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A Mac app for the room you have

You already own a surround system.

Each on its own time

But they have never played together.

Up to 9.1.6, from the speakers you own

Playing as one.

The app

The app's Tune tab: a room with three speakers in the array, a Samsung soundbar through a Raspberry Pi, a JBL Flip over USB and the MacBook's own speakers, playing a 9.1.6 discrete track
The app, in a room of three: a soundbar through a Raspberry Pi, a JBL Flip over USB and the MacBook's own speakers, playing as one.

The promise

Every speaker you own, playing as one. The soundbar, the Bluetooth speaker, the laptop, the Android phone in the drawer. One microphone, one clock: wired and Ethernet to about a millisecond, Bluetooth compensated and graded for video.

* How each kind of speaker is measured, with every number

Download for Mac

Two speakers free, for as long as you like. One payment for every speaker on one Mac: $19 for the first 100, then $29.

  • An Apple silicon Mac
  • macOS 15 or later
  • A microphone, built in or USB

Signed and notarised by Apple. It opens with one click.

What it does.

  1. Stereo from any app becomes surround.

    Split live into centre, sides, rear ambience, height and bass, and spread across every speaker you own. A soundbar takes the centre.

  2. Atmos stops collapsing to stereo.

    A discrete mix arrives as channels on the layout your Mac offers, up to 9.1.6, and each goes to the speaker wearing its role. Nothing invented, nothing flattened.

  3. Lossless. Nothing squeezed on the way.

    Your Mac’s audio reaches every wired or USB speaker, and every speaker on a Raspberry Pi, as plain PCM, 24-bit at 48 kHz: no codec, no streaming compression. Bluetooth speakers take what Bluetooth allows.

  4. Running in a minute. Not an evening.

    Your speakers are arranged the moment they appear; change a role with a tap. Ask once and a microphone times the room.

  5. No receiver. No new speakers. Different brands play as one.

Two speakers free. For as long as you like.

$19founding, first 100
then $29 · one Mac, every speaker · refundable until you activate your key, and 14 days after
Pay once. No subscription.

Includes every update to version 1. A future version 2 may be a paid upgrade; founding buyers get it at a discount.

Prices are shown at checkout in your currency, taxes included where they apply. In India the founding price is ₹1,199.

Download for Mac

An Apple silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later, with a microphone (built in on laptops and iMacs; a USB one on a Mac mini or Studio). Wired, USB and Bluetooth speakers; a Raspberry Pi for HDMI; an Android phone as a speaker. No iPhone or HomePod yet.

Version 0.6, a 5.9 MB disk image. It opens with one click; the install page shows the steps. Two speakers play free without a key; a key unlocks every speaker on one Mac.

Questions

Can my Mac play to a Bluetooth speaker and a soundbar at the same time, in sync?
Every speaker you own, playing as one: wired, USB and Bluetooth speakers, a Raspberry Pi for HDMI, an Android phone. One microphone, one clock: wired and Ethernet to about a millisecond, Bluetooth compensated and graded for video.
Do I need a receiver, or speakers that match?
No receiver. No new speakers. They don’t even have to match.
Which Macs?
An Apple silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later, with a microphone (built in on laptops and iMacs; a USB one on a Mac mini or Studio).
Is it a subscription?
No. Pay once. $19 for the first 100 buyers, then $29. One Mac, every speaker. Two speakers are free for as long as you like.
Is the sound lossless?
Lossless. Nothing squeezed on the way. Your Mac’s audio reaches every wired or USB speaker, and every speaker on a Raspberry Pi, as plain PCM, 24-bit at 48 kHz: no codec, no streaming compression. Bluetooth speakers take what Bluetooth allows.
Does it work with an iPhone or a HomePod?
No iPhone or HomePod yet.
Is this multi-room audio?
No. One room, playing as one: every speaker takes a role, centre, sides, rear, height or bass, and plays its part of the same sound at the same time.
Does it play Netflix, YouTube, Spotify?
It takes whatever your Mac is playing, from any app.
Will my soundbar work?
Over HDMI through a Raspberry Pi it plays as a wired speaker. Over Bluetooth it plays as a Bluetooth speaker, its path measured by the microphone.
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