Made for macOS

Small tools.
Serious work.

Focused utilities for creators, producers and engineers who care about their workflow.

Apps

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Lyra
F-key volume control for Universal Audio interfaces, right from your keyboard.
F10 / F11 / F12 mapped to mute, volume down, volume up Lives in the menu bar — zero UI in your way Talks to UA Mixer Engine directly — Console and your signal chain are untouched
macOS UA Apollo
$4.99
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Auris
An SPL meter for your menu bar — for monitoring discipline and hearing protection. Pin your monitor knob to a calibrated reference, and track hearing dose at the same time.
Calibrated SPL meter — pin your monitor chain to a target dBA reference NIOSH hearing dose with Safe / Caution / Warning / Over-exposed states Pairs with Lyra — send a calibration straight to a reference slot
macOS Target level Hearing health
$6.99
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About

Headroom is a one-person studio making small, focused tools for macOS. I've spent most of my life around audio — live sound first, then recording and production, and eventually into software. These days I work in software quality at a major professional audio company, while my home studio stays busy with personal projects. Guitar has been a constant; I'm also deep into learning drums and bass.

I build the apps I was always missing. Tools that do one thing well, feel native to macOS, and stay out of the way. Clean design isn't a nice-to-have — it's the point.

If you're a UA Apollo user who's ever reached for the keyboard to adjust your monitor volume and gotten a system beep instead, Lyra was built for you.

If you've ever ended a session louder than you started, or finished one wondering what it actually cost you in hearing, Auris was built for you.

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Why aren't these apps free? Building and maintaining software properly takes real time and investment. Every app I ship I intend to keep supporting — bug fixes, staying current with macOS updates, responding to feedback. A one-time purchase price makes that sustainable without subscriptions, ads, or eventually abandoning the project. You buy it once; I keep it working.