How to Balance Audio on a Mac [Tutorial]
How to Balance Audio on a Mac [Tutorial]
Every Mac can play sound through speakers (built-in or external) or headphones, from making the simplest beeping noise to playing audio CDs like a stereo. Three primary ways to modify the sound on your Mac involve volume, balance, and input/output devices.
Volume: Simply means how loud your Mac plays sound by default. Many applications, such as iTunes, also let you adjust the volume, so you can set the default system volume and then adjust the volume within each application, relative to the system volume, as well.
Balance: Defines how sound plays through the right and left stereo speakers. By adjusting the balance, you can make sound louder coming from one speaker and weaker coming from the other.
Input/output: Depending on your equipment, you might have multiple input and output devices — speakers and headphones as two distinct output devices, for example. By defining which input and output device to use, you can define which one to use by default.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
MacBook sound low
MacBook sound crackling
MacBook sound problem
MacBook sound muffled
MacBook sound amplifier
MacBook sound settings
MacBook sound balance
MacBook sound booster
MacBook sound balance keeps changing
MacBook sound buttons not working
MacBook sound broken
MacBook sound cuts out
MacBook sound doesn't work
MacBook sound equalizer
MacBook sound echo
This tutorial will apply for MacBook Pro, Air, Mini's running the macOS operating system. This tutorial was performed on a macOS Big Sur system.