AVTouchBar is an audio visualizer for the touch bar. AVTouchBar will automatically create an aggregate device when needed. It includes features such as custom gradients, touch bar gestures to change colors, enter full screen mode, and adjust the volume.

Hey all - my name is Jake Fishman and I am the creator of AVTouchBar. Ever since I saw the touch bar, I wanted an audio visualizer on it. Four years went by and it still hadn't been created, so I decided to look deeper into it. My "real" job has nothing to do with tech. I am a minor league baseball player and my season was cancelled last year. I decided to take that time to learn how to code and start building this app. I spent many months learning a lot, and invested some of my own money to get this app to where I wanted it to be. I'm beyond happy with how it turned out. I can truly say it's one of a kind and there is nothing like it out there. I know not everybody enjoys the touch bar, but hopefully this will give you a reason to enjoy it. Some headline features: -Works with internal microphone -Works with system audio (just download and install a third party audio driver like soundflower, blackhole, loopback, boom3d audio etc.) -Automatically creates an aggregate when needed -Deletes aggregate when closing the app -Create custom gradients Touch Bar Gestures Include: -Tap to change color -Double tap to mute -Long press to toggle full screen mode -Single finger drag to adjust volume (will work even if using an aggregate which disables volume adjustment) Would love to answer any questions you have or hear any feedback you have! Best, Jake

@jake_fishman Very cool!

@daryllman thanks Daryll!

@saalex Thanks so much Samuel!

This looks great! Out of curiosity, how did you find the process of learning to code and creating this?

@iamsebj Thanks Seb! For me the process was very difficult initially, but I would imagine it would be for anybody who is not a moderate level MacOS/iOS dev. When I started this project, I had taken a few Python classes in college so I understood the basics like variables and functions. But obviously, there is not much documentation in terms of developing for the touch bar, especially doing stuff the apple doesn't want (ex. animating on the touch bar). And audio visualizers on mac are generally quite painful because Apple does not provide an API to get the internal system audio. So I just tried to take it one very small step at a time, and if I ended up hitting a road block that was way over my head, I would end up hiring a freelancer to help finish that aspect, or guide my workflow in the correct direction.

Love the finished product and the gestures. Now it's time to go after Sound Spectrum, who haven't done squat with their apps for years and their apps no longer respond to audio or music. Time for AVScreen? After you've enjoyed your vacation, of course. I've heard rumors that Apple might drop the touch bar on newer models. I hope you can get this on the Apple App Store soon (and charge for it), so more Apple people will see it and fall in love with it, and lobby internally to add the TouchBar to all Apple models.

@normg1021 thanks so much Norm! Hahah I like the idea for AVScreen - maybe we can check that out once AVTouchBar is completely finished :).

AVTouchBar

An audio visualizer for the touch bar

An audio visualizer for the touch bar

AVTouchBar

An audio visualizer for the touch bar

An audio visualizer for the touch bar

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