OS X El Capitan Up and Running
The latest version of Mac OS X, “El Capitan” is up and running at Blue Cat Audio. So far, so good, all plug-ins and standalone application are running smoothly, without …
Category: Hosts
Using Side Chain With Blue Cat’s PatchWork In Pro Tools
Starting with version 1.7, Blue Cat’s PatchWork supports external side chain with most DAWs. In this tutorial we’ ll show how to use the external side chain input with Pro …
Using Blue Cat’s PatchWork Host Application in 32-bit Mode on Mac
32-bit? On Mac, Blue Cat’s PatchWork standalone host application will run by default in 64-bit mode. This lets the application access as much memory as possible and load 64-bit plug-ins. However, some …
Blue Cat’s PatchWork Standalone: What Can It Do for You?
Since the release of Blue Cat’s PatchWork 1.6 yesterday, we have been asked a couple of times what it is possible to do with the standalone version of the software. …
Blue Cat’s PatchWork Standalone Host Application
With version 1.6, Blue Cat’s PatchWork is now available both as a plug-in and a standalone application: it can be used on its own, without the need for a third …
Using MIDI FX in Pro Tools
Did you know that you can use AAX plug-ins as MIDI Effects in Pro Tools? AAX plug-ins can receive MIDI events, modify them, and send them to another plug-in. Yes, …
Multiband VST Instruments Hosting? Not a Bad Idea After All!
Even though it was not designed for such purposes, Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer v2 has been heavily used to host VST virtual instruments (VSTi) in applications that do not support them …
Logic Pro X is Out, Fully Compatible with Blue Cat Audio’s 64-bit Audio Units
In case you haven’t noticed yet, Apple has finally released the long-awaited v10 of Logic Pro this week! As you could expect, all Blue Cat Audio plug-ins are compatible with the …
Bass Kick Side Chain EQ Tutorial
Today’s tutorial is a video by Dan-D from Music Marketing TV: he shows how to setup a side chain EQ for the bass kick, using Blue Cat’s Dynamics and Blue …
Never Say Never – More Pro Tools 11 on the Way!
In this blog post, we explained that plug-ins that are not currently available for Pro Tools 11 might require a major and incompatible (paid) upgrade to be ported to the 64-bit …