Description
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.
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).
- Supported platforms: Mac-AU, Mac-RTAS, Mac-VST, Windows-DX, Windows-RTAS, Windows-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 plugin 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 plugin with absolutely no noise.
- Undo/Redo.
- Import/Export presets in a host independent format.
- Any sample rate supported.
Screenshots
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You can find more skins for this product here.
User Comments & Reviews
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System Requirements
PC
- Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.
- Any DirectX or VST compatible host software (see our FAQ)
Mac
- An Intel or PowerPC processor.
- Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6).
- Any VST or Audio Unit compatible application.
Versions History 
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| 2010/01/30 | V2.4 |
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| 2009/11/20 | V2.3 |
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| 2009/09/21 | V2.2 |
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| 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 |
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| 2007/08/14 | V2.0 |
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| 2006/11/29 | V1.1 |
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| 2006/11/06 | V1.0 |
| First version. |
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