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01Skiff 1.0

Not released yet · macOS 14 or later · universal

The first release.

Chains

• Audio Unit chains on any output and any microphone, one per device and direction, keyed to the hardware.
• Add Audio Unit, grouped by vendor and searchable. Drag to reorder; per-stage editor, switch and remove.
• Edits autosave without touching live audio; Apply sends them to the engine.
• Named presets per device and direction, plug-in state and bypass included, switchable from the menu bar.
• Chains for unplugged devices stay listed and editable.

Headphones and mic

• Headphone EQ: search AutoEq's profiles or import ParametricEQ.txt, added as one AUNBandEQ stage.
• Monitor plays the processed mic through your output.
• System alerts follow the selected output and its chain.

Formats

• Layouts from mono to 7.1.4 and 9.1.6, in Core Audio's channel order, routed by speaker label.
• 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz. Hardware is switched to Skiff's rate when it can be.
• Folds for smaller systems; LFE never folds.
• Bit-perfect status when no plug-in runs, channels land 1:1 and rates match.

Menu bar

• Input and output routes, each with a device picker, level meter, status line and switch.
• A six-band visualizer in the icon: Rainbow, Aurora, Ocean, Solarized Dark, Gruvbox, Single Color and Album Art, with the mic mirrored beside it if you like.
• Repair rows appear only when the driver or plug-in host needs them.

Setup

• Install or Repair Driver from Settings, with one administrator prompt.
• Quitting or force-quitting hands every device back to macOS.