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Blue Cat's Gain Suite

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Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware)

This plug-in suite is a series of gain utilities which let you control the volume of one or several audio tracks in real time. The interest of these plug-ins resides in their particular features:

First, their automation and advanced MIDI control capabilities (the response curve of the MIDI controllers can be fully customized). Used together with one of our analysis tools or a MIDI controller, these plug-ins let you remotely control and automate the gain of each channel of the audio signal.

Another interesting and exclusive feature is the ability to link several instances of the same plug-in: thanks to our unique data sharing technology, you can control the gain of several tracks at the same time, with advanced response curve capabilities.

The plug-in bundle contains a stereo and a mid/side version for independent control of the left and right or mid and side channels. It can be very useful for stereo widening/narrowing. Additional information about stereo widening with mid/side processing can be found in this paper.

Last but not least, the skinning capabilities of these plug-ins allow you to customize the way you interact with them.

Mac OS X 10.5Universal BinaryWindows XP or VistaWindows x64 (64 bits)VSTRTASAudio UnitDirectX
Price: Freeware
Supported Platforms: Mac-AU / Mac-RTAS / Mac-VST / Win-DX / Win-RTAS / Win-VST / Win x64-DX / Win x64-VST
Included in Bundle: Free Pack

Main Features

  • Mono, stereo and mid/side gain.
  • Link several instances of the same plugin and control several plugins from a single user interface with advanced link capabilities.
  • Integrated window opacity support (make the user interface of the plugin transparent).
Blue Cat Audio Standards:
  • Supported platforms: 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 (all parameters can be automated, with smooth and continuous update)
  • 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 (MIDI channel and CC numbers, with complete response curve control) 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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Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware) Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware) Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware) Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware) Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware) Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware) Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, DX) (Freeware)

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User Comments & Reviews

The Blue Cat Gain Suite is another staple I use heavily simple gain control and M/S level manipulation. This group of plugins provide very basic functions, but have the same level of precise control and configurability that is a hallmark of other Blue Cat Audio plugins. I literally do not think of any other plugins when these particular jobs need fixing. Simplicity can be quite powerful at times. - Max Debutante

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System Requirements

PC

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

Mac

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

For more information about supported platforms, see our FAQ.

Versions History >subscribe to our newsletter

2010/03/19

V2.42

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.
2010/02/25

V2.41

  • Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
  • Fixed a crash on Mac and 64-bit Windows that randomly occured when opening and closing the user interface multiple times.
  • 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.
2010/01/30

V2.4

  • 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.
2009/11/20

V2.3

  • 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.
2009/09/21

V2.2

  • 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.
2009/05/05

V2.11

Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac.
2009/04/30

V2.1

Mac only: fixed the range of the gain parameter for automation and MIDI (was +-40dB instead of +-60 dB)
2009/02/03

V2.1

Mac Audio Unit Support.
2008/11/21

V2.1

  • First Mac version.
  • Improved parameters display in host application and settings window.
2007/08/14

V2.0

  • Link several instances of the same plugin and control several plugins from a single user interface.
  • Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no noise.
  • Undo/Redo.
  • Load/Save presets in a host-independent format: you can now share presets between the directX and VST versions.
  • Streamlined user interface with new GUI design and Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.3.3 support:
    • New toolbar to access main functionalities.
    • Integrated window opacity support (make the user interface of the plugin transparent).
    • New layout and new look and feel.
2006/11/29

V1.1

  • Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4.
  • 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.
2006/11/06

V1.0

First version.
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