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Sound Visualizer

by DGNeoS · on Modrinth

About Minecraft mod that improves the visual perception of sounds. It adds customizable Directional Sound Indicators and improves the vanilla Subtitles.

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Minecraft version

⬇ Download for 26.1–26.1.2 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.11 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.7–1.21.8 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.6 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.5 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.4 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21.3 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.20.6 · Fabric⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Fabric⬇ Download for 26.1–26.1.2 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.11 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.9–1.21.10 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.7–1.21.8 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.6 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.5 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.4 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21.3 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.20.6 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
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Sound Visualizer

Configuration Screen (Directional Sound Indicators)

Sound Visualizer allows you to improve your perception of the game, in particular your orientation towards sounds.

The mod supports quite fine-grained customization of everything it adds. You can customize the display of all indicators for specific sources, such as Blocks, as well as for individual sounds. You can configure everything both in a dedicated menu with a preview option and in the configuration file.

Features

Directional Sound Indicators

Directional Sound Indicator

Which appears when a sound is played nearby. The indicator alerts the player and shows the direction of the sound. The indicator can have a customizable radius, width, color, opacity, etc. for each source or specific sound.

Enhanced Subtitles

Enhanced Subtitles

Essentially, they're vanilla subtitles with the ability to be modified. Like DSI, they feature customizable color, background transparency, text transparency, and more for each source or specific sound. You can also change their position on the screen, their size, and even the text within them (add prefixes and suffixes, or completely change the text to your own).

Extended Configuration Screen (Directional Sound Indicators)

Configuration Screen

A menu that allows you to customize indicators and subtitles. To open the menu, go to "Options" and click the button next to the "Music & Sound Options", or use the keyboard shortcut [ALT + V]. Recommend using hotkeys and some features for faster and more convenient setup.

For more information, you can read the guide:

Configuration Screen Guide

How to get started

When you enter the menu, the first thing you should pay attention to is the main panel at the bottom of the screen. At the bottom center of that panel the currently selected sound source is shown - the source for which you will adjust various parameters. When sound is playing in the game world, the indicator and subtitle parameters will reflect the parameters for that sound source. You can switch the sound source being adjusted using the arrow buttons or by using hotkeys.

Next, pay attention to the button at the top right - it opens the sounds list, where you can search for, select, and adjust patameters for each sound individually, ignoring its source during playback. To do this, choose a sound in the list (or select multiple sounds by holding [Ctrl] or [Shift]) and change the parameters as you like. If necessary, you can remove an individual sound's parameters by clicking the red button to the right or by using hotkey.

Next, about the actual adjustment: it is performed using the sliders and buttons on the main panel. Each widget controls a separate parameter whose value you can read in a tooltip when you hover over it, or change and see on the on-screen indicator/subtitle in the center of the screen.

It's also important to mention the additional and global parameters - you can open their lists by clicking the corresponding buttons in the top-left corner. While additional parameters are the same as those on the main panel but less important and didn't fit there, global parameters are those whose values are identical for all sounds.

The last thing worth mentioning is the buttons in the bottom-right corner, namely:

All of these buttons have an alternative in the form of hotkeys.

Hotkeys

You can change the hotkey bindings in the "Controls" under the "Sound Visualizer" category (on Fabric, only from game version 1.21.11 onward).

Useful features

Contact

If you have any issues, suggestions for improvement, or questions regarding the mod, you can add them on the Issue Tracker (CurseForge - https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/sound-visualizer/issues).

Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

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