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Silenz

Fades music for voices, passes the room through; mutes on disconnect and lock.

Silenz helps you work with headphones on while staying aware of nearby voices and ringing phones. It adjusts your Mac’s music playback and mixes surrounding sounds into your headphones.

by GrowApps Grzegorz Owsiany · 82% positive (57)

Get it on Setapp $16.00 on the Mac App Store Developer website ↗
Helps you Control speakers & microphones 13 Control music from anywhere 29 Stay focused & block distractions 33

What you get

Keep your headphones on without tuning out the room.

You can listen to music while working without having to remove your headphones whenever someone speaks. Silenz detects surrounding sounds and can lower or pause your music, or bring outside audio into your headphones, so you can hear a nearby voice or ringing phone.

You choose how much of the room you hear. Smart pass-through filters out sounds it considers irrelevant, while manual controls let you pause music or hear your surroundings when you choose. You can also amplify outside sounds and blend them with your music, or turn pass-through off when you don’t want to hear the room.

You get playback and volume control across supported Mac players, including Apple Music, Spotify, and VLC, plus muting when your headphones disconnect or your screen locks. If you use Bluetooth headphones, you can select a different microphone input rather than using the headset’s microphone.

  • Hear someone speaking

    You can have music lowered or paused when surrounding sounds need your attention.

  • Choose what comes through

    You can filter surrounding audio automatically, bring it in manually, or switch pass-through off.

  • Keep music and surroundings

    You can amplify outside sounds and mix them with your music instead of removing your headphones.

  • Avoid unexpected playback

    You get muting when your headphones disconnect or your screen locks.

Best for

  • You work with headphones in a shared office
  • You want to hear nearby voices while listening to music
  • You need to notice a ringing phone without removing your headphones

Skip it if

You don’t need it if you rarely use headphones or prefer to pause music and remove them yourself.

Screenshots

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From the developer

Silenz will silence distractions while keeping you present, anywhere and anytime. If you use headphones to concentrate on work, the app is a perfect addition. It adjusts your sound flow to the surrounding world, so that you can keep focus, but also hear whenever someone speaks to you or your phone rings.
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