How do I reduce the volume of an app that only plays sound while in focus?

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  • pulsemixer

    CLI and curses mixer for PulseAudio

  • I'm not sure which desktop or window manager you use, but you could try using a drop-down terminal like Guake and running pulsemixer on a tab in it.

  • guake

    Drop-down terminal for GNOME

  • I'm not sure which desktop or window manager you use, but you could try using a drop-down terminal like Guake and running pulsemixer on a tab in it.

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  • I use awesome window manager and have a urxvt scratchpad for exactly this running pulsemixer.

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