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Make beats.
Not spreadsheets.
audia analyses your audio, writes your metadata, renders a visualiser, and publishes to YouTube, BeatStars, SoundCloud and Airbit in the same run. Set up a preset once, and every upload after that takes about thirty seconds of your time. Here's how it all works.
What you'll need
audia is a desktop app for macOS and Windows. To get the most out of it, make sure you have the following ready:
- A supported computer — a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 11 or newer, or a 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 PC. Intel Macs are not supported — see below.
- Google Chrome — required for BeatStars and Airbit uploads. (YouTube and SoundCloud uploads don't need it.)
- A YouTube channel — if you want to publish to YouTube.
- A BeatStars account — if you want to publish to BeatStars.
- A SoundCloud account — if you want to publish to SoundCloud.
- An Airbit account — if you want to publish to Airbit.
You only need accounts for the platforms you actually want to ship to. You can connect them the first time you upload to each.
Intel Macs can't run audia
audia is built for Apple Silicon Macs only — the M1, M2, M3, M4 and later chips. If your Mac has an Intel processor, audia won't run on it, and there's no Intel version available.
Not sure which one you've got? Open the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen and choose About This Mac. If you see a Chip line reading "Apple M1" (or M2, M3, M4…), you're all set. If you see a Processor line naming an Intel chip, audia can't run on that machine — you'd need an Apple Silicon Mac, or a Windows 10 or 11 PC, to use it.
Opening audia for the first time
Installing takes about a minute. On Mac, audia opens after one quick confirmation. On Windows there's a one-time warning screen to click through — both are covered below.
M On Mac
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Install it
Open
audia.dmgand drag audia into your Applications folder. -
Open it
Double-click audia. macOS asks once whether you're sure about opening an app downloaded from the internet, and confirms Apple has checked it for malicious software. Click Open.
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That's it
audia launches, and every time after this it opens straight away like any other app.
W On Windows
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Install it
Run the downloaded audia installer.
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Allow it
If Windows shows a "Windows protected your PC" screen, click More info, then Run anyway.
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Finish
Follow the installer through — after that, audia opens normally every time.
Why does Windows warn me?
On Mac, audia is signed and notarised with Apple — Apple has scanned the app and confirmed it's clean, which is why macOS only asks for a single confirmation rather than blocking it.
Windows works on reputation instead: SmartScreen learns to trust an installer once enough people have downloaded it, and audia is new enough that it hasn't built that history yet. The warning means Windows doesn't recognise the app yet — not that anything is wrong with it. Click through it once and you won't see it again.
Sign into your platforms
You connect each platform once. The first time you publish to YouTube, BeatStars, SoundCloud or Airbit, audia walks you through a quick sign-in, then remembers you — so every upload after that is completely hands-free. You only need to do this for the platforms you actually ship to. YouTube and BeatStars are on by default; SoundCloud and Airbit are optional destinations you switch on per beat or per preset.
Your YouTube and SoundCloud connections live in Settings. You don't have to wait for an upload to prompt you — open Settings and connect them there whenever you like, and that's also where you go to check a connection or sign in again if one ever drops.
YT YouTube — sign in with Google
The first time YouTube is one of your destinations, a Google sign-in window opens. Pick the Google account that owns your channel, then approve the request that lets audia upload videos on your behalf. audia is a Google-verified app, so you won't see any "unverified app" warnings — just the standard permission screen. The access audia asks for is upload-only: it can publish your beats, but it can't read, change, or delete anything else on your channel. Approve it once and your channel stays connected — audia stores the sign-in securely in your computer's keychain (the macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager), never in plain text.
BS BeatStars — log in through Chrome
BeatStars has no direct connection for apps, so audia signs in the same way you would — through a Google Chrome window. The first time BeatStars is one of your destinations, a Chrome window opens on the BeatStars login page. Enter your BeatStars email and password (and finish any verification BeatStars asks for); once you're in, you can close the window. audia keeps you signed in for every upload after that. This is why Chrome is required for BeatStars uploads.
SC SoundCloud — sign in with SoundCloud
SoundCloud works just like YouTube. The first time SoundCloud is one of your destinations, a browser window opens on SoundCloud's official sign-in page. Log in, approve the request that lets audia upload tracks on your behalf, and you're done — audia stores the sign-in securely in your computer's keychain, never in plain text, and every upload after that is hands-free. audia never sees or stores your SoundCloud password, and you can revoke access at any time from your SoundCloud account settings under Connections.
One thing to know before you connect: SoundCloud caps how much you can upload based on your SoundCloud plan. A free account is limited to 2 hours of total upload time across your whole profile; paid plans raise the cap, and the top tier (Artist Pro) removes it entirely. audia can't change this — it's SoundCloud's limit, enforced on their side. If you plan to ship a serious catalogue to SoundCloud, either upgrade your SoundCloud plan for unlimited uploads, or accept that uploads will stop once you hit your plan's cap. YouTube and BeatStars have no equivalent total-catalogue limit.
AB Airbit — log in through Chrome
Airbit connects the same way as BeatStars — through a Google Chrome window. The first time Airbit is one of your destinations, a Chrome window opens on the Airbit login page; sign in once and audia remembers you for every upload after that. Add your Airbit username in Settings so audia can build your share links correctly.
One thing to know before you connect: Airbit's free plan is limited to 20 beats in your store. audia can't change this — it's Airbit's limit, enforced on their side. If you want to grow past that, either upgrade your Airbit plan for unlimited beats, or accept that your Airbit store tops out at 20 uploads.
If macOS asks for your password
When you connect YouTube or SoundCloud, macOS may show a box saying audia "wants to access" your keychain and ask for a password. That's your normal Mac login password — the one you use to unlock your laptop — not a separate audia password. macOS uses it to protect saved sign-ins on your own computer, and audia never sees it. Type it in and click Always Allow so it doesn't ask again.
You only do this once
Every sign-in is one-time. After your first upload to each platform, audia handles the connection quietly in the background. If you ever sign out, or a saved session expires, audia just asks you to sign in again — nothing else changes.
How it works
Three steps. Do the first one once, and the rest takes seconds every time after.
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Build a preset for your niche
A reusable template that fills in everything about a beat for you. Set it up once.
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Process a beat
Drop in your audio, pick the preset, choose where it ships. audia handles the rest.
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Get back to making music
The whole upload is out of your hands in under thirty seconds.
Build a preset for your niche
A preset is a reusable template that applies to every beat you run through it — so you're never retyping the same details. Build one per niche (one for your dark trap beats, one for your guitar type beats, and so on) and reuse it forever.
Aa Title template
Sets a default title applied to every beat on this preset. Use variables to keep titles fresh automatically: {beatname} pulls a random name from our database for each beat, and {artist1} inserts the default artist you've chosen. So a template like {artist1} Type Beat — {beatname} might publish as "Travis Scott Type Beat — Nightfall" on one upload and "…— Crimson" on the next. Your other templates work the same way.
¶ Description
Write your own description once. audia builds in SEO-optimised tags drawn from your default artists, genres, instruments and moods, giving your beats a better chance of being found.
# Defaults & additional tags
Your default artists and genres do two jobs: they feed your title variables ({artist1} and friends), and — together with any additional artists and genres you add — they generate the tags placed in your BeatStars metadata and YouTube description. The more you add, the more tags you get. One rule worth remembering: additional artists and genres are used for tags only, never in titles.
▶ Upload & visualiser
Pick a specific visualiser style and colour, or leave it on random — recommended, so your beats don't all look the same. Prefer your own artwork? Turn system visualisers off, and audia will prompt you to drop in your own image or video for each beat instead. You can also set your BeatStars upload to public or private here.
T Text & fonts
Choose a specific font, or keep it random while excluding any you don't like. You can preview every available font in the Examples section.
$ BeatStars & Airbit pricing
Set your licence prices for BeatStars and Airbit, so every beat on this preset ships ready to sell on both stores.
Check your genres, moods and instruments exist on BeatStars and Airbit
BeatStars and Airbit each work from their own fixed lists of genres, moods and instruments, and those lists don't match each other — or every genre you might want to use. So it's worth going and checking that the ones you've set actually appear on each platform.
If one of yours isn't on their list, nothing is lost. It still ships everywhere it normally would — into your title, your description and your tags, on every platform. It just won't be registered by BeatStars or Airbit in their genre, mood and instrument fields, so your beat won't come up when someone browses those stores by that particular filter.
That's usually fine, and never worth mangling a good title over. But if a genre matters to you for discovery on those two stores, check it's one they recognise, and adjust your preset once so every beat after it lands in the right place.
Process a beat
Select your audio, then either pick a preset or enter the metadata manually. Choose which platforms the beat ships to, whether it includes stems, and if and when it should be scheduled. Then ship it — and go back to working on your music, with the upload taken out of your hands in under thirty seconds.
Stems & scheduling
Stems — attach a stems file and audia packages it alongside the beat for BeatStars buyers, in the same upload.
Scheduling — publish now, or set a date and time and let audia release it for you. Great for keeping a steady upload rhythm without sitting at your desk.
Scheduled times and timezones
If you schedule a release, it's worth knowing the platforms don't all read the clock the same way. BeatStars and Airbit interpret the time you set in the timezone configured on your account with them. YouTube honours the timezone your computer is set to.
Usually those are the same and nothing surprising happens. But if your BeatStars or Airbit account timezone differs from your machine's — because you've moved, you're travelling, or you set the account up somewhere else years ago — the same scheduled beat can go live at different local times on different platforms. The fix is a one-off: set the timezone on your BeatStars and Airbit accounts to match your computer, and everything lines up from then on.
Batch process
Select several audio files at once, then choose a preset (or manual metadata) for each one, along with stems and scheduling. Ship up to ten beats in a single go — out of your hands in seconds. Queue them upfront and let them publish across the week or month on their own.
Upload history & settings
⤓ Upload history
A complete record of everything you've shipped. Export it all to a .csv file to track your full upload history — especially useful for pro and industry users keeping on top of a large catalogue.
⚙ Settings
Set your preferences once: default email, Instagram handle, BeatStars username, Airbit username, and more. These carry across your uploads so you're not entering them every time.
Good to know
YouTube has a daily upload limit
YouTube sets a daily cap on how many videos a channel can upload. This is decided by YouTube — not audia — and it's outside our control. To raise your limit, build YouTube's trust in your channel: verify your phone number, use an older or well-established channel, and keep the account in good standing. The more YouTube trusts your channel, the more you can upload.
SoundCloud and Airbit have plan-based upload limits
SoundCloud caps total upload time by plan — a free account gets 2 hours across your whole profile, paid plans raise it, and Artist Pro is unlimited. Airbit's free plan caps your store at 20 beats. Unlike YouTube and BeatStars, these are hard catalogue limits, set and enforced by the platforms themselves. If you're building a large catalogue on either, upgrade your plan on that platform — or accept the cap and audia will keep shipping to your other destinations regardless.
Speed depends on your machine
Processing and upload speed depend partly on your computer's RAM and processing power. If things feel slow, restart audia or close other apps and windows to free up resources.
Keep your screen on while beats are processing
Leave your computer awake until a run has finished. If the display switches off or the machine drops to sleep partway through, processing and uploads can stall or fail — and a long batch is exactly when you're most likely to wander off and let that happen.
Before you start a big run, push your sleep timers out. On Mac that's System Settings → Displays → Advanced and Lock Screen; on Windows it's Settings → System → Power & battery → Screen and sleep. Laptops are worth plugging in too, since battery-saver settings will sleep the machine sooner. Then let it run.
For 100% accurate analysis, name your file
audia's audio analysis is tuned to 440 Hz. If your beat is detuned in any way, the key reading may be off, because audia reads it against standard tuning and can misidentify the key.
The fix is simple: if you want analysis that's correct every single time, include your intended key and BPM in the file name of the audio you upload. audia will read them straight from there.
Your files stay yours
audia runs on your machine — it's a desktop app, not a cloud service. Your audio and your account credentials never leave your computer.
Submit, report, get rewarded
★ Submit a visualiser
We welcome visualiser submissions. Impressive ones are rewarded with a discount — and if you set up several, potentially a paid contract. You'll be credited on your visualiser, and it may be added to the premium library. Send submissions to audiaautomation@outlook.com.
! Found a bug?
Please tell us — it genuinely helps. Report anything that looks off to audiaautomation@outlook.com.