Releases · kilianjaro/brEARk

1.0.0 (2026-10-24)

The first public release.

Ear battery: how tired your ears are right now. It drains while you listen (faster when it's loud, bright, squashed, repetitive or late) and refills in silence.
Hearing dose: today's share of the WHO safe-listening allowance; a day at NORMAL is 8 hours. DONE. when it's used up, and a weekly look back.
Your ears set the level: QUIET / NORMAL / LOUD and MONITORS / HEADPHONES. WELCOME. asks the first time, NEW SESSION. at the first music of the day and after 2 hours away; HOW LOUD? when the music drifts 6 LU or more.
Three strictness modes: GENTLE (one sound and a pop-up), ESCALATING (BREAK. at +10 min, STOP. at +20, then every 15 min) and HARD (a vinyl power-down for at least 5 minutes; never during a take; SNOOZE buys 10 minutes).
Hints: LOOP., LATE., BRIGHT., SQUASHED. and HALF DOSE., each at most twice a day.
A coach: about 370 lines, with thoughts on the track and the craft, care tips and ear facts during breaks; no line repeats early, even across restarts.
SOUND ON / OFF in the window; pop-ups float over full-screen Live and never take the keyboard.
Studio-safe: bit-identical output (null-tested), zero latency, about 0.02 % of one core on the audio thread, 2–3 MB of memory, exports never counted or muted, no internet.
VST3 and Audio Unit for macOS 11 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. Tested in Ableton Live 11.

Install: Download brEARk-1.0.0-macOS.pkg below, open it, and follow the steps. macOS 11 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel, VST3 and Audio Unit.