EarTrumpet

Awards

2022 Winner of the Microsoft Store Community Choice Awards (Open Platform)

Windows is an open platform for innovation. We know that not every customer uses Windows in the same way — some want to modify different parts of the UI or make some features more accessible for them. These are the apps you said turn Windows into your Windows.

Media coverage

[...] there are alternative solutions like EarTrumpet which are great [...]

— Linus Tech Tips (February 12, 2025)

[...] there are third-party solutions out there that do a much better job than what Windows offers by default. One such app is called EarTrumpet [...]

— TechQuickie (Jan 11, 2022)

Microsoft's built-in Windows 11 audio management still isn't great. EarTrumpet overhauls it completely, with a system tray utility that gives you volume levels for every app and the ability to set custom inputs and outputs for those apps.

— The Verge (Dec 30, 2021)

If you want fine-tuned control of your app and system volume, EarTrumpet is a must.

— Windows Central (Jun 19, 2018)

Sponsors

Features

• Visualize audio with multi-channel aware peaking
• Standalone volume mixer
• Move apps between playback devices
• Default playback device management
• Automatic updates via the Microsoft Store
• Support for light/dark mode and all accent colors
• Configurable hotkeys
• Modern context menus
• Growing multilingual support

Internationalization

Thanks to our translators, we currently support 20+ languages. Are we missing your language? Contribute a translation via Crowdin!

Translators

Install

Install EarTrumpet from the Microsoft Store

Or via command line using either

• Windows Package Manager Client (winget) (winget install File-New-Project.EarTrumpet)
• Chocolatey (choco install eartrumpet)

Experimental dev builds

Want to see what we were working on? Or help us test new features? Install EarTrumpet from the dev channel. New builds are released automatically every time we commit to the dev branch, keeping you up to date on our progress.

Documentation

• Technical Information
• Compiling EarTrumpet
• Contributing to EarTrumpet
• Information Collected And Transmitted By EarTrumpet
• Project License
• Change Log

Supported operating systems

• Windows 10 1803 (April 2018 Update)
• Windows 10 1809 (October 2018 Update)
• Windows 10 1903 (May 2019 Update)
• Windows 10 1909 (November 2019 Update)
• Windows 10 2004 (May 2020 Update)
• Windows 10 20H2 (October 2020 Update)
• Windows 10 21H1 (May 2021 Update)
• Windows 10 21H2 (November 2021 Update)
• Windows 10 22H2 (October 2022 Update)
• Windows 11

Credits

• David Golden (@GoldenTao)
• Rafael Rivera (@WithinRafael)
• Dave Amenta (@davux)
• Contributors

Special thanks

"Horn" icon by Artjom Korman from the Noun Project