Audio Focus
by aeyri
Audio Focus lets players lower the volume of chosen sounds in-game, adjusted with the scroll wheel while LEFT ALT is held.
What it does
Audio Focus targets specific sounds, such as cave ambient noises, and lowers their volume on the fly. Holding the default LEFT ALT key and turning the scroll wheel changes the level without opening a menu. Players who want a sound to stay quiet can add it to the mod's config menu themselves, so the list reflects their own setup.
Audio Focus is a client-side mod that needs Cloth Config API and Mod Menu, and it is published for Fabric only. Its single file targets 1.21.10 and was released on 2025-12-05 on the beta channel. The code is under the MIT License, and the mod is not open source in the sense of a public repository listing.
Key features
Scroll-wheel volume control
Holding LEFT ALT while scrolling changes the volume of a targeted sound in real time.
Config-based sound list
Specific sounds are added through the mod's config menu, so each player chooses which ones to lower.
Targets blocks and entities
The lowering applies to sounds from blocks and entities, not only to general ambient tracks.
Restorable sound settings
Removing the mod or its settings returns the original sound volumes, since no game sound files are deleted.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Quieter caves
Players who find cave ambient noises distracting can reduce them while keeping other sounds at normal volume.
Per-sound tuning
A player can lower a handful of noisy block or mob sounds and leave the rest of the audio mix alone.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric 1.21.10 who want finer control over individual sounds than the global volume sliders give. Servers do not need the mod.
How it compares
Minor Audio Inconvenience is an MIT-licensed, open source mod for Fabric and NeoForge, published for 1.21 – 1.21.4. SoundAdjuster is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.21.11 – 26.1. Audio Focus differs by covering 1.21.10 on Fabric alone and by using scroll-wheel control.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Focus | Fabric | 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-12-05 |
| Minor Audio Inconvenience | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-01-29 |
| SoundAdjuster | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.1 | Client-side only | 2026-03-27 |
Questions
Does Audio Focus need Cloth Config API?
Does a server need Audio Focus installed?
Will Audio Focus delete any game sounds?
In the catalog
Audio Focus is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
Audio Focus is a simple QoL mod that allows you to target and lower specific sounds of blocks and entities by pressing (by default) LEFT ALT + Scroll Wheel in-game. You can also use the mod's config menu to add specific sounds you'd like to lower yourself if those are not readily available in the world, such as cave…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/audio-focus
- Owner
- aeyri
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15