
Sound Detector
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Detects nearby sounds and displays directional arrows on the HUD showing the source direction, type, and distance.
⬇ Download on Modrinth🎧 Sound Detector
Advanced, high-performance sound radar designed for competitive and immersive gameplay.
Developed by Markesr
🔍 What is Sound Detector?
Sound Detector is a next-generation HUD mod by CoreStudio that visually maps nearby sounds on your screen. Instead of simple text spam, it features a highly optimized, dynamically rotating circular radar. Whether you're tracking hostile mobs in dark caves, pinpointing players in PvP, or just exploring, this mod gives you the ultimate situational awareness.
⚡ Technical Excellence & Performance
- BufferBuilder Chevron Rendering: Unlike older mods that use ugly text brackets (like
[!]), our arrows are natively drawn on the GPU usingBufferBuilderfor razor-sharp, modern chevron shapes. - High-FPS Camera Interpolation: The radar calculates the player's exact head yaw and
tickDelta. When you quickly flick your mouse, the radar elements spin with butter-smooth 144Hz+ fluidity—no stuttering, no 20 TPS jitter. - Smart Sound Grouping: If a horde of 10 zombies groans at the same time, the mod intelligently groups them based on proximity, preventing screen clutter and UI spam.
🛠️ Advanced Features
- ⚔️ Intelligent Combat Fade: Don't let UI block your vision. When you swing a weapon, use an item, or take damage, the radar smoothly fades out. It features a 5.5-second persistence delay before fading back in, ensuring your focus remains unbroken during intense fights.
- 🌈 Asynchronous RGB Mode: Enable the Chroma setting to apply a perfectly offset, continuous RGB phase shift to each individual sound arrow.
- 🌍 Native Engine Localization: The mod directly taps into Minecraft's
I18n(Internationalization) engine. This means entity and block names automatically translate into the exact language your game is set to—flawlessly. - 📏 Pixel-Perfect Customization: Don't like the radar in the center of the screen? Use the settings menu to adjust the Radar X/Y Offsets, change the radius, and scale the text/arrow sizes completely independently.
🌐 Global Language Support
The mod natively supports the most active Minecraft communities worldwide:
English, Turkish, Spanish, Russian, German, Portuguese (BR), Chinese (Simplified), French, Polish.
📥 Dependencies
To use this mod, please make sure you have the following installed in your mods folder:
- Fabric API
- Cloth Config API
- ModMenu (Recommended for the in-game
Vsettings menu)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as sound-detector-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 139 KB
- Download link checked 11 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.