Windows: accessing the Windows Sound controls

A quick guide for Widows users who are unaware of how to access the sound controls for soundcards and sound devices (microphones, speakers, USB input devices).

Windows 10

Windows 10 has a new Settings dialog:

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Windows 10 Sound Control Panel - scaled 60%

Click on Sound control panel on the right and you will get

TBP

Clickety click TBP

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Control Panel

The older way (for earlier versions of Windows) of accessing controls was via the Sound Control Panel:

Windows Control Panel scaled 75%

Click on Hardware and Sound and you will get:

'Windows Control Panel\Hardware and Sound scaled 75%

Click on Sound and you will get:

Sound management dialog - exact contents depends on your available devices

Clickety TBP

blah blah