Adjusting volume during PC freeze = risk of loud blast at the moment of unfreeze.

unless you have an actual, physical slider for adjusting volume.

@thebiochemic Indeed, some cable headphones have a potentiometer unit attached to the cable.

@thebiochemic One of the five physical switches that should be present on every electronic device if it intends to give the illusion that the user is in control:

Power switch with physical off state / removable battery
RF switch with physical off state
Camera cover that doesn't impede unrelated functions
Microphone switch with physical off state
Volume potmeter

@lbfalvy that's very true.

I have solved the problem on my System with having a volume knob on the audio interface, where the headphones are attached to, and the master slider of a midi controller, which is polled via script.