diff --git a/src/autoplay.ts b/src/autoplay.ts
index cd8a7be..6323062 100644
--- a/src/autoplay.ts
+++ b/src/autoplay.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { keys } from "./notes.js";
+import { tryThing } from "./shared.js";
 
 // a4 is the reference note
 // -9 is the offset of c3
@@ -8,12 +9,8 @@ const initialOffsetOctaves = -1;
 const initialOffset = -9 + initialOffsetOctaves * 12;
 
 let audioContext = new AudioContext();
-
-const autoplayEle = document.getElementById("autoplay") as HTMLButtonElement;
-const stopEle = document.getElementById("stopplay") as HTMLButtonElement;
-const inputEle = document.getElementById("input") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
-const delayEle = document.getElementById("delay") as HTMLInputElement;
-const errorEle = document.getElementById("error") as HTMLSpanElement;
+let gainNode = audioContext.createGain();
+gainNode.connect(audioContext.destination);
 
 function play(notes: string, baseDelay: number) {
 	let delay = 0;
@@ -47,28 +44,44 @@ function play(notes: string, baseDelay: number) {
 function playNote(i: number, delay: number, playFor: number) {
 	const oscillator = audioContext.createOscillator();
 	oscillator.type = "triangle";
-	oscillator.connect(audioContext.destination);
+	oscillator.connect(gainNode);
 	oscillator.frequency.value = 2 ** ((initialOffset + i) / 12) * a4;
 	oscillator.start(audioContext.currentTime + delay / 1000);
 	oscillator.stop(audioContext.currentTime + (delay + playFor) / 1000);
 }
 
+function setupAudioContext() {
+	audioContext.close();
+	audioContext = new AudioContext();
+	gainNode = audioContext.createGain();
+	gainNode.connect(audioContext.destination);
+	setVolume();
+}
+
+function setVolume() {
+	// check parse? but it's a range
+	const pct = parseInt(volumeEle.value, 10) / parseInt(volumeEle.max, 10);
+	gainNode.gain.setValueAtTime(pct, audioContext.currentTime);
+}
+
+const autoplayEle = document.getElementById("autoplay") as HTMLButtonElement;
+const stopEle = document.getElementById("stopplay") as HTMLButtonElement;
+const inputEle = document.getElementById("input") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+const delayEle = document.getElementById("delay") as HTMLInputElement;
+const volumeEle = document.getElementById("volume") as HTMLInputElement;
+
+stopEle.addEventListener("click", () => setupAudioContext());
+
+setVolume();
+volumeEle.addEventListener("input", () => setVolume());
+
 autoplayEle.addEventListener("click", () => {
-	errorEle.innerText = "";
-	try {
+	tryThing(() => {
 		const notes = inputEle.value;
 		const delay = 60000 / parseInt(delayEle.value, 10);
 		if (isNaN(delay)) {
 			throw new Error(`Invalid delay: ${delayEle.value}`);
 		}
 		play(notes, delay);
-	} catch (e) {
-		console.error(e);
-		errorEle.innerText = String(e);
-	}
-});
-
-stopEle.addEventListener("click", () => {
-	audioContext.close();
-	audioContext = new AudioContext();
+	});
 });
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 1bdb219..78b7439 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -32,9 +32,19 @@
 						[ and ] (even spaces and line breaks) <br />
 						will add delay between notes.
 					</p>
+					<label title="Volume">
+						Volume
+						<input
+							id="volume"
+							type="range"
+							min="0"
+							max="100"
+							value="10"
+						/>
+					</label>
 					<p>
 						<button id="autoplay" title="Autoplay output"
-							>Autoplay</button
+							>Play</button
 						>
 						<button id="stopplay" title="Stop autoplaying">
 							Stop</button
@@ -58,7 +68,6 @@
 			</section>
 		</section>
 
-		<script type="module" src="notes.js"></script>
 		<script type="module" src="transpose.js"></script>
 		<script type="module" src="autoplay.js"></script>
 	</body>
diff --git a/src/shared.ts b/src/shared.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df5ed6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const errorEle = document.getElementById("error") as HTMLSpanElement;
+
+export function tryThing(z: (...args: unknown[]) => unknown) {
+	errorEle.innerText = "";
+	try {
+		z();
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.error(e);
+		errorEle.innerText = String(e);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 8904bbc..7f4d32b 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ section {
 }
 
 .toolbar > label {
-	display: block;
+	display: flex;
+	justify-content: space-between;
+	align-items: center;
 }
 
 .toolbar > *:not(:last-child) {
diff --git a/src/transpose.ts b/src/transpose.ts
index 7f2e2b1..6220bab 100644
--- a/src/transpose.ts
+++ b/src/transpose.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 import { keys } from "./notes.js";
+import { tryThing } from "./shared.js";
 
-const transposeEle = document.getElementById("transpose") as HTMLButtonElement;
-const inputEle = document.getElementById("input") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
-const stepsEle = document.getElementById("shift") as HTMLInputElement;
-const outputEle = document.getElementById("output") as HTMLOutputElement;
-const errorEle = document.getElementById("error") as HTMLSpanElement;
-const autoshiftEle = document.getElementById("autoshift") as HTMLInputElement;
-
-function t(notes: string, steps: number): string {
-	const transposedNotes = notes
+function transpose(notes: string, steps: number): string {
+	return notes
 		.split("")
 		.map((key, i) => {
 			const pos = keys.indexOf(key);
@@ -35,9 +29,11 @@ function t(notes: string, steps: number): string {
 			return keys[newPos];
 		})
 		.join("");
+}
 
+function clean(notes: string) {
 	// group the keys
-	return transposedNotes.replace(
+	return notes.replace(
 		/\[(.*?)\]/g,
 		(_, letters: string) =>
 			"[" +
@@ -64,18 +60,20 @@ function t(notes: string, steps: number): string {
 	);
 }
 
+const transposeEle = document.getElementById("transpose") as HTMLButtonElement;
+const inputEle = document.getElementById("input") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+const stepsEle = document.getElementById("shift") as HTMLInputElement;
+const outputEle = document.getElementById("output") as HTMLOutputElement;
+const autoshiftEle = document.getElementById("autoshift") as HTMLInputElement;
+
 transposeEle.addEventListener("click", () => {
-	errorEle.innerText = "";
-	try {
+	tryThing(() => {
 		const notes = inputEle.value;
 		const steps = parseInt(stepsEle.value, 10);
 		if (isNaN(steps)) {
 			throw new Error(`Invalid steps: ${stepsEle.value}`);
 		}
-		const result = t(notes, steps);
+		const result = clean(transpose(notes, steps));
 		outputEle.value = result;
-	} catch (e) {
-		console.error(e);
-		errorEle.innerText = String(e);
-	}
+	});
 });