... a little technical difficulty ...

Listening to the online radio - the BBC 4 programme 'the News Quiz' . You can hear repeats - good British satire - but you have to know British news.

Well the sound was very quiet.

Checked the sound software - pushed sounds of to maximum - played around with balance - CD balance - WAV controls - MIDI balance - no real change except sound only comes out of one speaker now.

Investigated the Creative Sounds folder - frightening - lots of programs - that do technical things - each program very scary - went had coffee.

Came back and solved the problem.

The sound control on the speaker was turned down.

... so if you want a full explanation of the EAX Sound Mixer - don't ask me.