U+1F39A · emoji since 2014
The level slider is a fader from a mixing board. It means audio, adjusting settings, and dialing something up or down.
It headlines music production and sound engineering, the control for finding the perfect balance.
In texting, 🎚️ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🎚️ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Level Slider emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the level slider emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🎚️ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.