The audio multi-tool

Edit, process and deliver audio in one flexible workspace.

Cut, layer and crossfade audio right in the waveform. Shape it with branching chains of built-in effects and your VST3 or AU plugins, then deliver every version with its own format, loudness target and filename, for one file or a whole folder.

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Edit. Process. Deliver.

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One recording, multiple variations, source edits and batch delivery.

What Batchy does

Four jobs. One file or a whole folder.

Edit

Split, trim, crossfade, fade, reverse and layer with Paste Over, right in the waveform. Non-destructive, with full undo history.

See waveform editing

Process

Branch built-in effects and your plugins into parallel chains, split by band or channel, blend paths, and end each path in its own named output.

See the graph

Clean up

Cut out unwanted sections and silence a cough in the waveform. In the graph, filter rumble, gate pauses, even out levels or add your own repair plugins.

See the nodes

Deliver

Give every output its own format, sample rate, bit depth, dither, loudness target and filename.

See delivery settings

Batchy does not record audio, has no multitrack timeline and has no built-in noise repair. Bring recordings from your DAW, and add repair plugins to the graph when you need them.

How it works

One file first. Then the whole folder.

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01 Edit
Cut, crossfade and shape the recording.

Edits in the Live waveform are non-destructive and belong to the source file, so every version you render from the app starts from the same edit.
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02 Branch
Branch the processing.

Drop in built-in processors and your plugins. Split the signal into parallel paths, blend them back in a Channel Mixer, or end each path in its own named output.
03 Audition
Hear it and inspect it.

Play any file through the graph and switch between the live signal and the processed result. Check it on the waveform, the spectrogram and the meters.
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04 Render
Render every version, then the whole folder.

Point it at a folder. Every file renders through every branch to every output you named, each with its own format, sample rate, bit depth, loudness target and filename.

Explore all features and processors

One batch job

One source in. Every deliverable out.

The batch tools compared below write one processed version of each file per job, sometimes in several formats. Batchy branches the processing, so every output carries its own chain, format and loudness target. One batch job renders every version.

Sound design

Input I/Ometal_impact_01.wavSource file

One graph runs on every file in the folder.

Straight through, as a reference
Clean Outputmetal_impact_01_clean.wavWAV · 24-bit · source rate
DistortionHard clip · drive 5×
Crush Outputmetal_impact_01_crush.wavWAV · 24-bit · source rate
Filter EQLow-pass 4.2 kHz
DistortionBitcrusher
Lo-fi Outputmetal_impact_01_lofi.wavWAV · 24-bit · source rate

Sound design: one recording, three treatments. Every file in the folder gets all three.

Music mastering

Input I/O03_night_drive_mix.wavAlbum mix

Mastering EQ EQ

Bus Compression Dynamics

Master Limiter Dynamics→ −14 LUFS target
Streaming master Output03_night_drive_master.wavWAV · 24-bit · −14 LUFS target
From the Master Limiter; kept at the source rate
FLAC archive Output03_night_drive_archive.flacFLAC · 24-bit · source rate
Branched before the limiter; no normalization
Vinyl pre-master Output03_night_drive_vinyl.wavWAV · 24-bit · source rate

Mastering: one chain that branches before the limiter, rendered for every track on the album.

Built around your work

Sound design, mastering and podcasts.

01 / Sound design

Every variation of every sound, named.

Branch one recording into clean, crushed and lo-fi versions with distortion, pitch, filtering, convolution or your own plugins. Cut and layer an impact in the waveform before you branch. Batchy renders every branch for every file in the library.

Parallel paths you can blend or keep separate
One named output per variation
The same graph for the next library

Explore sound design

Batchy graph branching one input into Clean, Crush and Lo-fi outputs — An example sound design graph: one input, three named outputs.

02 / Music mastering

Master the album. Deliver every version.

Audition one mastering chain on every track. Branch it for a streaming master with your LUFS target, a FLAC archive and a vinyl pre-master with more headroom, then render the album in one batch job.

LUFS targets measured to EBU R128
True-peak safety stage at −1 dBTP
TPDF dither at the final bit depth

Explore music mastering

Batchy mastering chain of EQ, bus compression and limiting feeding WAV Master and FLAC Archive outputs — An example mastering graph with two outputs: a WAV master and a FLAC archive.

03 / Podcast and dialogue

Tidy the episode. Deliver every format.

Cut the gaps, crossfade the joins and silence a cough in the waveform. Then run one voice chain and render WAV and MP3 with your loudness target.

Cuts, crossfades and Silence Selection in the waveform
One voice chain for every episode
WAV and 320 kbps MP3 with a −16 LUFS target, in one batch job

Explore podcast production

Batchy Live waveform editor tidying synthetic Episode 12.wav with a cut, crossfade and selected silenced section. — An episode tidied in the waveform: a cut with a crossfade and a silenced section.

More workflows

Game audio

Automate your SFX pipeline.

Engine-ready exports with per-output sample rate, bit depth and channels, plus a command line for your build.

Explore game audio → Audio engineering

Deliver client specs.

Per-output format, sample rate, bit depth, loudness target and filename templates for every client delivery.

Explore audio engineering →

Command line

The same graph, from the command line.

Save the graph as a preset, then run it on any folder from a terminal, a script or a build step. There is no script language to learn. Presets carry the graph and every output's settings; manual waveform edits stay in the app.

Dry runs check paths and output collisions before rendering
JSON render reports for your pipeline
Parallel rendering with --max-threads

See the command line in action CLI reference

Terminal Utility

Batchy --batch-process \
  --input /audio/incoming \
  --preset /presets/auto_process.batchyfx \
  --output-dir /audio/processed \
  --render-report /audio/reports/latest.json \
  --fail-fast

Specifications

Plugins: VST3 on macOS and Windows; AU on macOS
Built in: 30+ audio, metering and visual graph nodes
Loudness: LUFS (EBU R128), RMS or peak targets; −1 dBTP true-peak safety stage on LUFS and RMS; TPDF dither
Formats: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and OGG
Resolution: 22.05, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 and 192 kHz; 16 or 24-bit, or 32-bit float in WAV
Channels: Stereo through 7.1.4 surround panning; mono, stereo and surround conversion
Automation: Command line and headless rendering with JSON render reports
Systems: macOS 12+ (Intel and Apple Silicon); Windows 10/11 (64-bit)

Full specifications in the documentation

How Batchy compares.

Editors, repair suites and plug-in hosts each do part of the job. Among the batch tools compared here, only Batchy renders differently processed, named versions of each file in one batch job.

Capability	Batchy	WaveLab Pro 13	Sound Forge 2026	iZotope RX 12 Standard	Blue Cat PatchWork	Acoustica 8 Standard	REAPER 7
Waveform editing	Yes: non-destructive clip editing in the Live waveform, with undo history	Yes: Audio Editor plus the non-destructive multitrack Audio Montage	Yes: sample-level editing, destructive or event-based non-destructive	Yes: waveform and spectrogram editing, with an undo history	No: a plug-in host (built-in audio player, no editor)	Yes: clip editor with waveform and spectral modes, unlimited undo	Yes: split, trim, fade and crossfade media items on a DAW timeline
Branching processing graph in a batch	Yes: branch, blend paths in a Channel Mixer, split by band or channel	No: one linear plug-in chain per batch (or each file’s own Master Section preset)	No: one ordered list of effects per job	No: modules in series	Parallel chains; no batch mode	No: one Processing Chain, processors in series	Partial: one FX chain per batch; FX in it can run in parallel, summed to one output
Several formats per file in one batch job	Yes	Yes	Yes	One format per batch (RX 12 guide)	No batch mode (the standalone app records WAV in real time)	No: one target file format per batch	One format per batch run (a second format is documented only for project renders)
Differently processed versions per file from one batch job	Yes: every output has its own processing, loudness target, format and filename	No: each input uses one chain; output formats share that processed result	No	No: one module chain per batch	No batch mode	No: one Processing Chain and one target format per batch	No: one FX chain per batch run (projects can render tracks x regions via the Region Render Matrix)
Audition before rendering	Yes: switch between live and processed playback	Partial: previews a 2–59 s processed excerpt of any file	Partial: preview in the editor	Partial: preview in the editor	Yes: real-time plugin host	Partial: editor playback runs through the Processing Chain in real time	Partial: FX play in real time in a project; no batch-converter preview documented
Plugins in a batch	VST3 on macOS and Windows; AU on macOS	VST3 and VST2; no AU	VST2 and VST3	VST3 and VST2 on Windows; AU and VST3 on macOS (VST2 too, with Rosetta or an Intel processor)	No batch mode (hosts VST, VST3 and AU)	VST and VST3; AU on macOS (plus built-in processors)	VST2, VST3, LV2, CLAP and JSFX; AU on macOS, DX on Windows
Loudness targets in a batch	LUFS (EBU R128), RMS or peak; −1 dBTP true-peak safety on LUFS and RMS	Yes: EBU R128 with true peak	Normalize to LUFS with a true-peak limit in the editor; not documented as a batch step	Yes: Loudness Control (Standard and Advanced)	No batch mode	— not documented	Yes: LUFS, RMS, peak or true-peak normalize, with brickwall true-peak limiting
Command line and automation	Yes: CLI with inputs, outputs, presets and JSON render reports	Watch folders controlled from the command line; built-in ECMAScript scripting; ActiveX scripting on Windows	Yes, via scripting: `-SCRIPT` runs JScript, Visual Basic .NET or C# scripts	— not documented	— not documented	— not documented	Yes: batch conversion from the command line; ReaScript in Lua, EEL or Python
Spectral repair and noise reduction	No built-in repair; add repair plugins to the graph	Yes: spectral editing, error correction, RestoreRig (DeNoiser, DeClicker, DeBuzzer) and DeReverb	Yes: click, crackle and clipping repair, DeHisser and broadband noise reduction	Yes: Spectral Repair, Spectral De-noise and a full set of repair modules	No built-in repair tools; hosts third-party plug-ins	Yes: spectral editor with Retouch; DeClick, DeClip, DeHum 3, DeNoise Lite (full DeNoise 3 in Premium)	Partial: non-destructive spectral editing of items; noise reduction with ReaFir
Recording	No	Yes: in the Audio Editor, and several montage tracks at once	Yes: up to 32 channels at once, with automatic record start	Yes: up to two channels at a time	Standalone app records its output to WAV (up to 16 channels)	Yes, including timer recording	Yes: multitrack audio and MIDI recording
Multitrack timeline	No: one file at a time	Yes: Audio Montage, a non-destructive multitrack environment	No: single-file editor; Boris FX says it “does not function as a DAW”	No: one file per tab; Composite view bulk-edits up to 32 files, “not intended for mixing”	No: a plug-in host, no timeline	Yes: multitrack sessions (Standard handles stereo files)	Yes: full DAW, no track-count limit
Platforms	macOS and Windows, on one license	macOS and Windows	Windows 11 only	macOS and Windows	macOS and Windows	macOS and Windows; Linux in public beta	Windows, macOS and Linux
Free trial	7 days; email required, no payment	Yes: 60 days, all features; Steinberg ID required	Yes: 15 days, fully functional, no credit card needed	7 days, through the iZotope Pro subscription ($25/mo), which includes RX 12 Standard	Demo: up to 5 instances; effect bypassed for half a second every minute	Yes: 30 days, fully functional, no credit card required	Yes: 60 days, full functionality, “no strings attached”
Price	One-time: $149. All 1.x updates included.	$499.99 suggested retail (perpetual)	From $24.95 a month or $299.95 perpetual	$399 to buy, or $25/mo in iZotope Pro; Advanced $1,399. Elements ($99) has no batch processing	$99	$149 perpetual (Premium $299, Ultimate $449)	$60 discounted or $225 commercial license; updates through v8.99

As of October 2026, from each vendor’s current documentation. “—” means not documented. PatchWork is included as the plugin-chaining alternative: a plugin host (plugin or standalone app) with no batch mode of its own; the standalone app records its output in real time. REAPER’s batch cells describe its Batch File/Item Converter; its project renderer can do more. Prices are US list prices. Sources: WaveLab Pro: the WaveLab Pro 13 manual and the WaveLab 13 announcement; Sound Forge: the Sound Forge 2026 online help and the pricing page; iZotope RX: the RX 12 user guide and the RX Standard and RX Advanced pages; Blue Cat PatchWork: the PatchWork manual and product page; Acoustica: the Acoustica 8 help and the product page; REAPER: the REAPER user guide and the feature overview.

WaveLab is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Sound Forge is a trademark of Boris FX. iZotope and RX are trademarks of iZotope, Inc. PatchWork is a product of Blue Cat Audio. Acoustica is a product of Acon Digital AS. REAPER is a product of Cockos Incorporated. Batchy & Friends is not affiliated with these companies.

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One-time purchase, not a subscription.

Plugin host: VST3 on macOS and Windows, AU on macOS
Waveform editor and graph processor
Batch rendering: every file to every output
30+ audio, metering and visual graph nodes
Loudness delivery: LUFS, peak and RMS targets, TPDF dither
WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and OGG output
Command line and headless rendering
macOS + Windows · two machines
All 1.x updates included
30-day money-back guarantee

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Before you buy.

Can I use my own plugins?

Yes. VST3 on macOS and Windows; AU on macOS. Third-party plugins are separately licensed.

Can I edit audio in Batchy?

Yes. In the Live waveform you can split, trim, move, cut, copy and paste, crossfade, fade, change clip gain, reverse, silence a selection and layer audio with Paste Over, with full undo history. Edits belong to the file and carry into every output you render from the app. Batchy does not record audio.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Download Batchy and select Start 7-day free trial on the welcome screen or in Manage License. Email required to start; no payment required. Downloading does not start the trial. A paid license is required after seven days.

Will it run on my computer?

macOS 12+ on Intel or Apple Silicon, or Windows 10/11 (64-bit). One license covers two machines.

Which file formats can Batchy write?

WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and OGG, on macOS and Windows. Each output sets its own sample rate (22.05, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 or 192 kHz) and bit depth (16 or 24-bit, or 32-bit float in WAV).

Which updates are included?

All 1.x updates are included with your license. A future major version, such as Batchy 2, is a separate product.

Does Batchy replace my DAW?

No. Use your DAW for recording, multitrack sessions and mixing. Batchy edits and processes files and delivers every version. It has no built-in noise repair; add your repair plugins to the graph.

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