diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 402afa7..ebb57b0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/jwetzell/showbridge-go
 
 go 1.25.1
 
-require github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.4.1
+require (
+	github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.0.0-20251114203632-24077a77d6c7
+	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.6.0
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5cca28..313b4b1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.0.0-20251114203632-24077a77d6c7 h1:vR4ooQd95vO8pdCugY0Kg7/MSKvuJc0pkHUZlLf6AtM=
+github.com/jwetzell/osc-go v0.0.0-20251114203632-24077a77d6c7/go.mod h1:mkPoLU72wmg9Wq6mh5P5RjsWFXqaUqq4n64EWqg121A=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.4.1 h1:1M9UOCy5bLmGnuu1yn3t3CB4rG79Rtoxuv1sPhnm6qM=
-github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.4.1/go.mod h1:FJSKtM/9AiiTOJL4fJ6TbMUkxBXn7GO9guZqoZtpYpo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.6.0 h1:oIdArVjkdIXHWg3iqxgmqwQGC8NM0JtdgwQAj2sRwFo=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.6.0/go.mod h1:ysVLtOEmg2tOy6PknnYVhDoouyC/6N42TMeoMzskhso=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internals/processing/osc-message-create.go b/internals/processing/osc-message-create.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..492b248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/processing/osc-message-create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package processing
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/jwetzell/osc-go"
+)
+
+type OSCMessageCreate struct {
+	config  ProcessorConfig
+	Address *template.Template
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageCreate) Process(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
+
+	var addressBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	err := o.Address.Execute(&addressBuffer, payload)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	addressString := addressBuffer.String()
+
+	if len(addressString) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.create address must not be empty")
+	}
+
+	if addressString[0] != '/' {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.create address must start with '/'")
+	}
+
+	payloadMessage := osc.OSCMessage{
+		Address: addressString,
+	}
+
+	return payloadMessage, nil
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageCreate) Type() string {
+	return o.config.Type
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterProcessor(ProcessorRegistration{
+		Type: "osc.message.create",
+		New: func(config ProcessorConfig) (Processor, error) {
+			params := config.Params
+			address, ok := params["address"]
+
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.create requires an address parameter")
+			}
+
+			addressString, ok := address.(string)
+
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.create address must be a string")
+			}
+
+			addressTemplate, err := template.New("address").Parse(addressString)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			return &OSCMessageCreate{config: config, Address: addressTemplate}, nil
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internals/processing/osc-message-decode.go b/internals/processing/osc-message-decode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bdaf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/processing/osc-message-decode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package processing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	osc "github.com/jwetzell/osc-go"
+)
+
+type OSCMessageDecode struct {
+	config ProcessorConfig
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageDecode) Process(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
+	payloadBytes, ok := payload.([]byte)
+
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.decode processor only accepts a []byte payload")
+	}
+
+	if len(payloadBytes) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.decode processor can't work on empty []byte")
+	}
+
+	if payloadBytes[0] != '/' {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.decode processor needs an OSC looking []byte")
+	}
+
+	message, err := osc.MessageFromBytes(payloadBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return message, nil
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageDecode) Type() string {
+	return o.config.Type
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterProcessor(ProcessorRegistration{
+		Type: "osc.message.decode",
+		New: func(config ProcessorConfig) (Processor, error) {
+			return &OSCMessageDecode{config: config}, nil
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internals/processing/osc-message-encode.go b/internals/processing/osc-message-encode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76390a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/processing/osc-message-encode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package processing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	osc "github.com/jwetzell/osc-go"
+)
+
+type OSCMessageEncode struct {
+	config ProcessorConfig
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageEncode) Process(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
+	payloadMessage, ok := payload.(osc.OSCMessage)
+
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.encode processor only accepts an OSCMessage")
+	}
+
+	bytes := payloadMessage.ToBytes()
+	return bytes, nil
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageEncode) Type() string {
+	return o.config.Type
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterProcessor(ProcessorRegistration{
+		Type: "osc.message.encode",
+		New: func(config ProcessorConfig) (Processor, error) {
+			return &OSCMessageEncode{config: config}, nil
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internals/processing/osc-message-transform.go b/internals/processing/osc-message-transform.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db8f746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/processing/osc-message-transform.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package processing
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"text/template"
+
+	osc "github.com/jwetzell/osc-go"
+)
+
+type OSCMessageTransform struct {
+	config  ProcessorConfig
+	Address *template.Template
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageTransform) Process(ctx context.Context, payload any) (any, error) {
+	payloadMessage, ok := payload.(osc.OSCMessage)
+
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.transform processor only accepts an OSCMessage")
+	}
+
+	var addressBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	//TODO(jwetzell): actually inject data into template
+	err := o.Address.Execute(&addressBuffer, payloadMessage)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	addressString := addressBuffer.String()
+
+	if len(addressString) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.transform address must not be empty")
+	}
+
+	if addressString[0] != '/' {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.transform address must start with '/'")
+	}
+
+	payloadMessage.Address = addressString
+
+	return payloadMessage, nil
+}
+
+func (o *OSCMessageTransform) Type() string {
+	return o.config.Type
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterProcessor(ProcessorRegistration{
+		Type: "osc.message.transform",
+		New: func(config ProcessorConfig) (Processor, error) {
+			params := config.Params
+			address, ok := params["address"]
+
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.transform requires an address parameter")
+			}
+
+			addressString, ok := address.(string)
+
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("osc.message.transform address must be a string")
+			}
+
+			addressTemplate, err := template.New("address").Parse(addressString)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			return &OSCMessageTransform{config: config, Address: addressTemplate}, nil
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internals/processing/processor.go b/internals/processing/processor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16e362f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/processing/processor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package processing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type Processor interface {
+	Type() string
+	Process(context.Context, any) (any, error)
+}
+
+type ProcessorConfig struct {
+	Type   string         `json:"type"`
+	Params map[string]any `json:"params"`
+}
+
+type ProcessorRegistration struct {
+	Type string `json:"type"`
+	New  func(ProcessorConfig) (Processor, error)
+}
+
+func RegisterProcessor(processor ProcessorRegistration) {
+
+	if processor.Type == "" {
+		panic("processor type is missing")
+	}
+	if processor.New == nil {
+		panic("missing ProcessorRegistration.New")
+	}
+
+	processorRegistryMu.Lock()
+	defer processorRegistryMu.Unlock()
+
+	if _, ok := ProcessorRegistry[string(processor.Type)]; ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("processor already registered: %s", processor.Type))
+	}
+	ProcessorRegistry[string(processor.Type)] = processor
+}
+
+var (
+	processorRegistryMu sync.RWMutex
+	ProcessorRegistry   = make(map[string]ProcessorRegistration)
+)
diff --git a/route.go b/route.go
index b0427d5..7caea6e 100644
--- a/route.go
+++ b/route.go
@@ -1,32 +1,62 @@
 package showbridge
 
-import "log/slog"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"github.com/jwetzell/showbridge-go/internals/processing"
+)
 
 type Route struct {
-	index  int
-	Input  string
-	Output string
-	router *Router
+	index      int
+	Input      string
+	Processors []processing.Processor
+	Output     string
+	router     *Router
 }
 
 type RouteConfig struct {
-	Input  string `json:"input"`
-	Output string `json:"output"`
+	Input      string                       `json:"input"`
+	Processors []processing.ProcessorConfig `json:"processors"`
+	Output     string                       `json:"output"`
 }
 
-func NewRoute(index int, config RouteConfig, router *Router) *Route {
-	return &Route{Input: config.Input, Output: config.Output, router: router, index: index}
-}
+func NewRoute(index int, config RouteConfig, router *Router) (*Route, error) {
+	processors := []processing.Processor{}
 
-func (r *Route) HandleInput(sourceId string, payload any) {
-	slog.Debug("route input", "index", r.index, "source", sourceId, "payload", payload)
-	r.HandleOutput(payload)
-}
+	if len(config.Processors) > 0 {
+		for _, processorDecl := range config.Processors {
+			processorInfo, ok := processing.ProcessorRegistry[processorDecl.Type]
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("problem loading processor registration for processor type: %s", processorDecl.Type)
+			}
 
-func (r *Route) HandleOutput(payload any) {
-	slog.Debug("route output", "index", r.index, "destination", r.Output, "payload", payload)
-	err := r.router.HandleOutput(r.Output, payload)
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("problem with route output", "error", err.Error())
+			processor, err := processorInfo.New(processorDecl)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			processors = append(processors, processor)
+		}
 	}
+
+	return &Route{Input: config.Input, Processors: processors, Output: config.Output, router: router, index: index}, nil
+}
+
+func (r *Route) HandleInput(sourceId string, payload any) error {
+	slog.Debug("route input", "index", r.index, "source", sourceId, "payload", payload)
+	slog.Debug("route processing", "processorCount", len(r.Processors))
+
+	var err error
+	for _, processor := range r.Processors {
+		payload, err = processor.Process(r.router.Context, payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return r.HandleOutput(payload)
+}
+
+func (r *Route) HandleOutput(payload any) error {
+	slog.Debug("route output", "index", r.index, "destination", r.Output, "payload", payload)
+	return r.router.HandleOutput(r.Output, payload)
 }
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index c03f71c..067782c 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ func NewRouter(ctx context.Context, config Config) (*Router, error) {
 	}
 
 	for routeIndex, routeDecl := range config.Routes {
-		router.RouteInstances = append(router.RouteInstances, NewRoute(routeIndex, routeDecl, &router))
+		route, err := NewRoute(routeIndex, routeDecl, &router)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("problem creating route", "index", routeIndex, "error", err.Error())
+			continue
+		}
+		router.RouteInstances = append(router.RouteInstances, route)
 	}
 
 	for _, moduleInstance := range router.ModuleInstances {
@@ -75,9 +80,12 @@ func (r *Router) Run() {
 }
 
 func (r *Router) HandleInput(sourceId string, payload any) {
-	for _, route := range r.RouteInstances {
+	for routeIndex, route := range r.RouteInstances {
 		if route.Input == sourceId {
-			route.HandleInput(sourceId, payload)
+			err := route.HandleInput(sourceId, payload)
+			if err != nil {
+				slog.Error("router unable to route input", "route", routeIndex, "source", sourceId, "error", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }