@xcal: i did look into v_bang lite, and it didn't seem to be dealing w/ the system volume (at least not the one you get to from the Windows Play Control)

@ls-universe: could you possibly explain the code or find a readme for xlabel for me? i just looked around for a half hour and found a lot of people lack the readme anyways, but the one reference i found in the help cfg for "!execute" only shows half the code and doesn't really explain what is going on anyway. basically, i have no clue what your code means, and would LOVE an explanation so i could get this running.