Blue Cat's PatchWork
Virtual Patchbay by Blue Cat Audio
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Blue Cat's PatchWork
Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patch bay 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 favourite 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 colour 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 be used alone or inserted on any type of track in your favourite 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.
Typical applications: Plug-ins host, custom channel strip, parallel processing, effects chainer, virtual bussing, virtual instrument, share bus and plug-ins configurations between DAWs, VST or Audio Unit to AAX, Audio Unit, RTAS plug-in adapter, effect chains A/B comparison, standalone audio processing application, multi-effects processor.
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Windows
- Windows Vista or newer (32 or 64-bit)
- SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).
- Plug-in: any DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64-bit)
- Standalone application: an ASIO, MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended).
Mac
- macOS 10.7 or higher (Intel or M1 Apple Silicon processor) (64-bit only)
- Any VST / Audio Unit / RTAS / AAX compatible application (64-bit only)
- Standalone application: a Core Audio compatible audio interface.
Blue Cat's PatchWork
Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patch bay 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 favourite 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 colour 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 be used alone or inserted on any type of track in your favourite 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.
Typical applications: Plug-ins host, custom channel strip, parallel processing, effects chainer, virtual bussing, virtual instrument, share bus and plug-ins configurations between DAWs, VST or Audio Unit to AAX, Audio Unit, RTAS plug-in adapter, effect chains A/B comparison, standalone audio processing application, multi-effects processor.
Video
Rating
Windows
- Windows Vista or newer (32 or 64-bit)
- SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).
- Plug-in: any DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64-bit)
- Standalone application: an ASIO, MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended).
Mac
- macOS 10.7 or higher (Intel or M1 Apple Silicon processor) (64-bit only)
- Any VST / Audio Unit / RTAS / AAX compatible application (64-bit only)
- Standalone application: a Core Audio compatible audio interface.