Faders for PT

Last updated: July 12, 2026

Put a row of faders under your fingers while you mix. Faders for PT turns your iPad or iPhone into a wireless multi-fader control surface for Pro Tools — track names, colors, pan, and automation included, over your own Wi-Fi.

Please note: “PT” is the common shorthand for Pro Tools, and Pro Tools is the only DAW this app supports. It does not work with Logic Pro, Cubase, or other DAWs. This app is made by obbliworks and is not an Avid product.

How it works

A free companion app on your Mac, Faders for PT Receiver, talks to Pro Tools using the HUI protocol and to your iPad or iPhone over Wi-Fi or wired LAN (UDP). Everything stays inside your local network: no account, no sign-up, no cloud service. As long as both devices are on the same network, you can even mix from another room.

Features

Up to 16 faders on screen at once
Faders, Solo, Mute, Record-arm, Pan, and automation mode — all two-way: move it on the iPad and Pro Tools follows, move it in Pro Tools and the iPad follows
Track names, track colors, and track comments displayed on each strip
Swipe sideways to scroll through all the tracks in your session
Group operations — adjust several tracks together
Undo / Redo
On iPhone: portrait layout with fewer, longer faders, plus haptic feedback

Get the app

Faders for PT is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

Download the free receiver (Mac)

Download Faders for PT Receiver

Free · Version 1.2 · macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later

App 1.2 or later requires Receiver 1.2 or later. With an older receiver the app shows "The receiver is out of date".

Set up in three steps

Open the downloaded DMG file.
Drag Faders for PT Receiver into your Applications folder and launch it.
In Pro Tools, open Setup ▸ Peripherals and set up a HUI controller — the step-by-step guide is in the app's built-in help.

What the receiver puts on your Mac

We keep this fully transparent. The receiver creates exactly one file:

~/Library/Preferences/com.obbliworks.fadersreceiver.plist (its settings)

Nothing else is installed — no daemons, no hidden folders (a login item is registered, visibly in System Settings, only if you turn on "Launch at Login" in the menu). To uninstall, drag the app to the Trash and delete that one file.

To check for new versions, the receiver reads a small version file from obbliworks.com at launch and once a day (no identifying data is sent). Turn off "Check for Updates Automatically" in its menu to stop this. Only if you enable "Download Updates Automatically" will it save a new DMG to your Downloads folder (it never installs or restarts anything by itself).

System requirements

App: iPhone / iPad running iOS 26 or later
Receiver: Mac running macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
DAW: Pro Tools (a version with HUI controller support)
Network: the iPad/iPhone and the Mac on the same Wi-Fi network

Help & contact

See the Support & FAQ page, or email us at [email protected]. The privacy policy is here.