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Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patchbay that can host up to 64 VST, VST3, Audio Unit or built-in plug-ins into any Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in one instance.

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.

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.

Main Features:

Configurable VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins rack: host up to 64 third party plug-ins or instruments in series or parallel.

25 built-in effects: EQ, filters, pitch & frequency shifter, delays, modulation effects, compressor, gate, bit crusher, wave shaper and more.

Available as an effect, virtual instrument or standalone application.

Build your own effects chains: up to 8 "pre" and "post" plug-ins slots to chain plug-ins in series.

Parallel processing made easy: up to 8 parallel plug-ins chains, with phase flip, solo and gain controls.

Host up to 8 virtual instruments in parallel and mix them within the plug-in.

Global Dry/Wet control ("Mix").

Parameters Mapping: map sub plug-ins parameters to automate them or use a control surface.

Flexible MIDI routing: connect sub plug-ins together or with the host application.

Flexible Audio routing: connect sub plug-ins i/o to any audio channel.

External side chain and multiple outputs support.

Link pre and post gains for automatic gain compensation.

Cut, Copy and paste plug-ins with their settings between slots.

Recall complex processing setups and plug-ins layouts with one click and share them between your DAWs.

Input and output levels monitoring.

Plug-ins Latency compensation.

Supports VST Shell plug-ins.

Integrated undo/redo.

Fully customizable user interface, with multiple sizes.

Blue Cat Audio Standards:

Available as: Mac-AAX, Mac-AU, Mac-App, Mac-RTAS, Mac-VST, Mac-VST3, Win-AAX, Win-App, Win-DX, Win-RTAS, Win-VST, Win-VST3, Win x64-AAX, Win x64-App, Win x64-DX, Win x64-VST, Win x64-VST3.

Native DSP code for optimal performance.

Full MIDI control and automation support with silent, zipper-free parameters update, advanced response control and MIDI Learn.

No CPU load on idle: when the plug-in is fed with silence, the processing smoothly shuts down, to optimize the CPU usage of your Digital Audio Workstation.

Customizable user interface with transparency management and zoom.

Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plug-in with absolutely no noise.

Undo/Redo.

Full featured integrated presets manager.

Copy/paste the state of the plug-in between instances using the system clipboard.

Any sample rate supported.

System Requirements:

An SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).

Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 or 10.

For the plug-in, any DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64 bit).

For the standalone application, an ASIO, MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended).

Whats New:

Fixed an issue with hosted plug-ins editors not always restored in the right position in Cubase on Windows.

Changing the slope of lowpass and highpass filters in the built-in EQ is now smoother.