From f63bf237225de65f7e1f25be41eaba613a35dba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner <git@tanner.vc>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:11:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: use cubic curve for natural volume scaling

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-preview) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 main.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index aab902a..fbae41b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def playback_thread(file_path, state):
                 
                 # Apply volume
                 if vol != 100.0:
-                    multiplier = max(0.0, vol / 100.0)
+                    # Use cubic curve for more natural volume adjustment (human hearing is logarithmic)
+                    multiplier = max(0.0, (vol / 100.0) ** 3)
                     arr = arr.astype(np.float32) * multiplier
                     arr = np.clip(arr, -32768, 32767).astype(np.int16)