The Studio tab in Social Hub lets you record short video clips directly in the app, or edit a video you already have — perfect for quick TikTok-style clips, Reels, and talking-head social posts. No need for a separate recording app for everyday content creation. Studio is also in Create Post: "Take a Video" opens it inside the post you are writing.
What you can record or import
- Video with sound — selfie clips for social, behind-the-scenes content, talking-head videos, in your choice of aspect ratio (vertical for TikTok/Reels, square, or landscape) with an optional time limit
- Video you already have — click "Import video" (top right, before you press Record), then "From computer" to choose a video file from your Mac, or "From Media Hub" to use one already in MusicLaunch. Either way it opens in the same editor.
- Not audio-only or screen recording — Studio is a camera tool. For a quick audio-only idea, use Spark Plug (the button at the top of every screen); for screen recording, use a dedicated app.
Importing a video from your Mac
The video doesn't have to be in Media Hub first. "From computer" opens your Mac's Open window, which reaches every drive and folder your Mac can see: the Mac itself, an external or network drive, and cloud folders in Finder's sidebar such as iCloud Drive, or Google Drive and Dropbox when their Mac apps are installed. MP4 (H.264) and WebM files work best; if a clip can't be opened, Studio says so. Video on your iPhone? AirDrop it to this Mac, then choose it with "From computer". Dragging a file onto Studio does nothing, so use the button. Your original file isn't changed; the edited clip is saved into MusicLaunch when you click "Use This".
Required permissions
macOS will prompt you to grant Camera and Microphone permissions the first time you record. If you accidentally deny: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Camera (or Microphone) → enable MusicLaunch. Studio says so where the picture would be, with an Open Camera Settings or Open Microphone Settings button and Try again. It also says when the camera is in use by another app (close that app, then click Try again). Record is offered once the camera picture is on.
Workflow
Open Studio in Social Hub
Social Hub → Studio tab. Or, in Create Post, click "Take a Video" to open Studio inside the post; "Import video" is there too.
Pick a camera and framing
Choose the camera, the aspect ratio, and an optional time limit. Any camera your Mac offers works, including an iPhone through Continuity Camera. If your iPhone drops out or a camera is unplugged, Studio switches back to it when it returns; while it says No camera detected, click Look for cameras again. Voice cleanup (next to Ratio and Limit) is off unless you turn it on, so music is recorded as it sounds, in mono, with no echo cancellation, noise reduction or automatic level. Turn it on for talking to camera; the preview blinks while the mic re-opens. Studio records sound from the microphone picked under Microphone, next to Voice cleanup: your Mac's sound input (System Settings → Sound → Input) unless you pick another, such as your iPhone's microphone when the iPhone is the camera, or an audio interface. The bar next to it moves with the sound, so you can see the microphone hears you before you press Record. Studio remembers your pick; if that microphone isn't connected, Studio uses the Mac's sound input.
Record (or import)
Click Record — a short countdown runs (Cancel, or Escape, stops it), then recording starts. Click Stop when done (or let the time limit stop it). To edit a clip you already have instead, click "Import video" → "From computer" or "From Media Hub".
Edit
Add a filter, fix the color, overlay text, swap the background (turn on Background, pick Auto or Green screen, then put a picture or video behind you with "From computer" or "Media Hub"), and lay a music bed under it (an audio file, "From computer" or "From Media Hub"). The bed starts at the trim start and plays with the clip when you press play; Music volume and Original audio set the mix.
Trim
Trim cuts the beginning and end. Play / Pause (under the picture), a click on the picture or the Space bar plays the part you keep, from the trim start, and stops at the trim end. For heavier editing, export and use a dedicated tool.
Delete a take
Not happy with it? Click Delete (under the picture) and confirm: the take is gone, and you're back at the camera to record a new one. Until you click "Use This" a take isn't saved anywhere, so a deleted one can't be brought back. For a video you imported, the button says Remove: it only takes the video out of Studio, and your original file stays where it is.
Use This
Click "Use This" — the clip is rendered with your edits as an MP4 (it plays in QuickTime and on every platform), saved into your media folder (so it shows up in Media Hub), and handed straight to the post composer. The message that says so has Show in Finder, for the file itself. From Take a Video in Create Post, the clip is added to the post you are writing and Studio closes. Each clip is saved under the campaign selected in the sidebar; with none selected, Studio says so first. While it renders, the button shows the time left; it renders in real time and keeps going if you hide the window. Closing the window or leaving Studio meanwhile cancels it, and nothing is saved. If your edits can't be rendered, Studio says so and stays open: Try again, or Use without edits for the clip as you recorded it. In the composer, a note says where the video goes: MusicLaunch uploads it to YouTube, and to TikTok's Inbox; the other platforms get the text, and the video is selected in Finder so you can drag it into those posts yourself.
