Tray Levels

Interface

Dark Mode & Accent Colors

A tray utility is seen briefly and often. Looking like the rest of the system matters more than it sounds.

The same panel drawn twice, once in a light theme and once in a dark theme, with accent colour swatches. LIGHTDARK
The same panel in both themes, with accent colours

Anything that opens next to the clock is judged in about half a second. If it does not match the theme around it, it reads as foreign every single time it appears — and you will open it several times a day for years.

Themes and accents

EarTrumpet follows the light or dark mode you have already chosen in Windows, and picks up your accent colour rather than imposing its own. It also supports high-contrast configurations. The result is that the flyout looks like it belongs to the same operating system as the panel it replaces, which is the entire design goal for this category of software.

Multi-Channel Peak Meters

Beside each slider is a live level indicator, aware of multi-channel output rather than collapsing everything to a single number. This is the feature people underestimate before they use it and miss immediately afterwards.

The reason is diagnostic. When an unexpected sound arrives, the meters tell you which application produced it — a browser tab you forgot, a background app, a notification from something you thought was closed. Without metering you are opening apps one at a time to find the culprit.

Reading a meter

Meters show output level, not loudness as you perceive it. An app can sit high on the meter and still sound quiet if the material itself is compressed and dull. Use meters to answer which app, and your ears to answer how loud.

Available in 20+ Languages

The interface has been translated into more than twenty languages by volunteers working through Crowdin, and new languages continue to arrive. If yours is missing or a string reads awkwardly, the translation project is open — corrections come from users, not from a vendor's localisation contract.

Modern context menus and small details

The rest is the sort of detail that is invisible when it is right: context menus that match current Windows styling, sensible keyboard navigation, a flyout that positions itself where you expect. None of it is a headline feature. All of it is why the app disappears into the system instead of announcing itself.