"The easy shapeable widener/narrower"
Description
Blue Cat's Widening Triple EQ is the "Widening" (Mid/Side) version of the Triple EQ shapeable filter / equalizer: it is a three bands real time semi-parametric mid/side equalizer. It lets you control the low, medium and high gains of the mid (mono) and side (stereo) components of your audio signal independently, with a custom filter shape. It enables you to manage the wideness of a stereo signal for any frequency. With the ability to control the center of the M-S matrix, it is possible to adjust the spectrum of a sound anywhere in the stereo field.
The plugin provides instant visual feedback of your settings thanks to the included graph. The overlayed controls lets you shape the filter easily. The mid and side channels responses can be linked together in multiple ways (with a mirroring capability) for easier balance of frequencies.
For more information about the core technology of the filters, please read Blue Cat's Triple EQ plugin's description.
Additional information about stereo widening and narrowing with mid/side processing can be found in our mid-side processing paper.
Features
- True WYSIWYG 3 bands Mid/side semi-parametric equalizer / shapeable filter.
- +-40 dB range for each band with customizable effective range.
- Automatic gain compensation.
- No latency.
- Real time display of the frequency response with precise measurement and zooming capabilities.
- On-graph filter shape control.
- Window Opacity Control: make the plugin window transparent.
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.
Screenshots
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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.
Demo Limitations
- One single instance of the plug-in per session.
- The plug-in is regularly bypassed for a few seconds.
V3.31 (2011/02/10) |
- Fixed keyboard focus stealing issue in Pro Tools and several other host applications.
- 64-bit Mac VST support.
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V3.3 (2010/05/04) |
- 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.
- 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.
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V3.21 (2009/05/05) |
| Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac. |
V3.2 (2009/03/09) |
- Mac Audio Unit support.
- Mac VST Support.
- New Windows installer (you should uninstall any previous version before installing this new one).
- New documentation.
- Minor user interfaces changes.
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V3.1 (2008/05/06) |
- Fixed a crash when changing the skin from the toolbar menu.
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V3.0 (2008/04/14) |
- New GUI design and Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.4.2 support:
- Streamlined user interface with simplified controls for optimal workflow.
- Zooming: adjust the dB range of the EQ and the response curve graph.
- Frequency response measurement: new mouse coordinates display.
- Window Opacity Management: make the plugin window transparent.
- New toolbar to access the main functionalities.
- Smooth bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no noise.
- Undo/Redo.
- Import/Export presets in a host independant format: you can now share presets between the directX and VST versions
- Enlarged the filters frequency range.
- Performance improvements:
- Faster skin loading.
- Reduced memory consumption when several instances are loaded.
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V2.1 (2006/11/29) |
- Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4.
- Curves are now antialised.
- 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.
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V2.0 (2006/09/27) |
- Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
- Blue Cat's Skinning language V1.2.2 support.
- Now supports one skin per preset and a global default skin: customize each instance of the plug-in in the same session.
- All parameters can now be fine tuned thanks to a text-edit popup window that appears when double clicking on user interface widgets.
- (Bug fix): when changing the center parameter, the output could be 3dB louder than expected.
- 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.
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V1.0 (2006/06/06) |
| First release. |
