Why can't I make this sound quieter?

I have a sprinting mechanic in my game that makes an audio play a breathing sound when sprinting. The longer you sprint, the louder the audio gets. But the starting volume is so loud. So, in my script, I set the volume to 0.01, along with the sound’s settings in the workspace. Here’s the LocalScript that plays the audio:

local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')



local Bar = script.Parent:WaitForChild('Background'):WaitForChild('Bar')



local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer



local NormalWalkSpeed = 10

local NewWalkSpeed = 20



local power = 10

local isPlaying = false


local sprinting = false

local breathe = workspace.breathing
breathe.Volume = 0.01


repeat wait() until game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character



local character = player.Character



UIS.InputBegan:connect(function(key, gameProcessed)

	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift and gameProcessed == false then

		character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NewWalkSpeed

		sprinting = true
		
		if not breathe.IsPlaying then
			breathe:Play()
			breathe.Looped = true
			isPlaying = true
		end

		breathe.Volume = 0.01

		while power > 0 and sprinting do

			power = power - .1
			breathe.Volume = breathe.Volume + 0.01
			

			Bar:TweenSize(UDim2.new(power / 10, 0, 1, 0), 'Out', 'Quint', .1, true)

			--Bar.BackgroundColor3 = Bar.BackgroundColor3:lerp(Color3.fromRGB(255, 42, 42), 0.001)

			wait()

			if power <= 0 then

				character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = (NormalWalkSpeed)

			end

		end

	end

end)



UIS.InputEnded:connect(function(key, gameProcessed)

	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift and gameProcessed == false then

		character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NormalWalkSpeed

		sprinting = false

		while power < 10 and not sprinting do

			power = power + .03
			breathe.Volume = breathe.Volume - 0.01
		
			Bar:TweenSize(UDim2.new(power / 10, 0, 1, 0), 'Out', 'Quint', .1, true)

			--Bar.BackgroundColor3 = Bar.BackgroundColor3:lerp(Color3.fromRGB(255, 166, 11), 0.001)

			wait()
			
			if power <= 0 then

				character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NormalWalkSpeed

			end

		end

	end

end)

You can use a compressor with no makeup gain, low threshold, and a high ratio. Instead of adjusting the sounds volume you could then adjust the compressors threshold.

Could the Audio itself just be so loud that the lowest volume on roblox cant turn it down? Also I know this might be a dumb question but have you checked your computer sound. It might be louder than normal. I do that all the time.

I mean, maybe. The compressor did work, though, so thanks @wowland856 !

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