On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 10:34 -0400, tomhorsley@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > but for normal use I want to be able to hear stuff without being > blasted out of my chair when something loud comes along :-). Hmm, yes, I know that feeling. You're listening to some music then some BLARING NOISE interrupts as a message has just arrived in Gaim, or something else. I re-recorded the annunciator noises at less than half volume to avoid that. You could always run a compressor between your computer and amplifier. -- (Currently running FC4, but testing FC5, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.