The sky's voice (sound)
What it is. Zenith can play soft tones as you use it. Each star — an app, folder, or shortcut you've placed — has its own note by where it sits, so tracing a path across the ring — the wheel of apps that opens under your finger — plays a phrase you come to know by ear. Every sound of the sky's voice is made on the fly; there are no audio files. It all lives in Settings › the sky's voice.
It plays nicely. The sound follows your media volume and never takes over the audio, so your music keeps playing underneath.
Free — turn it on and set the volume
Sound. "✧ sound — the sky's voice" is the master switch, and it is free for everyone. It is off by default, because sound should never be a surprise. Find it at Settings › the sky's voice.
Volume. Once sound is on, the "volume" slider (0–100) sets how loud it is. Default 50. This is free too. The rest of the page edits the voice and is (Gold); without Gold, everything below volume collapses to one row, "✧ edit the voice — what sounds · ambient drone · tuning ✦", that opens the upgrade screen.
Gold — editing the voice
What makes a sound. Per-source switches, all on by default: "stars" (a note as each takes your finger), "rings" (opening, descending into a folder, folding shut), "opening" (the chord when something launches), and "talismans & comets" — a talisman being a gesture shortcut you draw, a comet a notification drifting across the sky. Find them at Settings › the sky's voice › what makes a sound. (Gold) to edit.
The drone. "ambient — a slow bed under the sky" adds a slow drone of three detuned tones. It is off by default and plays only while the launcher is on screen, never behind another app. Find it at Settings › the sky's voice › the drone. (Gold).
Tuning. The scale the stars are tuned to: "open" (major pentatonic, the default), "deep" (minor pentatonic), "floating" (lydian), "dawn" (suspended pentatonic), and "veil" (hirajoshi). Tapping a chip plays a sample. Find it at Settings › the sky's voice › tuning. (Gold). Three audition buttons — "hear a star", "hear a launch", and "hear a cast" — let you preview the voice.
The suite's own tap sounds
Separate from the sky's voice, every Zenith app shares a set of tap, open, and transition clicks. These are short sounds that come with the apps. The "suite tap & nav sounds" toggle turns them on or off for the whole suite at once. It lives in the "suite" section of Settings › system, not on this page. Change it in another Zenith app and the launcher picks it up when you come back to it.
In the launcher, these shared sounds also need "✧ sound — the sky's voice" on. With the sky's voice off, the launcher plays none of them, whatever "suite tap & nav sounds" says. This page's "volume" slider doesn't change them.
See also.
Personalization — themes, icons & effects · Zenith Gold — what unlocks in the launcher (Gold) · The Zenith Suite & broker