TOOLS FOR THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SOUND
Practical tools for audio engineering and equipment setup. Built for the moments when you need to understand what you’re hearing.
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Focused utilities for real audio work. Our first tool is Watchdog. More tools will join the same family as the toolkit grows.
Watchdogby dirtyBlueJeansPROAUDIO FAULT CAPTURE · iPHONE + iPAD
The sound cuts out. A click appears. The hum comes back. Watchdog listens for audio changes and saves the moments around them, so you have something useful to investigate.
BUILT FOR YOUR WORKDAY
Monitor a troublesome system during representative playback. Review a captured event before your next visit or component swap.
Investigate recurring sound problems in meeting rooms and teaching spaces with named sessions and time-stamped incidents.
Keep your attention on the rehearsal or service, then review captured clicks, hum, or dropouts with their surrounding audio.
Capture symptoms during playback and compare observations as you work through sources, connections, and equipment settings.
FROM SYMPTOM TO SOMETHING USEFUL
Name the session and monitoring point. Choose a content preset, check the input route, and set a suitable level.
On-device analysis watches for changes. An audio buffer preserves context around detected events; you can also mark a moment yourself.
Open the incident timeline, listen to the before/event/after audio, and add observations to guide your next troubleshooting step.
THE MOMENT, WITH CONTEXT
A short fault clip is more useful when you can hear the lead-in and recovery. Watchdog keeps the event in context so you can judge the audible symptom for yourself.
A CLOSER LISTEN
Detector options adapt to your content and capture pathway. Results describe the observed signal; interpretation depends on the source and test conditions.
Find interruptions, level dips, and unexpected low signal.
Inspect overload in a direct signal and distortion under suitable test conditions.
Watch for mains-related hum, noise bursts, and a rising noise floor.
Capture brief transients that are easy to miss in a long session.
Spot sudden level shifts, band energy loss, and changes in frequency balance.
Monitor sustained tones and reference-tone loss with the appropriate settings.
WATCHDOG, WITH ROOM TO GROW
Pro options extend the tool for more demanding professional work. Reporting belongs to Pro. Advanced capabilities below are planned; final availability and packaging will be confirmed at release.
Watchdog PROPDF reports, CSV exports, and session comparisons for documenting investigations.
Independent channels and cross-channel fault correlation.
Stereo correlation, phase reversal, and speaker polarity checks.
Echo/reverb checks and deeper clip metrics such as true peak, crest factor, and spectral detail.
BUILT FOR FIELD WORK
Audio analysis runs on the device. Saved event clips remain local unless you choose to share them. Acoustic capture documents what reaches the microphone; it does not identify a failed component on its own.
BEFORE YOU PRESS START
AV service technicians, integrators, workplace and education AV teams, venue technicians, and people investigating audio-system problems.
Watchdog captures and classifies observed audio symptoms. A dropout or hum can have several causes; a technician still needs to interpret the evidence and test the signal chain.
The app provides acoustic and direct-signal pathways. Built-in microphone capture observes the room. Direct capture requires an appropriate supported audio interface; compatibility depends on the device and route.
Reporting and professional exports are Pro options. Multi-channel monitoring, phase/correlation, speaker polarity, room analysis, and deeper forensics are on the Pro roadmap. Final features and pricing will be announced at release.
The App Store destination has not been added yet. This site is a product preview; store availability, supported OS versions, final tiers, and pricing will be confirmed with the listing.
This website is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese. App language availability will be confirmed in the App Store listing. Screenshots currently show the English app.
Meet the first tool in the dirtyBlueJeans family.
App Store link coming soon