https://github.com/fmtr/amniotic

A multi-output ambient sound mixer for Home Assistant. Amniotic lets you use a single device to create on-the-fly, custom ambient audio mixes to suit your tastes and environment.
https://github.com/fmtr/amniotic

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A multi-output ambient sound mixer for Home Assistant. Amniotic lets you use a single device to create on-the-fly, custom ambient audio mixes to suit your tastes and environment.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fmtr/amniotic
• Owner: fmtr
• Created: 2022-05-18T12:50:48.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-18T17:13:46.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-19T05:59:53.051Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: ambient, audio, home-assistant, sleep, whitenoise
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 419 KB
• Stars: 26
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: readme.md

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# Amniotic

A multi-output ambient sound mixer for Home Assistant.

Amniotic lets you use a single device to create on-the-fly, custom ambient audio mixes - e.g. mixing Waterfall sounds

with Birdsong on one set of speakers, while playing Fireplace sounds from a second audio device - to suit your tastes

and environment.

The library integrates with Home Assistant via MQTT as a new device, allowing you to create and control ambient mixes

from the Home Assistant interface.

### Why Would I Want Such a Thing?

I won't explain the general reasons for introducing non-musical sounds into one's environment, but if you

find [sound masking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_masking) helps you concentrate in noisy environments, if

you're (as I am) slightly [misophonic](https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-misophonia), if you

use [white noise machines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_noise_machine) to induce sleep or relaxation, or if you

just think sound is an important factor in setting a pleasant ambience, then you might find Amniotic useful.

### Can't I do This with Spotify, Volumio, HifiBerry etc.?

Since those systems are intended for music, they aren't designed for playing or mixing multiple streams simultaneously

with a single device, even if set up in multi-room configurations. Also, the streaming services often won't allow a

single account to play multiple streams, even _if_ multiple devices are used.

Anyway, those limitations motivated this library.

There are two ways to install and run Amniotic:

- On the Home Assistant machine itself, as an add-on.

- Install manually, on a separate machine.

## Home Assistant Addon

To add as an Addon, click here:

[![Open your Home Assistant instance and show the add add-on repository dialog with a specific repository URL pre-filled.](https://my.home-assistant.io/badges/supervisor_add_addon_repository.svg)](https://fmtr.link/amniotic/addon-install)

## Documentation

For non-addon installs, and general documentation, see **[the project wiki](https://fmtr.link/amniotic/doc)**.