Player Studio

A native macOS music player with a local library, YouTube discovery, synced lyrics, karaoke, listening insights, and a Dynamic-Island-style player under the notch.

Player Studio started from Verse Bar by Alvin Indra. The project has since moved in a different direction and is now maintained as an independent app. Alvin remains credited for the original Music Island/notch code and the foundation that made this project possible.

Features

• Full desktop player — queue, shuffle, repeat, seeking, volume, media keys, and system Now Playing integration
• Local music library — recently played, recently added, search, sorting, and custom albums
• YouTube discovery — search or paste a YouTube URL, stream immediately, or download for offline playback
• Synced lyrics — line- and word-level timing, manual lyric selection, per-track sync offsets, caching, and CJK romanization
• Music Island — compact lyrics and playback controls beneath the MacBook notch
• Menu bar and popover — live lyrics and playback controls without opening the main window
• Karaoke — Demucs vocal separation, live pitch visualization, microphone monitoring, and singing scores
• Sound Capsule — monthly listening history, rankings, streaks, and trends
• Discord Rich Presence — optional current-track activity with artwork and a listening link
• Touch Bar controls, track-change notifications, launch at login, offline mode, and update checks

Lyrics are provided by LRCLIB. YouTube search and downloads use bundled yt-dlp and FFmpeg binaries.

Install

Player Studio requires macOS 14 or newer.

Download the latest .dmg from GitHub Releases, then drag Player Studio to Applications.

To build from source instead:

git clone https://github.com/fauzanazz/player-studio.git
cd player-studio
./build.sh
open "Player Studio.app"

Move Player Studio.app to /Applications so macOS can retain its permissions.

If macOS blocks the ad-hoc-signed app, use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway, or run:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Player Studio.app"

The first-run guide handles the remaining setup. Karaoke vocal separation is optional and requires Demucs; Player Studio can install it when uv is available.

Development

Build, architecture, testing, and release details are in docs/DEVELOPMENT.md.

swift build
swift test

Credits

• Alvin Indra, creator of the original Verse Bar and author of the original Music Island/notch implementation
• LRCLIB for synced lyrics
• Lyricfier and SpotMenu for inspiration

License

MIT — see LICENSE.