working on a little windows app that puts a cap on loud noises. will be free + open source
it works by examining the current audio data being played and if it is above some threshold, it automatically turns the system volume down before the user actually hears it.
need some ideas for a name. considering "volimit" (which gets across the volume-limiting purpose, but sounds too much like vomit) or "mufflr" (sounds more like a real product, but it doesn't really "muffle").
i don't really like the word "loudness" here in the UI - but can't think of a better term.
- don't want to use "volume" because i don't want to conflate the concepts "how loud the sound you are hearing right now is" and "the number your operating system uses to multiply audio signal values", as it's already confusing.
- don't want to use "amplitude" as it's a dorky word that might not be obvious to normal people
maybe "audio level" would be better? or is that too ambiguous?
john