Audition

Audition is a modern, performance-focused optimization mod for Minecraft which enhances the sound system through dynamic mixing, adaptive quality adjustment, and spatial audio optimizations with the goal of maintaining vanilla audio aesthetics while reducing CPU usage.

The mod works exclusively on the client-side.

For any Minecraft player, especially those who experience stutters when many sounds play simultaneously (such as in mob farms, redstone contraptions, or crowded areas), Audition provides significant improvements by intelligently batching similar sounds, reducing quality for distant audio, and optimizing off-screen sound calculations. This frees up your computer's resources to focus on more important tasks, resulting in smoother gameplay, fewer lag spikes, and improved overall performance.

The careful design of Audition ensures that important audio cues remain clearly audible while strategically optimizing background and distant sounds that would otherwise consume CPU resources unnecessarily. The sound optimizations are tweaked to be virtually unnoticeable during normal gameplay.

Installation

Make sure you have the latest version of Fabric Loader installed and simply drop the mod into your mods folder. Fabric API is required. No additional setup or configuration is necessary, and you don't need to create new worlds to benefit from the optimizations.

Configuration

Audition includes a straightforward configuration system that allows you to control the three main optimization systems:

• Dynamic Mixing - Intelligently batches similar sounds played in close proximity and time
• Adaptive Quality - Reduces sound quality for distant sounds that are less important
• Spatial Optimization - Skips complex positional audio calculations for off-screen sounds

The configuration file is automatically generated with performance-optimized defaults that work well for most players. You can find it in your .minecraft/config/audition.json folder if you wish to make adjustments.

Please note: DO NOT use Directional Audio in Minecraft settings, it WILL break the mod

Commands

Audition includes helpful debug commands to monitor its effectiveness:

• /audition debug - Toggles a simple overlay showing sound optimization statistics
• /audition stats - Shows current statistics in chat
• /audition reset - Resets the statistics counters

Reporting Issues

If you encounter any bugs, crashes, or compatibility issues, please report them in our discord server with detailed information about your environment and the problem you're experiencing.