Setting sound volume for USB speakers

I have Dell AC511 USB speakers attached to the Mac Mini.  When using these speakers, slices of level default volume using volume up/down on the keyboard go straight from muted way too loud for the rest room in the evening by pressing volume up only once.  Is there a way to make slices when you press volume up/down key on the keyboard be more specific?  Using the mouse to adjust the volume (using volume in the menu bar icon or by using the volume slider in the control panel) offers much more granularity.  I would like to have these more granular increases when you use keyboard volume keys down too.

I did not take anything under the sound settings in the preferences of each system or in the application Configuration Audio and MIDI.

Howdy Alex -.

I understand you want to adjust the volume of your Mac in small increments without having to use the mouse. Fortunately, this can be done in now Option and shift when setting the volume via the volume on your keyboard keys.

Sincerely

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