# And the music fades to nothing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499 "2016-04-07T21:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/1 "2016-04-07T21:28:16Z")
I listen to iTunes internet radio all day. It has everything! When my daughter calls via Skype, the music fades out. Which is very cool. After the call has ended the music slowly increases to the previous volume. Also very cool. How does Microsoft (owner of Skype) do that? iTunes is the other guy. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/2 "2016-04-08T00:39:56Z")
You can control the volume of different apps independantly thru the sound card drivers. My guess is that they are not turning the sound down IN iTunes but rather turning the sound down of the iTunes instance. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/3 "2016-04-08T09:48:03Z")
There may well be an interface to the application to do such things, which is a much cleaner way of doing things than going to the drivers. Here’s an app that controls all sorts of music players (iTunes, Spotify etc) including being able to change the volume: > **[GitHub - sunny/anyplayer: Interact with the currently running music player....](https://github.com/sunny/anyplayer)** > > Interact with the currently running music player. Supports iTunes Mac, iTunes Windows, Spotify Mac, Rdio Mac, MPD, Rhythmbox, Amarok and XMMS2. - GitHub - sunny/anyplayer: Interact with the current... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/4 "2016-04-08T11:14:17Z")
Heh, I’ve noticed the same in my car with Pandora and Google Maps. Google tells me a turn is coming up by gently talking over Pandora. Waze and Apple Maps doesn’t do it as seamlessly. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/5 "2016-04-09T06:12:34Z")
My car increases and decreases the volume from the iPod depending on my speed. It was disconcerting for weeks till I realized it was doing it on purpose. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/6 "2016-04-09T20:05:15Z")
“And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared.” – _The Pearl_, Steinbeck. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499/7 "2016-04-10T01:51:41Z")
My phone doesn’t decrease the volume. It puts whatever application that’s playing on pause. When the call is over, it starts it up again. It does it also when I’m driving using the navigation ap. It’s very nice because I mostly listen to podcasts and this way I don’t miss anything.