Downloads for the apps and tools I build. The builds live under Releases, not in this repository.
Project pages: staiola.studio/apps
Every download link below points at a specific release, because this repository holds several apps and the newest release is not necessarily the one you want.
Everything here is signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarised by Apple, so macOS opens it without a Gatekeeper warning.
A player for video and audio that can also cut and export. Open a file, set an in and out point, and write out exactly that part as MP4, MOV, GIF or audio. It plays MKV, which macOS will not, with nothing extra to install. Single images open in a small editor with background removal.
- Download: Kipowi 0.5.0
- Requires: macOS 14 or newer. Universal for Apple silicon and Intel
- Page: staiola.studio/apps/kipowi
The release also carries Kipowi-0.5.0-Sources.tar.xz, the matching source
archive for the open-source media components the app bundles — VLC, VLCKit,
FFmpeg and LAME. You do not need it to run Kipowi; it is published because those
licences require the corresponding source beside the binary. SHA256SUMS.txt
lists the checksums for both files.
Open the disk image, quit any running copy of Kipowi, and drag it to Applications.
A macOS audio plugin you control by how loud you play. Quiet playing gives you one set of effects, playing harder gives you another, and digging in gives you a third. You set the three volume levels yourself and pick what each one does, so the sound changes without you touching a pedal.
- Download: ExpressionGate 1.11.3
- Formats: Audio Unit (aufx), VST3 and Standalone app
- Requires: macOS 11 or newer
- Page: staiola.studio/apps/expressiongate
Open the .pkg and follow the installer. It places ExpressionGate.component
in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components and the standalone app in
/Applications.
If your host was already running, quit and reopen it so it rescans plugins. Logic Pro caches its plugin list, so it may need a full restart.
A scratchpad that appears when you press a key and disappears when you are done. It lives in the menu bar, and it answers sums.
- Download: FinderNotes 1.1
- Page: staiola.studio/apps/findernotes
Danish radio as a physical panel in the menu bar. Six pads for the national stations, and a dial that reaches into the archive.
- Download: DK Dial 1.3.0
- Page: staiola.studio/apps/dkdial
Open it, drag the app to Applications, and eject the image.