Phaser

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Blue Cat's Phaser

Description

Modeled after vintage analog phaser circuits, Blue Cat's Phaser reproduces this old vintage phasing effect that you can find on so many recordings, but with the precision of modern digital processing techniques. You can choose to apply up to 32 phasing stages, pushing the model to its limits, or create a subtle phasing effect with wet and feedback parameters set to a few percents.

You can also control the phase of the signal in the wet and feedback paths (these parameters can have negative values), which extends the possibilities of the model: the included factory presets will show you how many sounds you can get from this effect.

The MIDI control capabilities of this plug-in let you use it with any hardware or software MIDI controller, and the User Interface is totally customizable thanks to Blue Cat's Skinning Language support.

For a stereo widening phasing effect, check our Blue Cat's Stereo Phaser plugin.

Price: Freeware

Supported Platforms: Mac-AU / Mac-VST / Windows-DX / Windows-VST

Download: Mac AU / Mac VST / Windows DX / Windows VST / Skins

Included in Bundle: Free Pack

Main Features

Multi-stage analog-style phaser effect.
Up to 32 phasing stages.

Blue Cat Audio Standards:

Supported platforms: Mac-AU, Mac-VST, Windows-DX, Windows-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

The Blue Cat Flanger and Blue Cat Phaser are capable of a wealth of sound variations that belies their simple looking interfaces. - Max Debutante

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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 >subscribe to our newsletter

2009/11/20	V2.5
	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.
2009/09/21	V2.4
	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	V2.31
	Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac.
2009/02/03	V2.3
	Mac Audio Unit Support.
2008/11/21	V2.3
	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.
2006/11/29	V2.2
	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.
2006/09/27	V2.1
	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.
2006/09/20	V2.0
	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. User Manual accessible from plug-in UI. 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.
2005/01/15	V1.2
	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.
2004/12/29	V1.1
	VST Version released. Denormal issue fixed (used 50% cpu when feeding with silence, and using 32 stages and feedback). GUI improvement: now support non-standard DPI settings.
2004/11/01	V1.0
	First DirectX Version.