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Blue Cat's Flanger

Description

Blue Cat's Flanger effect is very versatile: it may sound very harsh and metallic or on the contrary very soft. You can obtain a wide range of sounds with this plug-in. The included factory presets will make you explore the capabilities of this effect.

Very famous during the 70's and 80's, this effect can be used on almost any audio track: from drums to voices or guitars, from a subtle effect to a deep alien-like voice effect, enjoy it!

This effect is a mono effect: it will alter the sound the same way on the left and right channels of your audio signal. For a stereo flanging effect please listen to the Blue Cat's Stereo Flanger plugin.

Price: Freeware

Download: Mac AAX / Mac AU / Mac RTAS / Mac VST / Win DX / Win RTAS / Win VST / Win x64 DX / Win x64 VST / Skins

Included in Bundle: Free Pack

Features

Real time Flanger effect.

Blue Cat Audio Standards:

Available as: Mac-AAX, Mac-AU, Mac-RTAS, Mac-VST, Win-DX, Win-RTAS, Win-VST, Win x64-DX, Win x64-VST.
Native DSP code for optimal performance.
Skinnable user interface.
Smooth Update: silent, zipper-free parameters update.
Full automation support.
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.
Real time MIDI control with advanced settings and MIDI learn.
Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plug-in with absolutely no noise.
Undo/Redo.
Import/Export presets in a host independent format.
Any sample rate supported.

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System Requirements

Windows

SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or later).
Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.
Any DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64 bit).

Mac OS X

An Intel or PowerPC processor.
Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6).
Any VST / Audio Unit (32/64-bit) / RTAS / AAX compatible application.

For more information about supported platforms, see our FAQ.

Versions History >subscribe to our newsletter

V2.63 (2011/02/10)

Fixed keyboard focus stealing issue in Pro Tools and several other host applications.
64-bit Mac VST support.

V2.62 (2010/03/19)

This update only concerns the RTAS version of the plug-in:

RTAS plug-in bug fix: when using both the mono and stereo versions in the same session, the controls of the instances were linked together.

V2.61 (2010/02/25)

Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
Win x64: fixed issue with some hosts not opening the plugins.
Win x64: fixed issue with settings window that was not displayed properly in some hosts.
Mac: fixed keyboard/mouse focus issues in some hosts.
Mac: fixed multiple screens issue.

V2.6 (2010/01/30)

RTAS plugin format support for Pro Tools (Mac and Windows).
64-bit applications support for Windows DX and VST under Windows x64.
Mac AU 64-bit format support (compatible with 64-bit Logic 9.1 on Snow Leopard)
Mac: fixed user interface crashes in some hosts under Snow Leopard.
Fixed MIDI learn issues.

V2.5 (2009/11/20)

Factory presets are now available from the plugin menu.
RTAS plugin format support (final beta stage - currently available with the Free Pack only)
Mac: fixed keyboard/mouse focus issues in some hosts.
Mac: fixed user interface crashes in some hosts, when used with particular display settings.
Mac-AU: fixed user interface resizing issue when changing skin in some hosts (Logic).
Mac-AU: fixed settings lost issue when doing offline rendering in some applications.

V2.4 (2009/09/21)

New Windows Installer (much faster install, improved upgrades).
Bug Fix (PC): Cubase freezes when loading a preset using a different skin while the plugin window is open.
Blue Cat's Skinning Language 1.6.1 support.

V2.31 (2009/05/05)

Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac.

V2.3 (2009/02/03)

Mac Audio Unit Support.

V2.3 (2008/11/21)

First Mac version.
New skins with enhanced usability and new look and feel.
New toolbar to access main features.
Undo/Redo.
Import/Export presets in a host and platform independent format.
Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no noise.
Improved parameters display in host application and settings window.
Performance improvements.

V2.2 (2006/11/29)

Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4.
Parameters can be fine tuned when the shift key is down.
CPU efficiency improvement: no processing occurs when input is silent.
Settings window now loads faster.
(Bug fix): in some plug-in adapters (such as FxPansion's VST to RTAS adapter) the GUI did not display properly when first loaded.
(Bug fix): when reinstalling the software in another directory, the "skin not found" message was displayed.

V2.1 (2006/09/27)

Minor UI enhancement for hosts not supporting Windows XP Theme.
(Bug fix): presets load/save did not always work properly in Sonar 5 for some european versions of Windows XP.

V2.0 (2006/09/11)

Brand new skinnable Graphic User Interface using Blue Cat's skinning language v1.2.2.
Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
All parameters can now be fine tuned thanks to a text-edit popup window that appears when double clicking on user interface widgets.
Feedback and Feed forward parameters can now be negative for phase inversion.
Precision of the gain control enhanced.
User Manual accessible from plug-in UI.
DX version: the factory presets are now available from the host standard presets view (for hosts that support static presets)
Warning: because it now supports MIDI events, the DirectX plug-in may appear in the "Synth" or "DXi" category instead of "effects" in some hosts (such as Cakewalk Sonar). If it does not appear in you host, you might want to use our DXi Manager to de-activate MIDI features.
Warning: this new version breaks the presets compatibility, and is thus installed as a new plug-in. If you have a previous version installed and do not want to keep it, just uninstall it manually.

V1.3 (2005/12/29)

Now shows version information when clicking on the logo.
DX version fix: host may crash when stopping playback and effect bypassed.
DX version fix: Cakewalk Sonar crashes when loading custom presets.

V1.4 (2005/01/15)

Fixes a potential denormal issue, which could cause high CPU cost when feeding the effect with silence (15% CPU for a stereo track on an AMD 2000+, instead of 2%).