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Meld Studio is powerful production and livestreaming software that simplifies content creation, allowing you to go live on any platform you already stream to.

Meld Studio was built from the ground up using high-performance and native technologies to take full advantage of modern CPU and GPU architectures. It delivers exceptional control, quality, and performance on both Windows and macOS.

It is the first broadcast studio fully optimized for Apple silicon. Meld is fine-tuned to maximize the hardware and architecture of modern Macs, offering a smooth experience on macOS. Windows users also benefit from the same level of consistency and performance.

Meld Studio offers a simple, streamlined experience to empower content creators to produce professional broadcasts with ease. It provides production-quality effects and exceptional output quality, with plenty of headroom left to game, create, and use your computer during live streams.

Meld Studio is exceptional broadcasting software ideal for streaming, recording podcasts, screen recordings, product demos, mixing live audio sources, and more.

Set up your scenes to go live on your favorite platform or choose a custom destination. See Going Live and Stream Settings for the full setup.

Livestream to multiple platforms simultaneously using Meld Studio’s multistreaming feature. Each output can be configured independently, allowing you to create and broadcast content in both landscape and portrait formats from the same project—whether you're streaming or recording.

Record and Clip your live content or create offline content. Meld Studio supports various recording resolutions, including a exclusive Portrait canvas. See Recording, Multitrack Recording, and Clipping for the supported settings.

Meld features an ultra-low-latency audio engine that allows precise audio mixing and mastering, with built-in effects, real-time monitoring, and advanced controls for professional sound. The controls behind these claims are documented in the Audio Mixer guide.

Meld Studio also supports a dedicated Twitch VOD audio track, allowing music or specific audio sources to be excluded from VODs. All without requiring extra setup and plugins. See Exclude from VOD Track for the per-track settings.

Explore a library of built-in effects inspired by the most popular post-production apps, such as gradient color, chroma key, drop shadow, blurs, color adjustments, and more.

Meld brings the full power of the effects, filters, presets and animations found in post-production software to streamers, all in real-time. The full list is documented in Effects.

Answers to common questions.

Yes. Meld Studio is free-to-use broadcast software.

Meld Studio is available for macOS 12 or later and Windows 10 or later. The requirements for each platform are listed in Install.

Yes, Meld Studio is fully optimized for Apple Silicon, providing enhanced performance and efficiency on modern Macs.

Yes, Meld Studio has built-in multistreaming support that allows you to broadcast to multiple RTMP and RTMPS platforms simultaneously. See Multistream.

Meld Studio offers a library of built-in effects, such as gradient color, chroma key, drop shadow, blurs, and color adjustments, inspired by popular post-production tools. Check the list of Effects available and learn how to use them.

Yes, Meld Studio supports recording streams and creating offline recordings in high quality. See Recording.

Written by the Meld Studio Team