This sound is really obnoxious, and today I tried to lower it. I turn every slider down, and every other sound is off, however whenever I draw my weapon, THAT sound remains.

What gives?

I thought "effects" were responsible for it... then again that's responsible for everything from birds chirping to an arrow beeing fired. While on this subject, it also bugs me how "voice" ecompasses both quiet whisper and [censored] loud shouts. Skyrim is really missing more audio categories... = /


Edit: I tried to dig in the folder too, but I only found a compressed folder for sounds. With morrowind I was able to use audacity to actually lower hit sounds etc.

you could try this mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1117

It makes the sound considerably quieter, great for a stealthy character