Open Sound Connect

Open Sound Connect is a native macOS app for Sony 1000X-family headphones. If you own a pair of WH-1000XM headphones and spend your day on a Mac, you have probably reached for your phone just to switch noise canceling, change the equalizer or turn off Speak-to-Chat. Open Sound Connect puts those controls on the Mac itself, so you never have to leave what you are doing.

Quick controls live in the menu bar. One click shows the connected headphones, the battery level and the codec, then lets you switch between Noise Canceling, Wind Reduction, Ambient Sound and Off. From the same panel you can pick an equalizer preset, toggle DSEE Extreme and Speak-to-Chat, and apply one of your saved scenes.

When you want more detail, the full window opens. It has equalizer presets and your own custom curves with Clear Bass, every quick setting the headphones support, an interactive 3D model of your headphones, and an Activity log that reads every change back from the device, so you can see exactly what the headphones did.

Scenes are the heart of the app. Save the settings you use most, such as Deep Focus, Out and About or Conversation, and apply them from the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut. Scenes can also apply on their own: when the headphones connect, on a schedule, or when a specific app comes to the front. Join a call and the right mode is already set; open your editor and focus mode turns on.

Open Sound Connect talks to the headphones directly over Bluetooth, the same kind of control path as Sony's phone app. There is no Sony account to create and no cloud for your headphone data. It reconnects automatically, can open at login, supports keyboard shortcuts for every scene, and is translated into 18 languages.

It works with the MDR-1000X, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-1000XM4, WH-1000XM5, WH-1000XM6 and WH-1000XX (1000X The Collexion). Feature availability varies by model.

Open Sound Connect runs on macOS 15 Sequoia or later, on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs. The source code is open under the MIT license on GitHub. The direct download is a $9.99 one-time license from the website, valid for up to two installations, and a Mac App Store version is coming soon.

Open Sound Connect is an independent product from NINA LABS, LLC and Clever Mechanisms. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony. Sony and WH-1000X are trademarks of their respective owners.