The Sound of Silence turns Foundry VTT playlists into a cinematic audio engine for GMs who want music and ambience to help tell the story.
Build boss music with intro → loop → outro structures, crossfade between tracks without harsh cuts, add natural silence gaps between playlist entries, and create living ambience with Soundscape mode. Whether you are running a tense dungeon crawl, a rainy forest, a tavern night, or a multi-phase boss fight, this module gives you fine control over how your table hears the scene.
Features
- Multi-segment internal loop sequencer for intros, loops, outros, and phase changes. See it on Youtube here.
- Equal-power crossfades for smoother transitions between tracks. See it on Youtube here.
- Static or randomized silence gaps so playlists can breathe. See it on Youtube here.
- Soundscape mode for procedural ambience with looping tracks, repeating sound effects, cadence controls, pan (where the sound comes from, better with headphones), polyphony limits (the amount of sounds allowed to play at once), and play chance.
- Advanced shuffle options, playlist looping, fade curves, and volume normalization.
- Redesigned Currently Playing controls with transport buttons, loop controls, progress bars, and playlist-aware volume controls.
Use It For
- Boss battles with multi-phase music.
- Tavern, forest, dungeon, city, or battlefield ambience.
- Music curation when you only want the best part of a track.
- Smooth scene transitions without hard audio cuts.
- Living soundscapes that keep running while you focus on the table.
Requirement: Latest libWrapper release.
AI-Assisted Development
This module is developed and maintained with the help of AI-assisted tools for coding, debugging, documentation, and testing.
I care about the quality, behavior, performance, security, and long-term maintainability of this module, and I take full responsibility for what ships. AI assistance does not replace review, testing, debugging, or security and design judgment.
AI is used here as a tool under my direction to make Foundry better and allow for long-term mod support while still having a life outside of building and maintaining my free and premium modules.
If you are uncomfortable using software developed with any kind of AI-assisted tools, this module is not for you.