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StudioTools Documentation

StudioTools is a menu bar app for the Mac that keeps your studio in sync with Logic Pro and Pro Tools — and helps you look after the audio files your sessions produce. This guide explains each part of the app, and the audio concepts behind them.

The parts of StudioTools

Everything starts from the StudioTools icon in the menu bar. Each feature can be used on its own.

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Media Manager

Browse folders of WAV, AIFF and CAF files: preview, find and convert dual-mono files, edit metadata and measure loudness.

New in 2.3
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Connect your DAW

Set up Logic Pro or Pro Tools so StudioTools knows when you record, play or arm tracks.

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Studio automation

Turn recording state into actions: Philips Hue, IKEA, Matter, webhooks, MQTT and your own scripts.

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Video Studio Beta

Record several cameras at once, in sync and with your studio sound, started and stopped by your DAW.

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Lyrics editor

Write lyrics, time each stanza to your song and follow along during playback.

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StudioTools Connect

The iPhone and iPad companion: transport control and a lyrics teleprompter in the booth.

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Settings & configuration

General settings, the JSON editor, and managed configurations for shared studio Macs.

Understand the concepts

New to loudness meters or Broadcast Wave files? These pages explain the background in plain language — useful whether or not you use StudioTools.

Audio files & formats

WAV, AIFF, CAF, sample rate, bit depth, channels — and why dual mono wastes space.

Broadcast Wave (BWF)

The WAV extension that tells Pro Tools where a clip belongs on the timeline.

Audio metadata

Where titles, artists and comments live inside WAV, AIFF and CAF files, and who reads them.

Loudness (LUFS)

LUFS, loudness range, true peak and the EBU R128 standard — and the targets streaming services use.

Getting help