Sound Control Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Sound Control for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Background Music, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Sound Control and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Sound Control are Airfoil, SoundDesk, Volume Mixer and Ses.

Sound Control alternatives are mainly Volume Control Tools but may also be Audio Routers or Audio Recorders. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Sound Control.

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Sound Control

Paid • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Mac

Sound Control adds per-app volume and EQ controls to your Mac apps. Route your apps to different audio devices. Add volume...

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Background Music
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Mac
8 alternatives to Background Music
"Background Music can pause your music player app when other audio starts playing and unpause it afterwards. The idea is that when I'm listening to music and pause it to watch a video or something I always forget to unpause it afterwards.
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Background Music Features
Advanced volume mixing
Adaptive Backgrounds
System audio recording
Per-app volumen control
Airfoil
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Router
Mac
18 alternatives to Airfoil
Send any audio to the AirPort Express. Send any audio to AirPort Express units, Apple TVs, and even other Macs and PCs, all in sync! Airfoil for Mac gives you your audio - everywhere.
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Airfoil Features
1. AirPlay SupportAirfoil can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
Stream audio
Clean design
SoundDesk
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Audio Router
Mac
17 alternatives to SoundDesk
SoundDesk is the easiest way to turn your macOS into a professional mixing desk.
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SoundDesk Features
1. Support for MIDISoundDesk includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
2. Music LooperSoundDesk supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
Virtual Audio Device
Virtual Mixer
Live audio recording
Connecting audio streams
Sound Effects
Virtual Audio Cable
Voiceover
Sound drivers
Mix Music
Volume Mixer
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Paid • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Mac
12 alternatives to Volume Mixer
Mute notifications, lower your music, & change the volume of games while staying immersed. Overall system volume, notification volume, and volume of individual apps can be adjusted from the menubar.
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Volume Mixer Features
Per-app volumen control
Ses
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Free • Open Source
Mac
15 alternatives to Ses
MacOS tray app to control Sonos speakers ecosystem.

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Volume Scroll
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Free • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Mac
14 alternatives to Volume Scroll
Volume Scroll lets you control your main volume by hovering with your mouse cursor over the top menubar and scrolling up or down to change your volume.

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Because this app doesnt let you config the volume for each app separatedly
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