Windows gives you one shared volume slider for everything. Patchbay gives every app its own channel — master fader, per-app levels, and a workspace that's one keystroke away, styled like the mixing gear it's replacing.
No settings app to dig through. The workspace lives on one key and gets out of your way the moment you're done with it.
The backtick key — top-left of your keyboard — brings the workspace up over whatever you're doing. Games, full-screen video, doesn't matter.
One channel per running app, matched to what's actually making sound right now, plus a master fader for everything at once.
The workspace disappears. Nothing sits on your taskbar, nothing interrupts what you were doing.
No virtual drivers, no background service phoning home. Patchbay talks to the same session API the native mixer uses — it just gives you a proper workspace for it.
Backtick opens and closes the workspace from anywhere — no alt-tabbing required.
Adjust everything at once with the master fader, or dial in one app without touching the rest.
Any channel pulled to zero dims and its icon grays out, so a muted app is obvious without reading numbers.
A compiled Windows app — light on memory, instant to open, nothing running in a browser shell.
Patchbay will be a one-time paid license — no subscription. Before that, the first 50 people in get full access for free during the closed beta, in exchange for feedback as we finish signing and polishing the app.
Full access to every feature during the closed beta. No payment, no time limit while it lasts.
Join the betaPublic launch price for everyone else: $1 for the first 500 licenses, then $3.
Patchbay isn't signed or publicly launched yet. Drop your email and if you're one of the first 50, you'll get full access to the closed beta for free — no payment, ever, for that access.
Patchbay ships as a single .exe — no installer, no dependencies to pull down first. Download it, run it, and it's ready.
One file, a few megabytes. Save it anywhere — your desktop is fine.
Patchbay.exeSince Patchbay isn't code-signed yet, Windows SmartScreen may show a blue "unrecognized app" screen the first time. Click More info, then Run anyway — this is a one-time step.
Patchbay starts quietly in the background. Press ` and the workspace appears with a fader for every app currently making sound.