MonitorHUD
From CueMachine

Visualize and control your monitors.

Works with Apollo interfaces. Volume, mute, dim, fold-downs, talkback, meters, and calibrated listening level presets, all via customizable keyboard shortcuts.

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MonitorHUD heads-up display: MONITOR level at -14.0 dB reading 80 SPL, a horizontal level meter, and 5.1, DIM, MUTE, ALT buttons

The monitor section, without the round trip.

Thirteen assignable hotkeys

Volume up/down, mute, dim, fold-downs, talkback, and level presets, mapped to any keys you like. Works with any app focused.

Three calibrated levels

Jump between three user-calibrated listening levels. Dial in your mix level, a comfortable listening level, or a little boost for playbacks.

A HUD, not another window

Level, SPL, meters, and monitor state in a compact heads-up display that appears when you touch a control and gets out of the way when you don't.

Light enough to forget

Not a plugin. Lives in the menu bar at roughly zero CPU.

A flexible meter window

Choose to show a resizable, floating meter window with live per-channel levels following your configuration.

Heads up: MonitorHUD drives the monitor section of UA Console, so it requires a Universal Audio Apollo interface with UA Console installed.

One-time purchase.

Intro price
MonitorHUD
$12one-time$19
  • Thirteen assignable monitor hotkeys
  • Three calibrated level presets
  • Activate on 2 Macs
  • Free updates
Buy MonitorHUD · $12
macOS 14 or later · Universal · requires a UA Apollo audio interface and drivers