Sonos sound not ducking

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November 21, 2019
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My Sonos speakers have stopped “ducking” sound when I give an Alexa command. It did duck sound until recently. Now I have to strand next to Alexa and shout to give a command while the Sonos music is playing. Any ideas?

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Ken_Griffiths

Got it, and yes, the sound does duck with the echo as part of the group. So, the idea is, the echo won’t play the music as part of the group with Sonos in it, which is actually fine, but it will serve to duck the sound when I give a command, is that it?

Yes, that’s correct, the 'outside' echo device is the controlling device for the group, so when you ask it to play music it knows to use the Sonos speakers within the same group and if you speak to the echo whilst the Sonos speakers are playing, it will duck their audio. It will also auto-group together the ‘preferred’ speakers.

Most people use echo dots as Sonos controllers in groups in this way as it provides full Alexa functionality with the great sound of Sonos for music playback.

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tavellerAuthor

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Actually, I believe any of my Alexa devices can control the group, I do it all the time from several devices.

Ken_Griffiths

Actually, I believe any of my Alexa devices can control the group, I do it all the time from several devices.

Yes of course, but I assume that when Music is playing on those two particular Sonos speakers and you speak to your 'other' Alexa devices the audio doesn’t duck IF they are controlling other Alexa groups elsewhere in your home.

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