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CLUSTER BAR-MENU-MACOS · 59 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13

macOS menu bar audio mixers

A cluster of native macOS menu bar utilities that give per-application volume control, mute, and audio output routing, with some adding device ranking, multi-output, or display-based routing. Only 3 dated entries exist before the index start, so the cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from. Traction leaders are MacTV (69 stars), SoundRouter (38 stars), and HeadBridge (2 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 9SEP 2026: 39OCT 2026: 9
MAR 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled

Operator · 16 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21SoundbarKeys0★5 days—hobbyMac menu bar app that lets the volume keys control a soundbar connected over the local network, with configurable maximum volume and quiet hours.
  2. 22patchbay0★13 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that applies a DSP effects chain and equalizer to all system audio and can recover audio routing after eqMac failures.
  3. 23duckproof0★5 daysliveMac menu bar utility that stops FaceTime from lowering the volume of other playback apps during calls.
  4. 24WhiteNoiseBar0★14 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that plays looping background sounds, including white, pink, and brown noise, and imports audio from YouTube links.
  5. 25hum3★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar app that generates white, pink, and brown noise on demand for focus and blocking distractions.
  6. 26In_Unison420★8 days—hobbymacOS menu bar audio utility that plays audio through all connected speakers simultaneously, synchronizing delay and controlling volume together.
  7. 27SoundCue0★20 days—indieMac menu bar app that lets users switch audio devices, set priority rules, and monitor live audio levels from one place.
  8. 28AstroBar0★21 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that controls ASTRO A50 headset settings like battery, equalizer, and microphone over USB HID without third-party software.
  9. 29CCastControl0★11 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that discovers Google Cast devices on the local network and lets users adjust volume and mute state.
  10. 30free-sound0★24 days—hobbymacOS menu bar audio mixer that ranks output and input devices and gives each app its own volume without drivers or accounts.
  11. 31Spectrum0★8 days—hobbyMac app that routes any system audio through audio unit plugins so users can apply EQs, analyzers, and effects from other applications.
  12. 32sonos-all0★20 days—Menu bar app that streams any Mac audio to every Sonos speaker simultaneously as a virtual output device with per-speaker volume control.
  13. 33headphone-EQ0★24 days—hobbySystem-wide equalizer for macOS that adjusts headphone audio across all apps using parametric EQ, presets, and measured correction curves.
  14. 34Dabber0★16 days—ai-builthobbymacOS menu bar app that records system audio and microphones as separate tracks with chapters and provides a virtual microphone for calls and OBS.
  15. 35volume-mixer0★12 dayslivehobbyMenu bar utility for macOS that gives per-app volume controls, mute, and live audio meters for every app with an audio session.
  16. 36PT-AirPods-Mode0★23 days—commercialmacOS menu bar app that routes Pro Tools audio to AirPods without changing the playback engine, enabling wireless monitoring and mixing.
  17. 37MixBar0★21 days—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that adjusts volume for each app individually and switches audio output devices with one click.
  18. 38tab-mixer0★12 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that lists Chrome video tabs and lets users play, pause, and adjust volume for each tab and other apps.
  19. 39macos-per-app-mixer0★14 days—hobbyMenu bar macOS app that adjusts the volume of each application and each Chrome tab individually, with mute and saved settings.
  20. 40earshot0★7 days—hand-codedhobbyMac menu bar app that shows headset battery level, settings, and automatically switches audio output when headset connects or disconnects.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.