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Hey guys. I've been playing Kingpin without any problems, but the background music/soundtrack is incredibly loud. I can't hear what a lot of characters are saying, and it hurts my ears. So, anyone have any suggestions?

Oh, also I have "allow Alt+Tab?" marked as "Yes", but I can't alt+tab out of Kingpin!
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yarrrjun:
Same issues here. I'm alright with the background music, but the volume is just too much. I ended up turning it off and giving up on the alt-tab thing.

If you have Windows 8 or any utility that "switches" screens/desktops I believe that can sneak you out of it to look at other windows.

Edit: Except that I cannot figure out how to do the desktop switching.
Post edited December 29, 2012 by ShadowWulfe
Hi,

You can still use cntl-alt-del to switch from Kingpin to desktop.
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yarrrjun:
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ShadowWulfe: Same issues here. I'm alright with the background music, but the volume is just too much. I ended up turning it off and giving up on the alt-tab thing.

If you have Windows 8 or any utility that "switches" screens/desktops I believe that can sneak you out of it to look at other windows.

Edit: Except that I cannot figure out how to do the desktop switching.
I'm encountering the same problem with the loud music. There is no option in the game to turn it down. Is there any other way to fix this?
Ack, same here. I came here hoping there would be a solution for this.
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Jinxtah: Ack, same here. I came here hoping there would be a solution for this.
Hi In OPTION tab let's set "CD MUSIC" to DISABLED
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Jinxtah: Ack, same here. I came here hoping there would be a solution for this.
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felikkz7: Hi In OPTION tab let's set "CD MUSIC" to DISABLED
Yeah I ended up doing just that, but I was looking for some way to lower the volume instead of disabling it completely. Thanks though.
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Jinxtah: Yeah I ended up doing just that, but I was looking for some way to lower the volume instead of disabling it completely. Thanks though.
I know it's a bit radical and doesn't really solve the problem.
A tricky trick would be to locate the music sound files and edit them with a sound software like AUDACITY to lower their volume...
Personally, I prefer a lot playing without this constant music. In the beginning it's ok. But after 10 mn it becomes invasive and spoils the game. KP has more to offer than just a dirty shoot them all. Chatting with the NPC, handling the henchmen, doing the missions...There's a lot of background noises that help to strengthen the atmosphere, and they all disappear if the cd music is on.
Yeah, I agree. I've finished the game maybe 5 times over the years, so I'm not too bothered about it. I just didn't remember the music being so loud. It has been years and years since I've played it last.

I'm currently in Poisonville, just having done a favor for Louie, so I'm ok with it by now. In fact, I think it's preferable as you say.
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Jinxtah: Yeah, I agree. I've finished the game maybe 5 times over the years, so I'm not too bothered about it. I just didn't remember the music being so loud. It has been years and years since I've played it last.

I'm currently in Poisonville, just having done a favor for Louie, so I'm ok with it by now. In fact, I think it's preferable as you say.
:) If you want something new in KP let's play my addon http://felikkz7.free.fr/index.html
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Jinxtah: Yeah, I agree. I've finished the game maybe 5 times over the years, so I'm not too bothered about it. I just didn't remember the music being so loud. It has been years and years since I've played it last.

I'm currently in Poisonville, just having done a favor for Louie, so I'm ok with it by now. In fact, I think it's preferable as you say.
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felikkz7: :) If you want something new in KP let's play my addon http://felikkz7.free.fr/index.html
I'm alright, thanks.
A bit late to the party, but maybe someone will come here hoping for an answer later.

The game seems to use two different types of files for its music. The "actual" background music that you can turn off with "Enable CD music" option from the menu is placed in Music directory. Tracks 01, 02 & 03 are "normal" songs, vocals and additional bits included. Tracks 04, 05 & 06 are "cleaned up" versions of the same three tracks and the ones mostly used in the game afaik, stripped from vocals and extra bits to their basic motive (if it sounds confusing, just play tracks 02 & 05 back to back in any modern audio player).

The diegetic music, one that actually occurs within the world (think of the short loop near the bar and the first hireable goon in starting location) is in the main->sound->world directory, five files with the cypress in their names and a number 2 through 5 (first doesn't have one, named simply cypress). These are short non-vocal pieces from the same tracks, 10-20 seconds in length. They are the ones usually talked about when people mention "overlapping": they are just as loud as CD tracks, and the result can be jarring when they're played simultaneously.

The next logical step would be to edit mentioned files to bring down their volume a notch. I̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶y̶e̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶,̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶u̶l̶t̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶e̶r̶. Setting any of mentioned tracks' gain in Audacity at, say, -6db seems to do the job. Providing the actual edited files doesn't seem like a good idea, though, at least with the album versions of the songs. They'd probably be taken down due to copyright concerns. So even in case this works, one will have to do the legwork.
Post edited September 06, 2018 by FattyJoker