Sixteen years of one volume control

Volume² has been developed by one person since January 2010. It has no company behind it, no investors and no advertising — just a long list of releases and a lot of bug reports.

The short version

The first release went out on 30 January 2010 with a one-line changelog. Sixteen years later the program does per-application volume, device switching, scheduling, an on-screen display you can reskin, Voicemeeter control, the OSC protocol and a command line — and it still starts instantly and sits in the tray using almost nothing.

The interface exists in 33 languages, nearly all of them contributed and corrected by the people who use it. Bugs are reported on GitHub, where every issue number in the release notes points back to the conversation that produced the fix.

At a glance

First release30 January 2010
AuthorAlexandr Irza
Languages33
PlatformWindows, 64-bit
PriceFree

Release history

20101.0.0First release, 30 January.
20121.1.2Scheduler and hotkeys take shape.
20131.1.3.247Peak meter and OSD skins.
20151.1.4.347Multi-language interface grows.
20171.1.5.404Balance control and Windows 10 fixes.
20201.1.6.428Per-monitor OSD, lock and idle triggers.
20211.1.7.449Task execution over HTTP.
20231.1.8.465Voicemeeter and dark-mode skins.
20241.1.9.468Favourite devices, horizontal scroll.

Licence

Free to use and redistribute, for personal and commercial purposes. Volume² is closed source and may not be modified, reverse-engineered or resold. Copyright Alexandr Irza.

Get in touch

Bugs and feature requests belong on GitHub, where they get tracked and answered.