Audio & Alerts

back2vibing uses intelligent audio ducking on macOS to ensure you always hear your completion alerts clearly.

Where Audio Is Controlled

You can control sound from two places:

• Focus tab: full sound controls (mute, chime, volume, ducking).
• Menu bar tray: quick Mute Sounds / Unmute Sounds toggle.

See Menu Bar & Tray for the tray workflow.

Sound Muted vs System Disabled

• Sound Muted: completion sounds are silenced, but focus switching still works.
• System Disabled: both focus switching and sounds are disabled globally.

Use Sound Muted when you still want visual focus behavior without audio alerts.

Ducking Behavior

• Ducking: When a completion sound plays, back2vibing temporarily ramps down the volume of other applications (like music or videos).
• Ramping: The volume is smoothly faded out before the alert and faded back in immediately after, so you never miss a beat.

Customizing Alerts

In the Focus tab, you can:

• Choose your default completion chime.
• Test your selected chime.
• Adjust sound volume.
• Tune ducking levels and ramp behavior.

Screen Share Safety

If you enable Screen share protection in Focus settings (Pro), back2vibing silences alerts and asks before switching focus while sharing or recording is active.

See Focus and Alerts for setup.