Volume, microphone, and audio sink management.

Hardware keys (work on lock screen)

• Toggle output mute: XF86AudioMute
• Volume down 5%: XF86AudioLowerVolume
• Volume up 5%: XF86AudioRaiseVolume
• Toggle mic mute: XF86AudioMicMute

Scripts triggered by keys

• Volume change: ~/.config/sway/scripts/volume-notify.sh (sends a notification)
• Mic mute toggle: ~/.config/sway/scripts/mic-notify.sh

Waybar controls

• Click pulseaudio module → output gain slider (out-gain-slider.sh)
• Right-click pulseaudio module → PulseAudio volume control (pavucontrol)
• Click mic module → mic gain slider (mic-gain-slider.sh)
• pavucontrol opens as a floating window (800x600) near cursor

PulseAudio commands

• Set output volume to 50%: pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ 50%

• Increase volume 10%: pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +10%

• Mute/unmute output: pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle

• Mute/unmute mic: pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle

• List audio sinks: pactl list sinks short

• Switch default sink: pactl set-default-sink <sink-name>

Audio sink switcher

• Waybar custom/audio-sink module shows current sink and updates every 5s
• Script: ~/.config/waybar/scripts/audio-sink.sh

EQ / effects

• Global EQ, convolver and limiter run in EasyEffects (autostarted by sway)
• See system/easyeffects