Audio & Music
Types of music, adjusting volume, VOIP, cassettes, Lifestyles instruments.
🎶 Types of music
- The base game soundtrack
- Cassettes and albums requested by donators
- Lifestyles mod instruments
🔇 Adjusting volume
• Base game soundtrack
Hit Esc > Options > Audio and adjust the volume sliders.
If you just want to disable the main menu or loading screen music you can install a client side mod called 🔇 No Menu & Loading Screen Music which adds a slider under Options > Mods.
• Cassettes and albums
These are added via their own mod which is New Music as of this writing (30/10/26).
Press Esc > Options > Mods and scroll down to New Music for its own slider.
• Individual sounds
Press Esc > Options > Audio and click the Advanced Audio button.
Use the search bar to look for specific sounds, you can also play the sound to test.
Some examples of common sounds you can search for:
HeartBeat
If you have a trait that causes panic you'll hear this a lot.
GeneratorLoop
OldGeneratorLoop
The constant hum of the generator running at your base.
UIClickToStart
The thud noise for Click to Start, which may be a bit loud for some.
BPV_Scream_01
BPV_Scream_02
The midnight hour scream to signify volatiles spawning, which is played globally even when not near a volatile zone.
FemaleBeingEatenDeath
MaleBeingEatenDeath
The grisly munching sounds on the death screen.
AnimalVoiceBullIdle
AnimalVoiceCowIdle
For if you don't want the ambient noise of cows or bulls mooing.
🎤 Voice chat
Proximity voice chat is available on the server as of this writing (31/10/26).
Press Esc > Options > Audio and scroll down to VOIP to adjust settings, make sure the correct device is selected, and that it isn't set to Listen Only.
Press Esc > Options > Keybinds and scroll down to the Voice section to change your Push to Talk button.
🎸 Lifestyles instruments
The Lifestyles Hobbies mod adds various instruments and a Music skill. Instruments can be found in the world and their noise will attract zombies.
Unfortunately as of this writing (31/10/26) there is no one setting to turn down instrument volume. Instead you would need to use Advanced Audio to search for the instrument name and adjust them individually.
After doing this once, back up your sounds.ini file to another folder so you never have to do it again even after verifying files or reinstalling.
- Open Run (Windows Key + R)
- Paste the following and hit enter
%USERPROFILE%\Zomboid\ - Find
sounds.ini