Retropie volume to low, how to change default volume

[deceased10]

Hello, new to the retropie scene and I am having issues with my build. I built my first bar-top arcade and have started programming the pi. I got some games on the system and have managed to play a few, however I didn't have audio setup, I am now trying to figure out the audio for the arcade. I've gone through 3 sets of speakers and all have the same issue, they are all low at the default 77% volume.. If I go into the settings and change the audio to 100 it is plenty loud, however I don't want to have to manually adjust this every time I turn my arcade on.. Is there any way to set the default volume to 100% ?

My research brought me to this thread, so I tried it and no luck, the volume would be 100% until I restarted the arcade it always goes back to 77.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8210/changing-default-volume-setting-from-77/6?fbclid=IwAR322TQ81Hr35l_7nJMDcS39TqksWizIUUsDBGwgXUHDgl8CulSsg6XuzKc

About the machine, I basically have a power bar wired to a switch on the back of the machine, I use that to turn the machine on and off. Turning the speakers,lights,pie etc.. on and off. I am currently using bose computer speakers that are powered by a 12v power supply. I am using the latest copy of retropie.

[rbaker]

@deceased10 How are you shutting down? When I set the volume, it stays at that setting.

[deceased10]

@rbaker

Power bar wired to a switch cuts off the power to everything.

[rbaker]

@deceased10 You will corrupt your card. You cannot power off a Pi by cutting the power directly. You must perform a shutdown process. There is a shutdown process in the menu of Retropie. This may or may not be related to your problem. When you set the volume, did you click ok? or did you exit?

[deceased10]

@rbaker

Oh hmm. How do i go about shutting it down?

[mitu]

@deceased10 While in Emulationstation, press Start and then use the Quit menu to shutdown your system.

[deceased10]

Ok and how would i go about fixing my audio issue?

[edmaul69]

@deceased10 turn the volume to 100%. Use the menu to quit and shutdown. During that shutdown process it will save your settings.