PatchWork: Using Side Chain With Plug-Ins In Reason 11
Did you know that you can manually choose the audio I/O for each individual plug-in loaded in PatchWork? This can be used to setup side chain inputs for plug-ins that …
Category: Tips & Tutorials
Did you know this feature? Do you want to learn how to use our software? Check out these tutorials and tips & tricks about Blue Cat Audio plug-ins and applications.
How To Get Insane Feedback at ANY Volume
In this video, Thomas Mc Rocklin shows you how he uses the AcouFiend plug-in inside Ableton Live to generate insane guitar feedback at any volume (no speakers needed: you can …
Jen Majura Pushes Feedback Simulation Through Its Paces
42 Gear Street offered me the opportunity to meet with Jen Majura from Evanescence. Together with Adam Steel (Hop Pole Studios), she discovered the magic of playing her guitar into …
Building A Basic Compressor With Plug’n Script
Here is a new tutorial for Plug’n Script by Florian Mrugalla, building a very basic compressor, using the envelope follower built in the previous episode to apply gain reduction in …
Envelope Followers In Plug’n Script
Florian Mrugalla’s PNS series continues, as he explores enveloper followers, and how to tweak them for certain frequencies. “Envelope Followers are used in a lot of DSP contexts. Another nice …
Slow Mac? How to Fix Mac OS GUI Performance Issues
So you just got a gorgeous brand new Mac with a Retina display, but it is awfully slow when launching your favorite audio app or plug-ins? Don’t panic, there is …
Ridin’ the Dynamic Range
Dynamics processing is one of the most important techniques in the audio engineer’s bag of tricks. Compressors, limiters, expanders and gates are examples of these tools and they come in …
Creating A Delay Plug-In With Tempo Sync In Plug’n Script
In today’s episode, Floran Mrugalla deep dives into an unavoidable time-based effect: delay! This tutorial covers both feed forward and feedback delays and how to create such effects in Plug’n …
A Wavetable Oscillator With Spline Interpolation
In this new episode, Florian Mrugalla explores wavetable synthesis and the various types of interpolation to build a simple synthesizer plug-in. If you want to check the source code for …
Build Your First Plug-In With Plug’n Script: Waveshaper
Florian Mrugalla’s PnS Series continues, with a tutorial about how to create one of the most basic plug-ins with Plug’n Script, a wave shaper. It’s just the simplest thing you …