Can I make the SoftSkies Screen Saver respond to sound?
Because most users don’t typically have an active sound source when the screen saver runs, we set the screen saver to visualize to one of our “Sound Generator” modes by default. This provides a sound source for SoftSkies to visualize when no active sound sources are present on your system. However, you can change which audio input source the screen saver uses for audio input by editing your screen saver’s prefs file: • Start the SoftSkies Standalone and select the desired sound source (see “How do I select an audio input source in SoftSkies Standalone?” above). If available, a source named “stereo mix” (or something similarly named, depending on your drivers and hardware) can be effective for visualizing your system’s audio output. • Open the SoftSkies preference files for both Standalone and Screen Saver (for Windows XP, this file is located in C:\Documents and Settings\USER_NAME\ Application Data\SoundSpectrum\SoftSkies\, for Windows Vista and Windows 7 in C:\Users\USER_NAME\ AppData
