For some reason, whenever I run Sonar, the Scarlett 2i4 is incredibly loud, ignoring the volume control in Windows (which I have set pretty low).  I presume this is because ASIO ignores Window's volume control settings.
 
Is there a way to "fix" this, to get ASIO to go obey the Windows volume setting, at least for the Scarlett's headphone output?  Or would there be unwanted side effects with recording if this were to happen?
 
 

 See the big chrome knob? turn it down... This just seems strange you didn't know that.. 

 

If I turn down the monitoring knob for Sonar, then I just have to turn it up again when I want to listen to music on Foobar or something else which doesn't use ASIO.
 
I would like to find a way to get ASIO to have the same volume levels as my other music applications.

They work completely separately.

If it is any help I run a PreSonus AudioBox USB, when I use my Audio applications i.e. SONAR and Soundforge I have to set my AudioBox to about 3 quarters volume, when I listen to stuff off the web I need to turn it down to around half or less.

I adjust volumes in applications, so my Windows volume is always maxed out. Feeds to that are adjusted by application, and the final "gatekeeper" is hardware controls (volume/monitor knobs).
 
Taking Windows volume control out of the loop (maxing it), reduces your headache to application output and interface knobs.

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batsbrew
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+1   

are things still too loud?
 

The application-specific volume solution makes sense. 
 
However, my multimedia keyboard (not music keyboard by typing keyboard) has a volume knob, which is tied to the windows volume control.  This makes it really easy to adjust volume if songs have different volumes, or if someone walks in the room.  I love that volume control, since it's inches away from where my hand is.
 
I suppose if I moved my Scarlett closer to my multimedia keyboard I could just use its knob.  However, at the moment it's near my studio equipment, which is about 4 feet away.