audio

KaraFun Premium

Recisio

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A home karaoke app. It offers a song library, synchronised lyrics and backing tracks for singing at home with a microphone, which suits family gatherings and evenings with friends.

FineTune

ronitsingh10

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FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to SoundSource.

fader

pantafive

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Menu bar volume mixer for macOS: per-app volume, one-click audio output switching, Bluetooth headphone control. Free, native, no telemetry.

mpv

mpv-player

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A command-line media player. Built on ffmpeg, it plays almost any audio or video format with subtitles, can be scripted to control playback and processing, and extends through config files and Lua scripts. It has no interface of its own but works with front ends, which suits precise control or embedding playback in automation.

BackgroundMusic

kyleneideck

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Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.

eqMac

bitgapp

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A system-wide audio equaliser and volume mixer for macOS. It processes sound at the CoreAudio layer, so one equaliser setting applies to every app and per-app volume can be adjusted separately, with presets and custom bands. It suits people who want to improve how headphones or speakers sound and stop adjusting volume app by app.