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OBS Software & Tools: The CTD Toolkit for OBS Studio
OBS Studio is the most powerful free streaming engine on the planet — but out of the box it has no real multiview, no proper remote, no tally light, and nothing to safely offload your footage afterward. CineTech Digital builds the OBS software tools that fill those exact gaps: four focused apps that talk to OBS over obs-websocket, so there's no capture card and no OBS plugin to install. This is your map to the whole CTD OBS ecosystem — pick the need, jump to the app.
Four things OBS Studio can't do alone — and the apps that fix them
OBS Studio is brilliant at encoding and compositing, but a real production needs more than the OBS window on one screen. You need to see every camera at once. You need to switch scenes without hunching over the keyboard. You need your camera operators to know when they're live. And after the show, you need your footage off those cards without a prayer. CTD makes one app for each: CTD Live Studio (the Mac control room and OBS multiview), CTD Live Mobile (the iPhone/iPad OBS remote), CTD Tally (the cross-platform OBS tally light), and CTD Ingest Studio (verified DIT card offload). Every one of them connects to OBS over its built-in WebSocket server — so the entire toolkit is no capture card, no plugins, QR-paired, and local-network-only. Use one, or run the whole stack on a real multicam show.
OBS multiview & control room on Mac — CTD Live Studio
Native OBS multiview on macOS is famously finicky: fullscreen projectors fight your displays, and you can't really drive a show from a grid you can only look at. CTD Live Studio is a Metal-powered OBS control room for the Mac — a hardware-accelerated multiview with live program and preview feeds, instant scene switching, true Studio Mode TAKE, an audio mixer with live meters, macros, and full hotkey, game-controller, and MIDI control surfaces. Open it beside OBS or run it on a second Mac, hit connect over obs-websocket 5.x, and the multiview fills in. It's the answer for anyone Googling 'OBS multiview Mac' or 'OBS control room software' — and it's coming to the Mac App Store and Steam. Read the deep dive at our OBS multiview on Mac guide, or see why it's a no-hardware Stream Deck alternative for OBS.
Control OBS from your iPhone or iPad — CTD Live Mobile
CTD Live Mobile turns the iPhone or iPad you already own into a fast, tactile OBS remote control surface — a real OBS remote app, not a single scene-switch toggle. Ride a live multiview in portrait, tap to load a camera into preview, hit TAKE to cut it to air, hold-to-quick-cut an angle, watch the pulsing stream/record tally, and start or stop streaming and recording from your hand. Pair in seconds by scanning OBS's WebSocket QR code, bind an Xbox, PlayStation, or MFi controller, and you're running the show. It's free, needs no account, and never leaves your local network. If you're shopping the category, see our OBS remote app overview, the head-to-head OBS Blade alternative comparison, and the step-by-step guide to control OBS from your iPhone.
OBS tally light for iPhone, Apple Watch & Android — CTD Tally
OBS has no built-in tally, so most crews either fly blind or wire up hardware. CTD Tally is the OBS tally light app that runs on the devices your crew already carries: green PREVIEW, red LIVE, gray STANDBY, full-screen on the iPhone, Android phone, or tablet mounted on each camera — mirrored to the Apple Watch and the Dynamic Island with a haptic tap the moment you go live. It's nesting-aware (your camera still goes red inside a picture-in-picture), shows an honest OFFLINE state instead of a frozen LIVE if Wi-Fi drops, and is strictly read-only, so you can hand a phone to any volunteer without risking your show. It's coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Start with our OBS tally light guide, then see the CTD Tally page.
Verified card offload after the show — CTD Ingest Studio
The show ends, three shooters drop cards at the back of the room, and that's exactly when footage goes missing. CTD Ingest Studio is DIT ingest software for the Mac built for live-event chaos: plug in a card, tap who you are, and your footage is copied, SHA-256 verified, tagged with your metadata, and the card is only ever offered for formatting after it's verified byte-for-byte. Multi-cam, multi-shooter, self-serve, with an FCPXML timeline handed straight to your editor. It's a focused, affordable take on the DIT station — see how it stacks up as a lightweight Silverstack alternative. CTD Ingest Studio is on pre-order on the Mac App Store now and launches June 18, 2026.
One thing in common: obs-websocket, no capture card, no plugins
Every CTD app speaks to OBS through obs-websocket — the WebSocket server built into OBS 28 and later (v5). That means no capture card splitting your signal, no third-party OBS plugin to install and break on the next update, and no cloud account in the middle. You enable the server in OBS under Tools → WebSocket Server Settings, scan the QR code, and you're paired on your own LAN. Nothing leaves your network; there are no analytics and no logins. It's a deliberately boring, private foundation — which is exactly what you want when a live show is riding on it.
Where CTD is honest about the alternatives
White-hat means telling you where the other tools win. OBS Blade is free, open-source, runs on Android, and surfaces Twitch chat and stream stats — if those are your must-haves, it's a great pick, and CTD Live Mobile is iOS/iPadOS-only today. A physical Elgato Stream Deck gives you real tactile buttons with no battery to mind; CTD's control surfaces are software, so they trade buttons for multiview. For deep DIT work, Silverstack, ShotPut Pro, and Hedge/OffShoot are mature, battle-tested tools with features Ingest Studio doesn't try to match. CTD's bet is focus: native Apple and macOS apps, the studio-first TAKE flow, true cross-device tally, and a privacy-first, no-plugin connection — for crews who want exactly that and nothing they'll never use.
Start here
If you want the fastest win today, start with CTD Tally — it's the only app already shipping, it's read-only and safe for any volunteer, and it solves the most universal problem on a multicam shoot: nobody knowing when they're live. From there, layer in CTD Live Mobile to run scenes from your phone, CTD Live Studio for a full Mac control room, and CTD Ingest Studio to get your footage home safely. Browse the full CTD OBS software suite to see every app side by side.
FAQ
What OBS software tools does CineTech Digital make?
CTD builds four focused OBS Studio companion apps: CTD Live Studio (a Metal-powered OBS multiview and control room for Mac), CTD Live Mobile (an iPhone and iPad OBS remote control app), CTD Tally (a cross-platform OBS tally light for iPhone, Apple Watch, and Android), and CTD Ingest Studio (SHA-256 verified DIT card offload for Mac). All four connect to OBS over its built-in WebSocket server, so none of them need a capture card or an OBS plugin.
Do these OBS apps require a capture card or an OBS plugin?
No. Every CTD app talks to OBS through obs-websocket, the WebSocket server built into OBS 28 and later (v5). You enable it in OBS under Tools → WebSocket Server Settings, scan the QR code, and pair on your local network — no capture card splitting your signal and no third-party OBS plugin to install or maintain.
Which CTD OBS app can I actually buy and use right now?
CTD Ingest Studio is available to pre-order on the Mac App Store and launches June 18, 2026. CTD Tally (iOS, Apple Watch, Android), CTD Live Studio (Mac App Store + Steam), and CTD Live Mobile (free iOS/iPadOS OBS remote) are all coming soon to their stores.
Which CTD app should I use to control OBS scenes from a phone?
CTD Live Mobile. It turns an iPhone or iPad into a tactile OBS control surface with portrait multiview, tap-to-preview, a Studio Mode TAKE button, hold-to-quick-cut, stream/record tally, and game-controller bindings. If you only need to see who's live rather than switch scenes, use the read-only CTD Tally instead.
Are CTD's OBS tools better than OBS Blade, a Stream Deck, or Silverstack?
It depends on what you need, and we try to be honest about it. OBS Blade wins on price (free), Android support, and Twitch chat; a physical Stream Deck wins on tactile buttons; and Silverstack, ShotPut Pro, and Hedge have deeper DIT features than Ingest Studio. CTD's edge is native Apple and macOS apps, a true studio-mode multiview and TAKE flow, cross-device tally on your wrist and Dynamic Island, and a private, no-plugin, no-account connection to OBS.
Do I need all four apps, or can I use just one?
Use just one. The apps are independent — each solves a single need and connects to OBS on its own. Many crews start with CTD Tally because it ships today and solves the most universal problem, then add CTD Live Mobile, CTD Live Studio, or CTD Ingest Studio as their production grows.
Get CTD Tally
No subscriptions, no accounts, no cloud — talks only to your own OBS over your network.