Blue Cat Patchwork
Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patchbay and multi FX that can host up to 64 VST, VST3, Audio Unit or built-in plug-ins into any Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in a single instance, with both serial and parallel routing options.
It is possible to chain effects in series or create up to 8 parallel chains that can be activated independently. This lets you create your favorite effects or instruments configurations within the plug-in, without the need for multiple busses. These configurations can be saved as presets and recalled instantly, or shared with multiple DAWs, using any plug-in format (full list below). Use the built-in audio effects to add color to your own plug-in chains.
Despite the name, you can forget about wires or cables: configuring plug-ins routing is as simple as adding or removing a row or a column in the rack's matrix. All plug-ins can also communicate with each other or with the host application using the virtual MIDI ports offered by the plug-in.
For each plug-in slot, latency compensation, presets management, undo/redo integration, audio i/o selection and individual plug-in bypass are included for optimal operation. The plug-in also stores the position of the window for each plug-in so that the layout is restored with your session or saved with presets.
Also, sub plug-ins can be automated or controlled with external control surfaces using Blue Cat's PatchWork parameters mapping capabilities.
This product is available as an audio plug-in (effect or a virtual instrument) and standalone application, so that it can used alone or inserted on any type of track in your favorite DAW, with up to 16 audio channels.
Input and output level meters are also available to monitor the signal that is dispatched to inserted plug-ins, including side chain and aux channels.
Blue Cat Audio Standards:
Available as a standalone application and in most plug-in formats for Mac and Windows.
Full MIDI control and automation support, MIDI Learn.
No CPU load on idle: processing shuts down when fed with silence (optimal CPU usage).
Customizable user interface with transparency & zoom.
Smooth Bypass: noiseless plug-in activation / deactivation.
Undo/Redo.
Full featured integrated presets manager.
Copy/paste the state of the plug-in between instances.
Any sample rate supported.
Version 2.72
Connector Protocol V2 support for network audio device.
Application now reports plug-ins latency to the network client when running in network mode.
Network audio device can now manage up to 32 audio channels.
Adjust compression settings and activate UpnP for the Connector slave network audio device.
Fixed application sometimes dropping local MIDI events when using the network audio device.
Reported latency is now displayed in the status bar (bottom right).
Route MIDI events from hosted plug-ins back to PatchWork's input with the new MIDI Loopback port.
New "learn once" mode for MIDI and macro controls.
Fixed issue with some older VST2 instrument plug-ins not receiving MIDI events (such NI Kontakt 6) in previous release.
Fixed VST3 plug-ins sometimes not updating meters when loaded in PatchWork.
Fixed AAX effect plug-in not loading anymore in Pro Tools 11 and earlier.
Improved WASAPI driver support for some audio devices in the Windows application.
Fixed Arturia VST3 plug-ins editor not re-opening properly when closed with the plug-in slot button.
Fixed Audio Player crashes when using file with less channels than the plug-in.
Fixed Audio Player not properly syncing its playback position when resampling.
Fixed generated MIDI clock sync issues when already slaved to another MIDI clock.
Fixed occasional performance issue when controlling PatchWork parameters via MIDI in the VST/VST3 plug-in.
Fixed CPU meter display sometimes off by one pixel.
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