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- FixVolume HUD stays legible in Light mode - on macOS 26 the on-screen volume pill could pick up the desktop behind it and wash out to near-white over a light wallpaper, hiding the speaker glyph and level bar. It now keeps its grey, glassy look with a clear white glyph and level bar over any wallpaper, the way the system volume control does.
- ImprVolume HUD on real Liquid Glass - on macOS 26 the on-screen volume pill is rendered with the system's Liquid Glass material, the same way the native volume control is: a solid glass panel that reads grey over a light desktop and darker over a dark one, with a white glyph and level bar. Earlier macOS keeps the dark pill.
- ImprAbout and Settings windows on real Liquid Glass - on macOS 26 both windows use the system's Liquid Glass material instead of a frosted approximation, matching the rest of macOS 26 and following your Light or Dark appearance.
- NewInteractive widgets - four widgets in the macOS widget gallery. Control Panel (large) puts volume, Mute / DIM / Mono, and the three reference slots in one tile; Monitor Toggles (medium) carries Mute / DIM / Mono; Volume (small or medium) steps the level; Reference Levels (medium) jumps to slot 1, 2, or 3. Every widget shows live state and reacts the instant you tap. Each tap fires a
lyra:// URL so the action runs in the menu bar app. Requires macOS 14+; on macOS 12 and 13 Lyra runs identically without the widget gallery entries.
- NewSettings window (Cmd+,) - Lyra's first proper preferences window. Houses two new Automation toggles and surfaces the existing Show volume HUD overlay and Volume step prefs that previously had no UI.
- NewAuto-start UA Mixer Engine when Apollo is detected (opt-in, off by default). With this on, Lyra opens UA's headless Mixer Engine the moment Apollo wakes up.
- NewAuto-quit UA apps when Apollo disconnects (opt-in, off by default). After about seven seconds without Apollo, Lyra quits UA Mixer Helper, UA Mixer Engine, UAD Console, and UAD Meter & Control Panel so they stop drawing power. Cancelled if Apollo comes back inside the grace window, so brief sleep/wake won't kill anything.
- NewNotification sub-toggles - each automation has a paired Show a notification when this happens sub-toggle (on by default) that posts a banner when the automation fires.
- NewTest sessions after the trial - if the trial expires before you're ready to buy, the activation window now offers a "Test for 5 minutes" button that unlocks the controls for five minutes at a time. Two sessions per day, resetting at local midnight.
- ImprMonitor output discovered at connect - Lyra now finds the Apollo's Monitor output dynamically when the interface connects rather than relying on a fixed output path. More resilient on Apollo variants beyond the Twin X.
- ImprRuns on Intel Macs - v1.6 ships as a universal binary, so Lyra now runs natively on Intel Macs (macOS 12 or later) alongside Apple Silicon.
- ImprPrice is now $9.99.
- NewApp Intents bundle - eleven intents exposed to Shortcuts.app, Spotlight, and Siri. Read state, toggle the Apollo, adjust or set the monitor level, and drive Reference Levels. Every intent returns structured values for chaining. Requires macOS 13+; macOS 12 launches identically without the Shortcuts surface.
- NewApp Shortcuts - the most-reached-for intents surface straight in Spotlight without building a Shortcut first.
- NewFocus Filter - Lyra appears in System Settings → Focus → Focus Filters. Attach a "Switch to Reference Level" filter to any Focus.
- NewURL scheme read endpoints -
lyra://volume/get, lyra://reference/current, and lyra://state let other tools pull Lyra's state back via x-success.
- Newx-callback-url chaining - every URL endpoint now accepts optional
x-success and x-error parameters.
- NewAutomation API reference page. See the full API reference for every endpoint, return field, and copy-paste examples.
- NewUser Guide menu link - a new User Guide… entry in Lyra's menu opens the user guide in your browser.
- Fix
lyra://volume/set now waits for the Apollo's dB echo so the returned tapered and dB readings stay in sync.
- Fix
lyra://reference/current always returns the live tapered and db, and adds slot=none when no slot matches.
- FixError messages in URL responses are now plain ASCII instead of typographic en-dashes that became
%E2%80%93 escapes.
- NewReference Levels - three named monitor presets (default Quiet / Mix / Loud) you can rename and recall. Useful for K-System reference, A/B'ing loudness, or quickly checking a mix at a low level.
- NewCtrl+F10 / F11 / F12 - jump to Reference Level slot 1, 2, or 3.
- NewReference Levels submenu - jump to, save into, or rename a slot from the menu bar menu.
- NewHUD slot name - jumping to a Reference Level shows the slot name (e.g. Mix) on the on-screen pill.
- NewURL scheme - drive Lyra from Stream Deck, Keyboard Maestro, Shortcuts:
lyra://reference/{1|2|3|cycle}, lyra://volume/set?tapered=…, lyra://volume/{up|down}, and lyra://{mute|dim|mono}/toggle.
- NewAudita pairing - Audita can write its calibrations straight into a Lyra slot via
lyra://reference/{n}/save, and the slot displays as e.g. "Mix - 85 dB SPL". Requires Audita 1.0 or later.
- NewFine-step control - hold Shift while pressing F11/F12 for a half-size volume step.
- NewDIM shortcut - Shift+F10 toggles Apollo's hardware DIM.
- NewMono shortcut - Opt+F10 toggles L+R sum to mono for quick compatibility checks.
- NewMenu items - DIM and Mono appear in the menu bar menu with live checkmarks.
- ImprMenu bar icon - horizontal bar through the dot when DIM is active; vertical when Mono. Both can stack.
- ImprVolume HUD - pill turns amber when DIM is active so the state is obvious at a glance.
- FixVersion bump - 1.1 was released without updating the bundle version string.
- ImprPrice reduced to $4.99.
- ImprPrice reduced to $4.99.
- NewInitial release. F10 mute, F11 volume down, F12 volume up via UA Mixer Engine TCP.
- New7-day trial; $14.99 license via Lemon Squeezy.
- NewAutomatic updates via Sparkle.
