Composed Chaos/Tools/Patchcord
Virtual Audio Routing
Combine every source into one device.
Patchcord builds real virtual audio devices out of the apps and hardware already on your Mac. Wire specific channels together on a patchbay canvas, and the result shows up anywhere macOS lets you pick an input or output, no DAW required, no app that has to stay open.
Coming soon
Free to try when it ships: every feature unlocked, 10 minutes of clean audio per session. Bring your own license anytime to remove the limit.
macOS 14.2+ · Universal · Notarized
Most routing tools make you choose: a virtual cable that only carries one signal, or a full mixing app you have to keep running. Patchcord is neither. It creates real CoreAudio devices, 2 to 16 channels, published by its own driver and present from boot, that every app on your Mac can select like any other input or output.
Wire them once on the patchbay canvas, drag a cable from a browser tab or an audio interface into a channel, and walk away. The device keeps working whether or not Patchcord's window is even open.
2–16 channel devices at 48 kHz, published by Patchcord's own CoreAudio driver. Present from boot, no app has to be running.
Wire specific channels from any app or hardware input into a device on the patchbay canvas. Drag a cable, lift it to retarget, set per-wire gain.
Sources column, cable canvas with per-channel level rings, device panel with meters, and a route inspector (⌘I) for keyboard and VoiceOver wiring.
Live flow dots per device and quick enable toggles from the menu bar. The window is optional; the Dock icon only appears while it's open.
Unplugged hardware or a quit app marks its wires inactive automatically, and resumes the moment it's back. No manual save or recall step.
Mirror any virtual device to a hardware output, with its own per-channel map, so you can listen in without a second route.
The bundled driver installs or updates with a single admin prompt. Fully notarized, with a five-state install UI and one-click uninstall in Settings.
Signed Sparkle auto-updates check in the background, with a Settings toggle and a one-click path to what's new.
Name it and pick a channel count. It's ready and selectable in every app the moment it exists.
Drag cables from any app or hardware input into the device's channels on the patchbay canvas.
Pick it like any other device, in a call app, a DAW, a streaming setup, anything macOS lets you choose an input in.
"{Name}" is now available as a microphone in every app. Try selecting it in your call app. What Patchcord tells you the first time a wire goes live
Menu Bar App
Audio keeps flowing with the window closed. Patchcord is a menu-bar app first, open the Patchbay Console only when you actually need to rewire something.
Patchcord is in active development ahead of its first public release. Have feedback or found something worth flagging? Email mwilliams@composed-chaos.com.