Other than that, the compact layout could look much better if it was cleaner so it would show just the volume

Version 2.2.0 (30.11.2025)

- NEW: Scroll gesture support: Go to _menu bar dropdown window > Scroll_ and select one or more modifier keys and a target channel. You can then use the mouse scroll wheel o touch pad to adjust this channel's volume - system wide!
- NEW: French and Spanish localization
- NEW: While in Overlay Setup mode, clicking outside of ControlPilot's window focus automatically ends Setup mode
- Improved Using keyboard shortcuts, the Volume +/- 1 dB stepping now has increased precision and mimics ARC encoder behaviour (not always 1 dB)
- Improved menu bar icon design
- Improved animation and color for the Overlay
- Fixed: Reference marker was not always correctly showing its "calibrated" state (turning red from gray)
- Fixed: Using Flip Width on a channel with 0% width was breaking width display. Flip is canceled now in this case
- Fixed: Auto-MuteGroup: Transport states were not always detected with Cubase/Nuendo HUI devices
- Various other fixes

Brilliant as always!

- NEW: Scroll gesture support: Go to _menu bar dropdown window > Scroll_ and select one or more modifier keys and a target channel. You can then use the mouse scroll wheel o touch pad to adjust this channel's volume - system wide!
- NEW: French and Spanish localization
- NEW: While in Overlay Setup mode, clicking outside of ControlPilot's window focus automatically ends Setup mode
- Improved Using keyboard shortcuts, the Volume +/- 1 dB stepping now has increased precision and mimics ARC encoder behaviour (not always 1 dB)
- Improved menu bar icon design
- Improved animation and color for the Overlay
- Fixed: Reference marker was not always correctly showing its "calibrated" state (turning red from gray)
- Fixed: Using Flip Width on a channel with 0% width was breaking width display. Flip is canceled now in this case
- Fixed: Auto-MuteGroup: Transport states were not always detected with Cubase/Nuendo HUI devices
- Various other fixes

Heya! I'm using v2.1.0 on macOS 15.5. It seems like I'm experiencing a bug where the HUD doesn't hide itself after 2.5 seconds..

My advice would be to try the latest beta update, you can get it from the app‘s menu.
Otherwise, just contact me directly, there’s always a solution ;-)

I desperately need this for my HDSPe MADI FX and ARC.

I am using playback channels 1-2 in DigiCheck, but still, the other apps I mentioned are changing the signal of every channel in TotalMix including playback channels, while ControlPilot is changing just the main output’s fader of TotalMix.

If you play a song on iTunes for example, the sound goes to iTunes first and then to the audio interface, and if you use any software (other than ControlPilot) for volume control with Apple keyboard, the sound goes from iTunes to Soundsource for example and only then to the audio interface, so when I hit the mute key on my keyboard with Soundsource, you don’t see anything on RME meters.

BTW, you know that in Digicheck, you can use Playback channels for metering these days. It doesn’t have to be an actual out put for metering.

I’ve been looking for an app like this for years.
Bought already Static Z Sound Control, menuBUS, and Soundsource 4/5 but something like ControlPilot is all I ever wanted.

With the other apps which are great for general use, there is a small latency added to the signal (you can disable the DAW in Soundsource 5 for zero latency but then you can’t have keyboard volume control for the DAW)
Also, with other apps, when there is a volume change, the levels meters in DigiCheck are changing accordingly so you have to set the volume to zero for an accurate reading.

ControlPilot is snappy, and works great with the new TotalMix 2.0
Instant buy for me.

- New: Added German localization: Other languages may follow. The manual is not yet translated.
- For german users: If you prefer using ControlPilot in English, you can easily switch off german localization:
    - Go to macOS Systemeinstellungen > Allgemein > Sprache & Region, click the (+) Plus-sign under the box "Apps, Spracheinstellungen für die folgenden Apps anpassen" and add ControlPilot to the list

- Enhanced & localized Accessibility for users relying on VoiceOver.
- New: Separate options for Volume Focus Mute & Un-Mute
- New: Added 2 checkboxes in HUD Setup to toggle the HUD text color and HUD mini-button outline color between black and white. (@jpoulsen)
- other changes, see Release Notes.

Enjoy!