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Studio — Tutorials

Written guides for every feature in Studio, the performance-capture and conversion app in the PolySpeak pipeline. Work through them in order for a full introduction, or jump to any section using the contents list.

1 Starting a Session

What you'll learn: creating, opening, and saving a Studio session.

  1. Press ⌘N, or choose File → New, to start a fresh session — an empty takes list, ready for your first import or recording.
  2. Press ⌘O to open an existing .studiosession file, or double-click one in Finder.
  3. Press ⌘S to save, or ⇧⌘S to Save As under a new name or location.
Nothing is lost anymore. Every take, character assignment, and selected voice is saved with the session. Quit Studio mid-project and reopening the session restores exactly where you left off.

2 Importing a Recording

What you'll learn: bringing an existing performance recording into Studio as a take.

  1. Click Import… in the sidebar.
  2. Choose one audio file, or select several at once if the recording is split across multiple files.
  3. Studio stitches multiple selected files together, in the order you selected them, into a single take.
Split recordings are normal. A long reading recorded in more than one session — even across different days — imports and stitches together the same way as a single file.

3 Recording Live in Studio

What you'll learn: capturing a performance directly in the app, across as many attempts as it takes.

  1. Click Record in the sidebar. Studio will ask for microphone access the first time.
  2. Record a segment, then click Stop.
  3. Preview the segment. If it didn't land, delete it and record another attempt.
  4. Keep recording segments until you have everything you need — there's no limit to how many attempts.
  5. Reorder the segments you're keeping into the order they should play.
  6. Click Finish — Studio stitches the ordered segments into one continuous take.
Built for real performances, not one perfect run. Very few non-professional performers land an emotional read in a single unbroken take. Record as many segments as you need, discard the ones that don't work, and let Studio stitch the keepers together.

4 Assigning a Character & Converting

What you'll learn: naming which character a take performs, and converting it through a voice.

  1. Select a take from the sidebar list.
  2. Choose a voice from your Talent library in the voice picker — or click the import icon next to it to bring in a voice directly from a .pth file, no Talent required.
  3. Click Convert. Studio runs the take through the chosen voice, entirely on-device.
  4. When you first export (see the next section), Studio asks which character this take performs — it defaults to the take's own name, but you can change it.

5 Exporting the Finished Track

What you'll learn: saving a converted take to a real audio file, in the format you need.

  1. Once conversion finishes, click Play to review the result.
  2. Choose Export WAV, Export AIFF, or Export M4A depending on what you need it for.
  3. Pick a destination and Studio writes the finished file.
FormatBest for
WAVUncompressed, further editing or archival
AIFFApple's native uncompressed format
M4ACompressed and portable, quick sharing or playback
Exports are credited automatically. Every export writes a credit onto the cast voice's resume in Talent, and — if a PolyProject file exists nearby — updates that project's Performance Capture stage automatically.

6 Multi-Window & Finder Integration

What you'll learn: working across more than one session, and opening sessions from Finder.

  1. Each session you open or create gets its own window — work on more than one project at once.
  2. Double-click a .studiosession file in Finder, or drag one onto the Studio dock icon, to open it directly.