on next NT update plus the installer eventually might detect that an installation file changed and will update that back to default. We do not recommend that.
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Old 06-04-2007, 11:22 PM   #5
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ok, understand the overlay issue but didn't know about the installer issue.

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Old 06-04-2007, 11:24 PM   #6
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The installer checks for for file consistency (to some extend). This is a standard Microsoft MSI installer feature. This could make the installer restoring corrupted files (detected by some logic).

It might or might not work for sound files. For that reason we do not recommend changing any (!) file in <program files>/NinjaTrader6.
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Old 06-10-2008, 12:38 AM   #7
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Thread's a little old but as I did not find a solution elsewhere I thought I'd post my fix.

As it seems you can modify the NT WAV files with an audio editor - only keep a copy of your work in case the NT installer overwrites (your) files.

Sorry for intruding (if) but I ran across exactly the same issue when starting on NT, and adjusting the vol at system level does not work for me as it renders other sources of sound too low, so I had to patch the files because sounds were just too brutal.

A suggestion - without having NT to become an audio control center: why don't you folks just offer different sets of WAV files at install time - for me a 20dB level reduction and all is fine.

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Thanks for your suggestion. We'll add it to the list of future considerations.

Note: We recommend NOT manipulating any of the NT installer files.
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Old 06-10-2008, 02:24 AM   #9
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Would it be possible in a future upgrade to move the sound files to ...My Documents/NinjaTrader 6.5/.. then we could add new sound files or modify existing ones without impacting the installation files?
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Old 06-10-2008, 02:32 AM   #10
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Thanks for your suggestion. We'll add it to the list of future considerations.
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Old 06-10-2008, 10:15 AM   #11
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Default Being able to add custom sounds would be awesome-

It would be great to be able to differentiate which chart an alert was firing from. I would love to make my own and either have them user selectable or just "hard code" the reference .wav file to a specific Price Alert indicator (for example my voice saying "TICK above 1000" instead of just a standard beep).
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Adding another vote for the ability to choose custom wav files. I'm starting to cringe every time I hear those high volume voice sounds for order fills.
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Old 07-28-2008, 01:58 PM   #13
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Another vigorous vote for sound control. There ought to be an overall NT volume button and also a way to turn alerts on and off for indicators on a chart.

The NT sounds are much, much louder than other sounds so they scream out at me if I want to hear the other sounds at all.

Also, some hard coded indicators have sounds I don't want to hear but have no way to turn off.

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Old 07-28-2008, 02:31 PM   #14
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>> Also, some hard coded indicators have sounds I don't want to hear but have no way to turn off.
Which ones in particular?
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Old 07-28-2008, 02:42 PM   #15
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Not NT supplied indicators, but provided by other suppliers to me.
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