Audio is way too loud

[simple gulch]

I can't have any of the audio sliders above one step up from 0 without massively overpowering anything else on my PC. On startup I nearly deafened myself with the volume defaulting to halfway on the sliders.

Additionally, the tutorial videos in the story missions do not adhere to any of the volume settings, so I have to turn my audio WAY down on my speakers themselves before watching any of them to avoid being blasted away.

I rather like the music and sound effects in this and other CW games, but I feel like I can't really enjoy it in IXE because it's so imbalanced.

[maiden oracle]

seconded, with the following minor details
-# i usually have master volume around 12 (windows, max is 100). before starting the story i set music to 33%. still was way louder than a browser tab with youtube and the YT player set to 100%.

[lavish forge]

as a workaround for now on windows: use the volume mixer. win+r then type "sndvol" and hit enter

[twilit jay]

Or if you're a filthy icon-clicker like me, just right-click the speaker icon in the bottom right corner of your screen and it'll give you a menu with "open volume mixer" in it.