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Widening Liny EQ
Blue Cat's Widening Liny EQ
"The linear phase stereo widener and narrower, without the latency."

Description

Blue Cat's Widening Liny EQ - Mid-Side Linear Phase Equalizer (RTAS, DX, AU and VST Plug-in)

Based on Blue Cat's Liny EQ technology, Blue Cat's Widening Liny EQ is a 9 bands linear phase Mid/Side equalizer. Thanks to Blue Cat's unique widening technology, you can manage equalization of Middle / Side parts of the stereo signal separately. And best of all, you can choose the virtual center of the signal: it lets you control where you want the equalization to take place in the stereo field.

This is the ultimate solution to widen your stereo image with precision, without adding phase artefacts to your signal: you can choose to enhance treble on the sides and bass on the middle to strengthen an original stereo recording, or completely modify the way your instrument is positioned in the mix, choosing to set the virtual middle 30% percent on the left and modify its spectrum accurately. The effect also works on mono signal since you can modify the perception of the stereo image by choosing the virtual center position.

Everything is possible, with minimal latency! The full automation support provided by this plugin offers a zipper-free real-time and continuous change of parameters. If you whish to use this plug-in as a simple equalizer, you can choose to link mid/side faders and get the same result as the standard Liny EQ. If you want a Left / Right equalizer, just set the center as Right and 'Mid' will become left and 'Side' Right.

Additional information about Mid/Side processing and stereo widening can be found in this paper.

The built-in Blue Cat's skinning engine enables you to skin this plug-in: adapt the user interface to your needs and customize the look of your Blue Cat's plugin! 3 skins are included in the install package. This web sites offers you to download more skins or learn how to create new ones. It's all free!

Mac OS X 10.5Universal BinaryWindows XP or VistaWindows x64 (64 bits)VSTRTASAudio UnitDirectX
Price: 89 EUR or $119
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Supported Platforms: Mac-AU / Mac-RTAS / Mac-VST / Win-DX / Win-RTAS / Win-VST / Win x64-DX / Win x64-VST

Main Features

  • Stereo Mid / Side Linear phase equalizer (no phase distortion).
  • The equalizer can be placed with great precision in the stereo field.
  • Separate Center / Sides equalizing for customized stereo widening or narrowing effect.
  • customizable +-40 dB range.
  • Two different EQ shapes available.
  • Automatic gain compensation.
  • Very short latency: 2.9 ms (128 samples at 44,1 kHz).
  • Multiple channels link modes.
  • Window opacity management: make the plugin window 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 Widening Liny EQ - Mid-Side Linear Phase Equalizer (RTAS, DX, AU and VST Plug-in) Blue Cat's Widening Liny EQ - Mid-Side Linear Phase Equalizer (RTAS, DX, AU and VST Plug-in) Blue Cat's Widening Liny EQ - Mid-Side Linear Phase Equalizer (RTAS, DX, AU and VST Plug-in)

You can find more skins for this product here.

User Comments & Reviews

" This is really a potent plugin and one of my favorites of the entire collection." - Glen Heffner, CakewalkNet, [Read full review]

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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.

Demo Limitations

  • One single instance of the plug-in per session.
  • The plugin is regularly bypassed for a few seconds.

Versions History >subscribe to our newsletter

2010/05/04

V4.1

  • 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)
  • Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
  • Demo version now displays a nag screen only once per session, and only when opening the user interface of the plug-in.
  • Fixed MIDI learn issues.
  • Fixed issue with EQ curve type that was sometimes not properly recalled.
  • Mac: fixed user interface crashes in some hosts under Snow Leopard.
  • Mac: fixed keyboard/mouse focus issues in some hosts.
  • Mac: fixed multiple screens issue.
  • Mac-AU: fixed settings lost issue when doing offline rendering in some applications.
2009/05/05

V4.01

Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac.
2009/03/09

V4.0

  • Mac Audio Unit support.
  • Mac VST Support.
  • New user interface design.
  • The plugin now offers two types of EQ curves.
  • EQ range is now customizable.
  • Undo/Redo support.
  • Preset import/export in a host independent format.
  • Window opacity control for plugin transparency.
  • New Windows installer.
  • New documentation.
  • This version is installed as a new plugin because of the new parameters. You can keep the previous version and this one side by side.
2006/11/29

V3.0

  • Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
  • Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4 with several skins per session.
  • Parameters can be fine tuned when the shift key is down, which offers a .1 dB gain resolution.
  • 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.
  • 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.
2006/06/19

V2.0

  • New skinnable user interface, with several skins included.
  • Blue Cat's Skinning Language 1.1 support, for an easy user interface customization.
  • User manual available from the user interface.
  • (Bug fix): no more constant -3dB offset on global gain.
  • (Bug fix): the VST version now reports the latency to the host.
2005/06/17

V1.2

Brand new GUI and name change (used to be 'Panning Liny EQ').
2005/05/17

V1.1

  • Right clicking on a slider now sets the default value of the parameter
  • (Bug fix): smooth update mechanism did not work properly on very fast variations
2005/04/19

V1.0

First release.
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