diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index b3b95c4..9c39caf 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { IdentityProvider, useIdentityQuery } from '@/lib/identity';
 import { LayoutProvider } from '@/lib/layout';
 import { PiggyContextProvider } from '@/lib/piggy-context';
 import { PlatformAudioProvider } from '@/lib/audio';
+import { AudioControl } from '@/components/AudioControl';
 import { Shell } from '@/components/Shell';
 import { SignIn } from '@/pages/SignIn';
 import { CreateProfile } from '@/pages/CreateProfile';
@@ -106,6 +107,28 @@ export function App() {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * The signed-out screens render outside Shell, so they get no app header — and
+ * therefore no way to stop the music. Audio a visitor cannot switch off is the
+ * worst version of this feature, so every unauthenticated screen gets the
+ * control pinned in a corner.
+ *
+ * Learn is not wrapped: it brings its own chrome and already hosts one.
+ */
+function SignedOut({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      {children}
+      <div
+        className="fixed right-3 z-50 rounded-full border border-border bg-surface/85 shadow-sm backdrop-blur"
+        style={{ bottom: 'calc(0.75rem + var(--safe-bottom))' }}
+      >
+        <AudioControl />
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Decides what to show based on *why* a request failed.
  *
@@ -165,24 +188,32 @@ function AuthGate({ config }: { config: PublicConfig }) {
           </RoutePage>
         );
       }
-      return showRegister ? (
-        <Register
-          config={config}
-          onBack={() => setShowRegister(false)}
-          onRegistered={() => {
-            setShowRegister(false);
-            void refetch();
-          }}
-        />
-      ) : (
-        <SignIn config={config} onCreateAccount={() => setShowRegister(true)} />
+      return (
+        <SignedOut>
+          {showRegister ? (
+            <Register
+              config={config}
+              onBack={() => setShowRegister(false)}
+              onRegistered={() => {
+                setShowRegister(false);
+                void refetch();
+              }}
+            />
+          ) : (
+            <SignIn config={config} onCreateAccount={() => setShowRegister(true)} />
+          )}
+        </SignedOut>
       );
     }
     // Authenticated but not a member. This is a step in the flow, not an
     // error — sending them back to a login screen they have already completed
     // would be a loop with no exit.
     if (error.needsProfile) {
-      return <CreateProfile config={config} onCreated={() => void refetch()} />;
+      return (
+        <SignedOut>
+          <CreateProfile config={config} onCreated={() => void refetch()} />
+        </SignedOut>
+      );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/audio.tsx b/apps/web/src/lib/audio.tsx
index 9f06f9b..aacfb26 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/audio.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/audio.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,33 @@ const TRACK_KEY = 'pig.audio.track';
  */
 const VOLUME = 0.14;
 
+/**
+ * Ramp length. Music that snaps to full volume on the first click reads as a
+ * glitch; a second of ramp reads as the room having been there all along.
+ * Short enough that muting feels immediate.
+ */
+const FADE_IN_MS = 1100;
+const FADE_OUT_MS = 420;
+
+/**
+ * Ease the element's volume, resolving when it arrives. Returns a canceller so
+ * a fade that is superseded (mute pressed mid-fade-in) stops rather than
+ * fighting the new one.
+ */
+function ramp(audio: HTMLAudioElement, to: number, ms: number): () => void {
+  const from = audio.volume;
+  const started = performance.now();
+  let frame = 0;
+  const step = () => {
+    const t = Math.min(1, (performance.now() - started) / ms);
+    // easeOutQuad: most of the travel early, so a fade-out feels prompt.
+    audio.volume = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, from + (to - from) * (1 - (1 - t) * (1 - t))));
+    if (t < 1) frame = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+  };
+  frame = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+  return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
+}
+
 function storedTrack(): PlatformTrackId {
   try {
     const raw = localStorage.getItem(TRACK_KEY);
@@ -96,20 +123,32 @@ export function PlatformAudioProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     if (!audio) return;
 
     if (!enabled) {
-      audio.pause();
+      const cancel = ramp(audio, 0, FADE_OUT_MS);
+      const stop = window.setTimeout(() => {
+        audio.pause();
+        audio.currentTime = 0;
+      }, FADE_OUT_MS);
       setPlaying(false);
-      return;
+      return () => {
+        cancel();
+        window.clearTimeout(stop);
+      };
     }
 
-    audio.volume = VOLUME;
+    // Start silent so the ramp has somewhere to come from.
+    audio.volume = 0;
     let cancelled = false;
     let armed: (() => void) | null = null;
 
+    let cancelRamp: (() => void) | null = null;
     const start = () =>
       audio
         .play()
         .then(() => {
-          if (!cancelled) setPlaying(true);
+          if (cancelled) return;
+          setPlaying(true);
+          cancelRamp?.();
+          cancelRamp = ramp(audio, VOLUME, FADE_IN_MS);
         })
         .catch(() => false);
 
@@ -134,6 +173,7 @@ export function PlatformAudioProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
       armed?.();
+      cancelRamp?.();
     };
   }, [enabled, source.src]);