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Life & fun · August 20, 2025

SoundBar

Realtime audio level meter for mac menu bar

SoundBar launched on August 20, 2025 with 82 votes, #428 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

SoundBar is a realtime audio level meter for your Mac menu bar. Visualize your sound in real time with customizable VU meter modes and peak detection. Free for 3 days (until August 23, 2025)

SoundBar turns your Mac menu bar into a professional mic monitor and stunning audio visualizer. RMS & Peak metering, Broadcast Safe Zone, 12 visualizer styles.

Professional mic metering and stunning audio visualization — both living quietly in your Mac's menu bar. True RMS and Peak metering with the accuracy of a dedicated hardware meter — in your menu bar. Every major loudness standard available as a one-tap preset. No lookup required. Pick any app — Spotify, Chrome, Zoom — and watch it come alive. Every style is individually configurable. Both the Levels meter and the Visualizer can be popped into independent floating windows. Resize them, place them on any display, use them full-screen. They remember theirfrom macsoundbar.com

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