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JoyMix

The missing macOS sound mixer

JoyMix is a Mac sound mixer for when you need different apps at different volumes or on different speakers and headphones.

by JoyMac Studio · 76% positive (71)

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Helps you Control speakers & microphones 13 Boost volume & sound quality 16

What you get

You can silence one app without quieting everything else.

You get control over what you hear from each Mac app, rather than adjusting everything together. Mute Slack while your music continues, lower system sounds, or make a quiet podcast louder without raising other apps. Your volume choices are remembered when an app starts again.

You can also keep audio on separate devices: send YouTube to your desk speakers while you hear Zoom through AirPods. From the same menu-bar popup, you can change your active microphone, main audio output, or the device used for system sounds without opening System Settings.

For unusually quiet audio, you can increase an individual app’s gain up to four times, with built-in protection against distortion. Apps you haven’t adjusted keep using their normal macOS audio behavior, and you can return a customized app to that behavior by restoring its volume and output defaults.

  • Keep music, mute interruptions

    You can silence Slack or lower other apps without changing your music’s volume.

  • Separate calls from other audio

    You can hear Zoom through AirPods while YouTube plays through your speakers.

  • Hear quiet audio better

    You can raise a quiet app above the system maximum, with up to four times the gain and protection against distortion.

  • Skip Sound Settings

    You can switch your microphone and audio outputs directly from the menu bar.

  • Keep your preferred balance

    You don’t have to readjust each app’s volume every time it starts.

Best for

  • You listen to music while using chat apps
  • You use speakers and headphones for different apps
  • You often encounter podcasts or apps that are too quiet

Skip it if

You don’t need it if one system-wide volume and a shared audio output already suit your listening.

Screenshots

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From the developer

JoyMix is a per-app sound mixer for Mac, tucked into the menu bar. Set volume, mute, and audio routing for each app separately — send YouTube to the speakers while Zoom stays on AirPods, mute Slack without quieting the music, and boost a quiet podcast past the system maximum.
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