Please fix that ducking feature

Well, I was going to add to this topic some observations I had on ducking. But, jgatie has again ruined another thread with vicious attacks on someone who doesn't completely worship Sonos as he does.

There is nothing here preventing you from posting about the ducking feature, except of course the fact that you would seemingly much rather hurl stones at me. Instead of hypocritically adding to that which you just complained about, if you have a problem with my posts and feel they are against the TOS, feel free to report me to a mod.

And by the way, "vicious"? I scolded a person for childish use of profanity and told him to act like an adult. Hardly "vicious". :8

Well, I was going to add to this topic some observations I had on ducking. But, jgatie has again ruined another thread with vicious attacks on someone who doesn't completely worship Sonos as he does.

There is nothing here preventing you from posting about the ducking feature, except of course the fact that you would seemingly much rather hurl stones at me. Instead of hypocritically adding to that which you just complained about, if you have a problem with my posts and feel they are against the TOS, feel free to report me to a mod.

And by the way, "vicious"? I scolded a person for childish use of profanity and told him to act like an adult. Hardly "vicious". :8

I can't say I'm curious; because I already know. But, I'll ask anyway. Have you ever been banned from any other audio-related forums?

Now who is hijacking the thread with off-topic nonsense? As I said, if you have a problem, report it to the mods.

Now who is hijacking the thread with off-topic nonsense? As I said, if you have a problem, report it to the mods.

Is that a YES?

Is that a YES?

Yes. Once, many years ago. So what? Different boards have different rules. As I said, if you have a problem with me, report it to the mods. If banning me is what you are after, that is your only recourse. Good luck! 😉

I wasn't sure whether it was an auto correct or site filter that changed the thread's title.

Amazon API released 3 weeks ago? WTF are you talking about! So they developed it all in a week?! No wonder its crap :8.


And by the way, "vicious"? I scolded a person for childish use of profanity and told him to act like an adult. Hardly "vicious". :8

What profanity, do you mean ('WTF') ? Is that childish? :8 You scolded me? get a ducking grip.

When you are ready to discuss the Amazon Connected Speakers API and the impact it may have had on the length and features of the Sonos/Alexa integration including ducking, the topic of this thread, I'll be happy to engage you. Until then, take care!

It's a great shame this otherwise interesting thread has been ruined by people having a go at each other. Some people are very pro Sonos and others think they're useless and not listening to customers - that's the nature of the forum and people are entitled to come from those perspectives so insulting each other is pointless as well as offensive to all of us.

Now to my question - some posts have discussed Amazon possibly introducing a feature in the near future whereby the nearest echo device will activate speakers, lights etc. in the same room if no room name is specified and that such a feature would enable Sonos to limit the ducking to the room where the instruction has been given. This may well be fine if using an Echo device, but what about if you are using a Sonos One? Will the Amazon API allow devices other than Echos sited in a particular location to respond differently in accordance with their location?

Now to my question - some posts have discussed Amazon possibly introducing a feature in the near future whereby the nearest echo device will activate speakers, lights etc. in the same room if no room name is specified and that such a feature would enable Sonos to limit the ducking to the room where the instruction has been given. This may well be fine if using an Echo device, but what about if you are using a Sonos One? Will the Amazon API allow devices other than Echos sited in a particular location to respond differently in accordance with their location?

That feature is there now. When you create an "Alexa-Enabled" group in the Alexa app it lists "Alexa-enabled devices" to add to the group. The Sonos One should be listed there.

I've not tried it but I presume since nobody has announced it that it doesn't fix the ducking