{"id":151439,"date":"2025-12-11T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=151439"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:16:21","slug":"audiobench-modular-audio-laboratory-now-available-for-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/12\/11\/audiobench-modular-audio-laboratory-now-available-for-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"AudioBench Modular Audio Laboratory Now Available For macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AudioBench Academy: Foundations\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vCJzIOo7GdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>INTJ Software<\/strong> has introduced <strong>AudioBench<\/strong>, a new modular audio laboratory for macOS that&#8217;s designed to let anyone build custom audio processing chains in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Users can assemble signal paths, tweak parameters, visualize waveforms and spectra, and hear results instantly \u2014 all without writing a line of code.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAudioBench started as a personal experiment, but quickly became the audio tool I always wished existed,\u201d said INTJ founder <strong>Evan Olcott<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s not a DAW, it\u2019s not a plugin host \u2014 it\u2019s a creative sandbox where you can explore how sound works and build your own audio ideas from the ground up.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-151460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2-728x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2-728x540.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2-320x237.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2-405x300.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2-1200x890.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-complex-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AudioBench uses a visual approach to audio design. Each modul\u201d represents a concept \u2014 filters, delays, panners, distortion, modulators, analyzers, oscillators, compressors, meters, and more. Users connect modules into chains, observe the signals flowing through them, and can immediately see and hear how each piece shapes the sound.<\/p>\n<p>Whether designing guitar effects, experimenting with synthesis, demonstrating DSP principles in a classroom, or prototyping algorithms, AudioBench provides a hands-on environment where ideas come to life visibly and audibly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed for experimentation, exploration, learning, and rapid DSP prototyping<\/li>\n<li>Modular signal-flow canvas for assembling audio and control signal chains<\/li>\n<li>Real-time visualization: waveform scopes, spectrographs, and more<\/li>\n<li>Deep library of audio and control modules, from fundamentals to advanced DSP building blocks<\/li>\n<li>Educational Templates that demonstrate concepts like compression, modulation, quantization, stereo imaging, dithering, IIR design, and beyond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted AudioBench to be both powerful and approachable,\u201d Olcott added. \u201cIf you\u2019re a musician, it helps you understand what your pedals and plugins are actually doing. If you\u2019re a DSP student, it gives you a visual lab. If you\u2019re a developer, it\u2019s a playground for ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/audiobench.app\">AudioBench<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/audiobench\/id6739146276?mt=12\">available<\/a> now via the Mac App Store, with an intro price of $79.99 USD. You can learn more at the AudioBench <a href=\"https:\/\/audiobench.app\">site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AudioBench uses a visual approach to audio design.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/12\/11\/audiobench-modular-audio-laboratory-now-available-for-macos\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AudioBench Modular Audio Laboratory Now Available For macOS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":151459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13958,4,28333,32],"tags":[36051,2734,1858],"class_list":["post-151439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-ipad","category-computer-music","category-iphone-music-software-ipods-portable-media-players","category-software-effects-processors","tag-audiobench","tag-daw","tag-dsp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/audiobench-bench.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151439"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151461,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151439\/revisions\/151461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}