What is AudioBench?

AudioBench is an interactive playground for audio and DSP

Build simple or complex signal flows from modular blocks, listen in real time, and watch meters, scopes, and spectra react to every change.

It’s a laboratory for your audio ideas

• Flexible enough to prototype complex processes
• Focused enough to demonstrate core concepts clearly
• Visual enough to show the signal flow, not just imagine it

With over 100* modules, if you've ever wanted to experiment with audio without all the soldering, AudioBench is for you.

Who is AudioBench for?

For DSP & audio students

Learn filters, dynamics, modulation, dithering, stereo imaging, and more by building them out of modules instead of staring at static diagrams.

For plugin makers & developers

Prototype new ideas, visualize edge cases, and audition signal paths before you commit them to code or hardware.

For engineers & sound thinkers

Build weird chains, test hardware-inspired circuits, or just poke at sound until it does something interesting.

Why build in AudioBench?

Because plugins and DAWs aren’t built for this kind of exploration.

Modular signal chains

Drag modules onto a canvas and connect them left-to-right: filters, delays, mixers, meters, analyzers, and more.

Fixed, predictable sample rate

Designed around a consistent environment so your tests are repeatable and your math lines up.

Visual feedback everywhere

Waveform views, spectrums, meters, and graphs tuned for understanding what's happening at each step.

Educational templates

Start from curated "Fundamentals" setups: pan, filter, delay, compression, distortion, stereo imaging, IIR/FIR design, dithering, and more.

Non-destructive experimentation

Duplicate chains, try variations, compare approaches. No commitment, no tangled DAW project.

AudioBench as a thinking tool

Use it to reason about your algorithms, not just to "make a track."

From prototype to production

Start from a template or a blank canvas

Open an example for filters, compression, stereo imaging, or IIR design—or start from scratch if you're feeling adventurous.

Connect modules and tweak parameters

Patch inputs and outputs, add meters and analyzers, and adjust controls in real time while you listen and watch.

Capture what works

Once you like the behavior, translate it into code for your plugin, app, or hardware—or just save the document for future experiments.

Learn faster with
AudioBench Academy

Alongside the app, AudioBench Academy is a growing series of videos and examples that walk through core topics:

• Building and understanding signal chains
• Filters, dynamics, modulation, dithering, and stereo imaging
• How to connect what you see on-screen to the math behind it

The goal is simple: make DSP feel less like a wall of equations and more like an interactive instrument you can play with.

Not another plugin. Not a DAW.

A lab.

AudioBench doesn't try to replace your DAW, and it doesn't pretend to be a finished effect. It's a lab bench.

• No tracks, no timelines, no mixing session overhead
• Just clean signal paths, clear visuals, and controls that make the math obvious

If you're the kind of person who wants to understand what's happening inside a compressor, chorus, or dithering stage, AudioBench gives you the knobs, meters, and visualizations to do it.

Simple pricing, no surprises

AudioBench is a paid app with straightforward licensing — no forced subscriptions, no online activation drama.

• One-time purchase for the current major version.
• Discounted upgrades for future major versions.
• Free minor updates with new modules, fixes, and refinements.

$139.99 USD for a single license. Academic discounts and volume licensing available — contact us for details.

Ready to build?

Get AudioBench today and start building your own signal paths, hearing your math, and visualizing sound in a whole new way.