# 2026

## April

### [6th April 2026](/news/20260406)

First up, **Tim de Groot** from Hedge has released a little personal project - introducing [TV Knight](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/tv-knight/id6757367595).

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Next up... Bye-bye **FCPBridge**, hello, **SpliceKit**! 🥳

With input from the [FCP Cafe community](https://ltnt.tv/discord), the application has been renamed, and the installation process has been dramatically simplified and made much more consumer-friendly.

A new icon is currently being designed by the incredible [Matthew Skiles](https://matthewskiles.com) - and should be done at some point in the next week or so.

**SpliceKit v3.0.0** contains the following changes:

- **New name:** FCPBridge is now SpliceKit
- **Wizard UI:** 3-panel setup wizard (Welcome, Patching, Status) with separate log window
- **Xcode project:** Proper build system replaces raw `swiftc` compilation
- **DMG distribution:** Professional macOS disk image with Applications shortcut
- **"Enhancements" menu:** Final Cut Pro menu bar item renamed from product name to feature-oriented label
- **Portable paths:** All hardcoded user-specific paths removed — tools are found via standard locations (`~/Applications/SpliceKit/tools/`)
- New app icon

**SpliceKit v3.0.1** contains the following changes:

- Fix Sparkle showing false update when already on latest version (`CFBundleVersion` mismatch)
- Bundle pre-built parakeet-transcriber in the DMG — transcription works out of the box without Xcode CLT
- Improved Parakeet error messages with specific guidance for common failures (short clips, missing media, network issues, disk space, permissions, Apple Silicon requirement)
- Skip clips shorter than 0.5s instead of sending them to Parakeet and failing
- Deploy tools (parakeet, silence-detector) to ~/Applications/SpliceKit/tools/ during make deploy
- Detailed logging of search paths and file status for easier debugging

If you look on the [SpliceKit GitHub repository](https://github.com/elliotttate/SpliceKit) there's already a lot of new stuff not yet released, so definitely exciting times ahead!

You can now easily install the **Enhancements** into Final Cut Pro with a couple of clicks.

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SpliceKit is SUPER interesting and exciting, as it opens up basically unlimited possibilities with Final Cut Pro, but it also gives developers a much better insight into the inner workings of Final Cut Pro, allowing developers to build even better Workflow Extensions and FxPlug Filters.

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**OnderK Studio v1.0.1** is out now.

![](/static/onderk-studio.png)

You can download and learn more on the [OnderK Studio website](https://onderk.com/apps/onderk-studio).

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