Comments on: Windows Software: Tools to change your default audio playback device.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:34:42 +0000

link to Quick Sound Switch FAILED, HERE IS THE NEW ONE http://www.quicksoundswitch.toflo.de/

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:51:05 +0000

This tool i was searching for, but now i need tool that can easy switch between my monitors. I would like the switch that one or two monitors are connected, are there tool available how can arranges that?

By: ALTuna

ALTuna — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:27:06 +0000

@Kiran
Thank you so much for that link (is it your code?) it’s both flawless and instantaneous.
Now if only this could be applied to swapping the default monitor instead of:
‘Display Setting > Tab > up/down arrow > alt-t > return’…

By: kiran

kiran — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:27:34 +0000

i think this software might help

http://hotfile.com/dl/93761638/29be06c/win7audiochanger.rar.html

its also a script made exe file

By: Kevin Still

Kevin Still — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:57:27 +0000

I created an app that will load in your system tray and let you change the default device. Its FREE

http://dss.site50.net if your interested.

By: Anony Mouse

Anony Mouse — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:44:44 +0000

STADS and QSS don’t work with Vista x64. The best solution I’ve found so far is to put the command:
control.exe mmsys.cpl,,0
into a batch file. This launches the sound control panel open to the playback devices tab. You can put the batchfile in Quick Launch or pin it to the Start Menu to get to it quickly.
If you want to open the recording tab quickly, change the 0 to a 1. The Sounds tab can be set to open automatically by changing the 0 to a 2.
This will work with all versions of vista.

By: George Stein

George Stein — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:47:56 +0000

Both programs work well in switching between my two sound cards, but once I install my USB headphones (in addition to the two sound cards), I cannot switch back to either sound card after the USB headphones have been chosen. A fix to this problem would be great.
Regards,
George

By: Chris Duckworth

Chris Duckworth — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:41:03 +0000

Great tip. I have played with autohotkey to do some stuff at work and it seems to work quite well. I might try this when I cable everything up on the weekend after moving house.

By: dsilver.us

dsilver.us — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:36:45 +0000

You can also switch sound devices by using the AutoHotKey utility and a script. I did this on my XP machine; took some fiddling with the script but now works very quickly and easily via a shortcut. See http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic2436.html

By: Chris Duckworth

Chris Duckworth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:07:25 +0000

Hi Ferret, In winamp you can change the output using the default output plugins. I used to do a bit of recording of bands and I would send the signal to whichever audio output I wanted. It is annoying that none of it can be done on the fly.

On a side not, BeOS had a great utility to swap audio devices while they were playing. Oh how I hope BeOS has a worthwhile release soon. It’s been a long time.