user4711 wrote:send hot keys from volumouse is a good idea, but what should a level indicator in volumouse show because volumouse does not have any number.
Yes you are right, sometimes I tend to understand better complex things, but have a problem to understand simple things.
user4711 wrote:with volumouse on my win 10 i can use CTRL or alt or shift +wheel. but not middle mouse button, or left or right mouse button + wheel.
does this on your windows 7 work ?
No problem here. All three additional mouse button options work on my Windows 7!
About noise with (my) Realtek onboard:
We also use 230V 50 Hz AC system in Germany.
Noise and crackles can be a problem (moving the mouse or generally with NVIDIA graphics cards, etc).
But practically I can only hear it when Realtek audio input is on and recording gain is higher than 4 percent.
When I mute Realtek audio input completely (with ZVolume Home 2006 freeware on my desktop), noise and crackles cannot be heard even at very high volume when listening to silence.
Not via speakers and even not with good quality headphones (Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro)!
Crackles only happen when I adjust Realtek output volume to very low settings (0 to 5 percent range).
To avoid noise it is very important to set Realtek input to the lowest possible recording gain.
I highly recommend 2, 3, maximal 4 percent input gain, not more!
You should always adjust gain at your analog source/mixer!
Quality wise, from a technical measurement perspective, this is of course still far away from professional high audio quality.
But for me and my home recording studio usage it is good enough.
Everyday human listening is not a technical process!
There are additional visional impressions and noise sources in your local environment that have much more impact to your subjective listening experience (plus feelings) than any noise floor of even the cheapest 50 cent AD/DA converter can have.
Listening to Pink Floyd while drinking a whiskey or eating a steak is completely different than drinking water or eating an apple.
What is the color of your girl-friend's skirt today?
Is she in the kitchen or in the bathroom?
Is it Tuesday or Saturday?
That has more influence to your listening experience than practical minimal technical differences between consumer electronic quality and professional quality.
But if you insist to be an audiophile 24 hours a day, then you have to pay the real price!
In the end different people have different needs.
"Subjectivity is objectve!"
(Woody Allen in "Love and Death")
Here you see the right top of my desktop.