A tool for every step
Toool's tools cover a track's whole life: the mobile app to find the idea, the plugins to mix, and two standalone apps to organise files and prepare for release. Here's how to chain them.
- Creation: the Toool app (iOS and Android).
- Organisation: Renamely, to batch-rename audio files.
- Mixing: Anodyn (compression), Anadrive (saturation), Reverbia (reverb).
- Checking: Diffonic, level-matched A/B comparison.
- Release: Lufsonic, LUFS analysis and normalisation.
Step 1: find the idea on mobile
The Toool app works as a sketchbook: 1000 rhythm patterns, 460 chord progressions and 200 sample packs to get going fast, plus a sequencer, piano roll and mixing console to build the track. Write, arrange the structure, balance the levels.
Step 2: export to the computer
With the PRO version, export the stems as WAV (one file per instrument) and the sequence's MIDI. The app doesn't record audio: vocals and played instruments happen in the DAW.
Step 3: organise the files
Before importing, drag your files into Renamely. Its mapping system suggests clean, consistent names (kick, snare, bass…); you pre-listen, adjust if needed and apply. You can also create your own rules, for example renaming all keyboards "Keys".
Renamely
Rename hundreds of audio files in seconds.
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Standalone app · Windows & macOS
See RenamelyStep 4: produce and mix
- Import stems and MIDI into your DAW at the right tempo.
- Build on it: new parts, vocals, virtual instruments on the MIDI.
- Compress with Anodyn: CHARACTER for colour, SIDECHAIN EQ to avoid low-end pumping.
- Colour with Anadrive: TUBE on vocals, TAPE on drums, CLEAN BASS on bass.
- Add space with Reverbia: PLATE on vocals, ROOM on drums, ducking to keep clarity.
Step 5: check every decision
Before committing to a process, compare with and without in Diffonic: automatic LUFS matching removes the "louder is better" effect, and the six-step blind test tells you whether you really hear a difference. Compare your mix with a reference track too.
Step 6: prepare for release
Drag your final files into Lufsonic, pick the target standard and export: it measures integrated, short-term and momentary loudness (EBU R128) plus true peak, and normalises files in seconds. Useful for streaming platforms as well as broadcast (ATSC A/85, OP-59, Netflix…).
Variations
Podcast
Record in your DAW, rename the tracks with Renamely (voice, intro, outro), steady the voices with Anodyn, then normalise the episode with Lufsonic to your platform's target.
Collaboration
Each person writes on the app, exports their stems and MIDI, and the producer brings everything together. Renamely keeps names consistent from one collaborator to the next, and Diffonic helps choose between two versions.
Good habits
- Capture every idea in the app straight away.
- Export your projects regularly ("Export All Projects"): they're only stored on the device.
- Keep the same naming conventions from project to project.
- Prepare a DAW template with your reverb sends and bus chain.
- Check at matched volume before every important decision.
In short
Idea on the app, files tidied by Renamely, mix with Anodyn, Anadrive and Reverbia, choices validated with Diffonic and loudness set with Lufsonic: every tool has its place, and the track goes from phone to master without wasted time. See also our comparisons of mixing plugins, renaming tools and loudness meters.