Volume Icon Alternatives

Volume Icon is described as 'aims to be a lightweight volume control that sits in your systray. It is often used in conjuction with the lightweight tint2 panel/taskbar' and is a Volume Control tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Volume Icon for Windows, Linux, Mac, KDE and Firefox. The best Volume Icon alternative is EarTrumpet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Volume Icon are Volume2, Background Music, SoundFixer and Volwheel.

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

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Volume Icon

Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool

Volume Icon aims to be a lightweight volume control that sits in your systray. It is often used in conjuction with the...

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EarTrumpet
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Windows
24 EarTrumpet alternatives
EarTrumpet is a powerful volume control app for Windows.
- - EarTrumpet is the most popular Windows alternative to Volume Icon.
- - EarTrumpet is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Volume Icon.
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EarTrumpet Features
Advanced volume mixing
Per-app volumen control
Multiple languages
Volume Display
Volume2
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Free • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Windows
26 Volume2 alternatives
Volume2 is an advanced Windows audio mixer, a complete replacement for the standard Volume Control. This application lets you easily change the sound volume just by rotating the mouse wheel or by using keyboard hot keys or just mouse move on screen border.
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Volume2 Features
1. PortableVolume2 can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customizable
Logarithmic volume control
Multiple languages
Background Music
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Mac
9 Background Music alternatives
"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.
- - Background Music is the most popular Mac alternative to Volume Icon.
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Background Music Features
Advanced volume mixing
Adaptive Backgrounds
System audio recording
Per-app volumen control
SoundFixer
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Free • Open Source
Firefox
26 SoundFixer alternatives
Helps you fix annoying sound problems on sites like YouTube: audio in one channel only, too quiet or too loud.
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SoundFixer Features
Browser extension
Volwheel
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Linux
17 Volwheel alternatives
VolWheel is a little application which lets you control the sound volume easily through a tray icon you can scroll on. It is written in Perl/Gtk2 and works both for ALSA and OSS. You can configure it quickly through its configuration interface.
- - Volwheel is the most popular Linux alternative to Volume Icon.
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Volume Scroller
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Windows
11 Volume Scroller alternatives
Volume Scroller allows you to quickly change the system volume. All you have to do is hold the mouse pointer over the taskbar and turn the mouse wheel.
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Volume Scroller Features
Logarithmic volume control
Audio Sliders
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Freemium • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Windows
16 Audio Sliders alternatives
Audio Sliders is a audio control panel that is much smaller than and yet far more feature-rich than the standard Windows version. Features include... basics adjustment of volume/bass/treble levels; preset storage of different audio levels for different tasks; customizable global...
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Audio Sliders Features
OSD
Low memory usage
Support for Hotkeys
Volti
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Linux
15 Volti alternatives
Volti is an GTK+ application for controlling audio volume from system tray/notification area.
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Sound Volume Hotkeys
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Free • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Windows
15 Sound Volume Hotkeys alternatives
This tool allows to control sound volume using system-wide hotkeys. Customizable on-screen sound volume indicator will show you the current level.
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Sound Volume Hotkeys Features
Support for Hotkeys
OSD
Volume Display
KMix
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Linux
KDE
7 KMix alternatives
KMix is an application to allow you to change the volume of your sound card. Though small, it is full-featured, and it supports several platforms and sound drivers.
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Power Mixer
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Paid • Proprietary
Volume Control Tool
Windows
14 Power Mixer alternatives
Power Mixer is a complete Windows volume control replacement. It includes audio mixer, scheduler, hot keys support, command line support, the ability to store and recall different presets.
- - Power Mixer is the most popular commercial alternative to Volume Icon.
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Power Mixer Features
1. Command line interfacePower Mixer either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Scheduling
OSD
Per-app volumen control
Mix Music
Ear Candy
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Free • Open Source
Volume Control Tool
Linux
10 Ear Candy alternatives
Ear Candy is a sound level manager that nicely fades applications in and out based on their profile and window focus.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer updated. Last version, 0.9, released in April 2010, can be still downloaded from Launchpad