Sounds and music

Sound and vibration settings are on the General tab of the Settings window in the Sound group, with three rows: Sound effects, Music, and Vibration. Sound effects and Music each have their own volume slider. The top bar’s Settings menu has the same toggles as check rows (Sounds, Music, Vibration). All start on.

The app’s sounds are recorded keyboard keys. Most taps play a key with a slightly random pitch. Main buttons and big view changes play their own clicks. Deleting plays a lower, slower key. Undo and redo play quiet keys. A send sound plays when you send work out of the app (publishing to the community, saving a file, opening the share sheet). Opening the app plays a startup sound.

• Sound effects: Turns on sounds for all taps and actions. Its slider sets their volume apart from the music.
• Music: Turns on background music. There are four long, calm tracks of 20 to 23 minutes each, one for each style (Handheld, Lofi, Flat, Pixel). Music plays in the model editors, scene editors, the Pattern studio, and the start screen (after it loads, until Start is tapped). The home screen has no music. Editors play the track for the current style. Switching styles fades from one track to the next over 1 second. Each track keeps its place; going back to an earlier style resumes its track where it stopped. The Pattern studio and start screen play a random track when they load. Turning Music off pauses the track.
• Vibration: Turns on small buzzes when you tap. The toggle is hidden on devices with no vibration motor (e.g., iPads). On those devices the group text changes to Vibration: this device has no vibration motor. and the row is removed from the menu bar.

Toggles and sliders are saved for the whole app and stay the next time you open it. Turning sound effects off does not stop the music, and turning music off does not stop the sound effects.

When you leave the app

Music pauses on its own when you leave the app (sending it to the background, switching apps, or locking the screen). It resumes where it stopped when you return. Sound effects pause too while the app is in the background.