Unsure, but boosting your speakers like that can be potentially problematic as it makes them run hotter and can cause structural damage in the computer case if they run too hot or just straight up damage themselves (Vibrate too much and break their restraints/case).
The likelihood of this ever happening is positively preposterous. The only thing that may happen, is that the speaker cones will wear faster, and of course, that by overdriving them, that the sound clarity will worsen. Most laptop speakers never cap out at their maximum dB range with standard software control.
The problem here is that your third-party software is interrupting the system input from your keyboard: What happens if you use the keys to minimise the amplification settings in VoiceMeeter, to zero? Can you use the standard, system tray volume control to adjust the pre-amp sound level, as normal?
If you can still use the system tray volume slider, you could set the amplification to zero with your sound keys, and lower the volume using the slider until you can;t hear anything, and then use the volume keys to increase amplification, to a suitable level.
That said, in reading the
VoiveMeeter Manual, it appears that it acts as an output device, controlled via sound settings in system preferences, and that you can change back to your normal speakers, using these settings ( ref, page 8 ).
You should also be able to disable the programme, via the contextual menu ( ref, page 13 ).
You may want to detail your problem to the VB-Audio contact groups. If the programme is changing registry values for keyboard functions, that's pretty bad, and I don't see anything in their manual, or their
website documentation--the website is truly terrible---that covers keyboard preferences, or anything similar. They have no documentation section, and no direct contact forms, or bug report forms.
It's just one gigantic advert, in modern, useless, PR spin style.
Restoring your system, assuming that you have a backup, or a restore point, should repair the problem.
I hesitate to mention this, but
this MS Knowledgebase article, may give you an exit route; however, you may be better to restore your system from a backup though, especially if yoj need to edit registry values, and this article anticipates expert knowledge of MS Windows, which is why I wasn't going to include it; but I decided to add it at the last moment.
If you try any of these solution, make a full system backup first, as editing the registry, without expert knowledge, is as sure a way as I know to destroy a Windows install, short of
format C:\.
It is also possible that your system shipped with special KB drivers, and that you may need to re-install them. That's system specific, and I can;t help you much there. You may want to locate your installation discs, or download driver packs for your model and OS.
As this programme requires Vista or later, I wouldn't even be able to run it; and my Windows knowledge is essentially limited Windows XP, 2003 Server, and earlier. I know some basic things about W7, such as re-enabling services that Microsoft disabled by default, for no clear reason, and instructing people on basic networking functions, but W7 differs so much from XP, that the applicability of my knowledge is often useless for Vista, or later, due to MS moving everything about, and making their interfaces absurdly confusing, by dumbing them down.
Really, if I could run W7 in XP mode, with absolutely no changes in the interfaces, the system preferences, and no limitations (such as driver compatibility, and special functions--including the ability to use MACCHANGER--I would consider it, but it not only needs more resources
for everything, but it also
removes basic utilities, and capabilities that I require.
My Windows usage is limited to the following:
General web use, with various security plugins for everything (not as important on OSX, or Linux).
Zelda Classic / ZQuest
Ripping YouTube videos.
Watching streaming media that depends on Silverlight.
Use of specific CAD Tools.
Using Office, when I don't feel like shifting to one of my Mac systems to write something, or make a spreadsheet.
VNC control of servers, and other machines.
FTP/SFTP/SSH communication with servers.
I do all of my other work on OSX. or Linux, including all of my artwork, publishing layouts, music composition, video editing, website design, non-ZC programming, etc..
Edited by ZoriaRPG, 26 April 2014 - 01:55 AM.