3D Patchbay Simulator · Zim-Tools

Patch.
Mic.
Visualize.

BayPatcher is an interactive 3D patchbay with a microphone card locker, connector-aware XLR/TRS routing, +48V phantom checks, and a full-screen 2D patch workspace that stays live with the rack. Build the room, then patch from whichever view fits the job.

  • 2 patchbays
  • 35 mic cards
  • 30 rack slots
  • 57 implemented models
  • XLR + TRS

Coming soon Currently in private development — built for engineers who think in signal paths.

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BayPatcher's real rack with patch cables, microphone card, signal flow, and synchronized 2D patch workspace 3D + 2D live sync

3D rack 2D patch live sync

// Capabilities

A patchbay you can
actually reason about.

01 New

Patch from the mic card

Every mic is a photo card in a locker beside the rack — flip one open for specs, polar patterns, and a real published frequency-response curve. Click the curve for a larger centered chart, then deploy the mic and patch from its card connector.

02 New

Inspect any unit

Click any rack unit or patchbay — or tap its ⓘ in the rack panel — for a product photo, brand and category, and a live input/output summary read straight from the routing model, so the specs can never drift from the patch.

03 Connector-aware

XLR and TRS know the difference

Every endpoint carries its physical connector type. Pure XLR, pure TRS, and combi sockets are modeled separately, so impossible patch choices are blocked before they become bad paperwork.

04 Safety

+48V phantom checks

Condenser cards are flagged +48V. Signal flow stops at any mic that hits a phantom input without power — but its siblings on the same interface keep flowing, so one dead mic never blacks out the whole desk.

05 New

Patch the whole rack in 2D

Switch to a full-screen patch workspace with both bays, every rack jack, microphone chips, and live cable flow. Patch, unplug, change normalling, toggle +48V, or add and swap gear — every action stays synchronized with the 3D rack.

06

One plug per jack

A real connectivity engine enforces one-plug-per-jack behavior, connector compatibility, normalling state, and active signal resolution as you patch.

07 XLR + TRS

Two bays, side by side

A normalled TRS bay — switch half/full per module and watch the rear routing change — mounted next to a straight-through XLR bay for mic-level patching.

08

Swap the whole rack

Drop in real outboard across 30 hot-swappable slots — pick from a categorized menu split into audio interfaces and analog gear.

09

Save, recall, undo

Full undo/redo history and portable .bpatch session files — now with microphones, phantom state, session title, room, and notes baked in. Pick up exactly where you left off.

10 Exports

Document the whole room

Turn a session into paperwork you can wire from. Every export is built from the live routing — nothing retyped, nothing drifts.

  • Wiring PDF Rear wiring by jack number, front patches by cable colour, a normalled-route map, mic paths, phantom warnings, and automatic routing warnings.
  • Label strips Printable front & rear patchbay labels, named from the gear each point connects to — print, cut, done.
  • Session notes Title, room, and notes saved in the .bpatch and printed on the report, so you remember why a layout exists.

// In the rack

57 hardware models. Every jack and channel wired to spec.

2 patchbay models + 55 outboard/interface models implemented so far.

ART P48 ART P16 Audient EVO 16 Behringer U-PHORIA UMC1820 Klark Teknik 76-KT Warm Audio WA73 Klark Teknik KT-2A Warm Audio WA-2A Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen SSL 2+ MKII UA Volt 476 MOTU M2 SSL Bus Compressor 500-Series EQ Chassis Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen RME Fireface UFX III Scarlett 16i16 4th Gen Audient iD4 MkII MOTU 828 (2024) MOTU 16A PreSonus Quantum 2626 dbx 286s ART Pro VLA II ART Pro MPA II dbx 166xs Drawmer DL241 Warm Audio EQP-WA dbx 231s Focusrite Clarett+ 8Pre dbx 160A Golden Age COMP-3A ART EQ355 Ashly GQX-3102 dbx 1066 SPL Vitalizer Mk3-T Warm Audio WA76 Warm Audio TB12 Warm Audio WA-1B Empirical Labs Distressor EL8 Golden Age PRE-73 MKIV Focusrite ISA Two Warm Audio WA-2MPX Warm Audio WA-MPX dbx 376 Tube Channel Strip dbx 386 UA LA-610 MkII Warm Audio BUS-COMP Behringer PEQ2200 Warm Audio WA-412 Klark Teknik EQP-KT API SR24 EQ Rane PEQ 55 Ferrofish Pulse16 Black Lion B172A Arturia AudioFuse 16Rig Universal Audio Apollo x8 ART Pro Channel II

// On the stand

35 microphone models with XLR and phantom behavior.

Shure SM7B Shure SM57 Shure SM58 Neumann U 87 Ai AKG C414 XLII AKG C214 Royer R-121 Coles 4038 Electro-Voice RE20 Neumann KM 184 AKG C451 B Neumann TLM 103 Neumann TLM 102 Neumann TLM 49 Neumann U 67 Sennheiser MD 421-II Audio-Technica AT4050 Audio-Technica AT2020 Warm Audio WA-47 Sennheiser MKH 416-P48U3 Sennheiser e 906 Shure BETA 58A Sennheiser MD 441-U LEWITT LCT 440 PURE sE Electronics X1 S Shure BETA 52A Rode NT1-A Shure SM81 AKG D112 MkII AKG Perception 120 Oktava MK-012 Audix i5 Neumann KMS 105 Rode NT2-A Warm Audio WA-251