Blue Cat's Destructor

V2.04

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Fixed MIDI settings display issues on Mac.

V2.03

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Fixed Audio Unit registration issues in Logic and GarageBand after using the demo version.
Improved whitespace stripping to streamline username/key registration.
Find currently selected preset easily in the menu (folders containing the preset now display a check mark).
Show current preset in Finder/Windows Explorer.
Plug-in can now send Bank Select and Program Change messages upon changes in the user interface to keep in sync with external controllers.
Added an option to cycle next/previous preset in current bank.
New MIDI "learn once" mode for parameters control (deactivates itself once learned).

V2.02

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Windows: Multi monitor High DPI scaling support for high resolution displays (4K monitors, hi-res laptops...) for Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Edition) and newer.
Mac: Improved Retina display support, with crispier graphics at all resolutions and zoom levels.
Mac: fixed random GUI refresh issues in Reaper on Retina displays.

V2.0

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Revamped 3D HD Graphics: Enjoy an enhanced visual experience with additional knobs and backgrounds that add a touch of sophistication to your sound crafting journey.
Rack Designer: Customize presets like never before with our brand-new Rack Designer, offering a staggering selection of over 600,000 styles. Tailor the look and feel of your presets to match your unique artistic vision.
Random GUI Component Selection: Get creative effortlessly with the option to randomly select GUI components in the Rack Designer.
Enhanced Filtering Precision: Elevate your sound precision with added peak and comb filters in the Preamp and Post Filter modules, giving you more control over your sonic canvas.
Drive Dynamics Parameter: Fine-tune your distortion dynamics by adjusting the influence of the drive parameter on the waveshaper curve, ensuring your tones hit just right.
Perceived Loudness Control: Choose the gain reduction applied when increasing the drive parameter to keep perceived loudness equal.
Tailored EQ Controls: Select the EQ controls to display in easy view (pre, post filter, or no EQ).
New BASS/MID/TREBLE parameters that follow the eq displayed in easy view for MIDI or automation control.
Hundreds of presets and module settings have been updated to take advantage of the new DSP capabilities.
Guitar & Bass Presets Overhaul: We have given our guitar and bass amps and pedal presets a makeover, enhancing filtering, drive response, EQ frequencies, and EQ placement for an even more authentic and satisfying experience.
High-Gain Tone Revamp: Explore high-gain guitar tones that have been meticulously rebuilt from the ground up
New Guitar Amps and Pedals: Dive into new creative possibilities with our latest additions to the guitar amps and pedals presets.
Improved tone maps computation efficiency.
Synchronize multiple MIDI controllers: when "all channels" (0) is used for MIDI input control and "send MIDI events when parameters values change" is active, the plug-in now sends MIDI events to all other channels.
Fully compatible with Destructor V1.
Fixed Graphical User Interface performance issues on Mac OS Sonoma (caused by an Apple bug)

V1.62

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Added Apple Silicon support for AAX Plug-in Format.
Fixed VST3 version not always loading properly in Ableton Live 11.
Improved VST parameter value display in some host applications.
Added an option in global & preset input settings to send MIDI events when MIDI-enabled parameters are modified in the plug-in (to update control surfaces accordingly).
Improved undo management and automation when using the mouse wheel to move knobs.
AAX: Fixed erratic mouse behavior in Pro Tools on Mac.
Mac: installers and plug-ins have been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac OS Catalina and newer.

V1.61

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Single Installer on Mac (all plug-ins formats).
Fixed issue with volume knob in EZ mode not using the right parameter in some cases.

V1.6

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200

New Features & Improvements:

New "Guitar Pedal" mode: build your own effect pedals with Destructor.
New drive range parameter to adjust the range of distortion available in a preset.
Revisited all 707 factory presets and related tone maps, with adjusted drive range and improved tone.
Added 19 new distortion and compression pedals presets.
Improved tone maps navigation, with updated user interface.
The opacity of the tone map window can now be adjusted.
Arrow keys can now be used to navigate presets, in the main view or in the presets browser.
Smoother presets switching.
Improved smooth plug-in bypass (faster and smoother transition).
Added MIDI control support (MIDI CC) for Next and Previous Preset commands, with MIDI learn.
Improved MIDI & automation control settings with lock, reset and "save as global setting" capabilities.
Preset files can now be dropped onto the preset LCD area to be loaded.
reduced time to load the plug-in.
Level meters, spectrum analyzers and tuner stop processing when the user interface is closed, reducing CPU usage.
Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in.
Improved global and preset settings window loading time on Windows.
Full unicode support.

Compatibility:

Native Apple Silicon (M1 processor) support.
Dropped 32-bit support on Mac.
Now requires MacOS 10.9 and newer.

Fixes:

Fixed VST3 (and sometimes VST) version freezing Ableton Live upon save on Windows.
Mac: fixed GUI performance issues on native P3 displays and improved performance on other displays.
Mac: fixed mouse wheel that required large movements to change parameter values.
Mac: fixed mouse cursor flickering issues.
Mac: fixed Esc key not closing fine edit parameter dialog.

V1.52

Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 +0200

New high resolution graphics for knobs.
Improved impulse response convolution performance (long reverb tails are now supported, with low CPU usage).
Reduced disk footprint.
Mac: faster GUI rendering on recent Mac OS systems (up to 5x faster).
Mac: fixed user interface not properly shown on retina displays in some applications built with the 10.14 Mac OS SDK (Cubase 10.5 or Logic 10.5 for example).
Mac: fixed settings panel rendering issues in dark mode on Mac OS Mojave and newer.
Mac: Fixed keyboard not responding in registration panel in some host applications (LUNA, Garage Band...).
Mac: Fixed demo version that could hang Logic when reloading projects using the plug-in.

V1.51

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200

Fixed tone maps presets morphing that did not work on Mac.
Fixed tone maps "reload from presets" when the map was created on another platform (Mac vs PC).

V1.5

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200

New tone explorer with presets morphing: explore presets on predefined or custom visual maps, and morph tones in 2 dimensions to create unique new sounds easily.
Added more than 100 factory "tone maps" for the new tone explorer.
New presets (and sub-presets) browser with built-in search.
New guitar factory presets: classic guitar amps, metal and signature guitar presets.
New bass guitar factory presets, including 45 new bass cabinet models.
Each instance of the plug-in can now have its own MIDI Program Change settings.
MIDI Program Change preference is now saved into session instead of global preferences, so each instance can now use different MIDI channels. It is also saved in the user default preset.
VST3: added support for MIDI program change messages to change presets via MIDI.
VST: the user interface is now properly resized in Cubase on Windows.
Hovering the mouse on the current preset name now displays a tooltip with the full path of the last loaded preset file.
Performance improvement: the user interface now only loads modules that are visible.
Mac: faster GUI rendering on recent Mac OS systems (up to 5x faster on level meters).
Mac: fixed user interface not properly shown on retina displays in some applications built with the 10.14 Mac OS SDK.
Changing the slope of lowpass and highpass filters in pre and post filters is now smoother.
Improved plug-in listing in Windows 10 start menu.

V1.41

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Spectrum analysis is now performed in the background and does not affect audio performance.
Improved convolution performance for the impulse response loader on multicore processors.

V1.4

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Load custom impulse responses (cabinets, reverbs) into the pre or post filters.
Shape impulse responses in the edit view to match the perfect tone.

V1.32

Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200

New "randomize" feature to create new sounds using random destruction and pre/post presets.
New factory presets imported from the new Axiom software.

V1.31

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Fixed missing sliders in the "LCD Sliders" style.
Updated the user manual.

V1.3

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0100

New minimized view (displays only the main "Guitar Amp-style" controls).
New clean guitar amp presets.
Faster GUI loading / instantaneous GUI display after it has been opened once.
Limiter on/off state is now independent from presets ("always locked").
Ui lock now also includes control settings display (green arrows).
Performance and memory usage improvements (both GUI and DSP).
Improved automation recording (and undo) in many host applications when controlling the plug-in with MIDI.
Fixed: changing bypass in the Audio Unit version did not update host application's bypass state.
Win: fixed copy/paste that sometimes stopped working until next app restart.

V1.21

Fri, 24 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0100

Fixed issue with dynamics source selection in the destruction module (worked only with preamp signal in version 1.2).

V1.2

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0100

The GUI can now be zoomed from 70% to 200%.
Last loaded preset is now remembered in session and displayed in the presets menu.
Plug-in state can now be reverted to the last loaded preset.
Default preset now also saves the state of locks (when using "save as user default").
New installer on Mac.
Now supports retina displays on Mac.
Misc performance enhancements.
VST3: factory presets are not exposed to the host application anymore.
Fixed: the state of the plug-in was not fully restored when loading presets while bypassed.
Fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS High Sierra.
Dropped support for legacy RTAS and DirectX plug-in formats.

V1.11

Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100

Memory usage optimization: unused graphical elements are now unloaded on plug-in window close instead of next time the window is opened.
Fixed (Windows): on older versions of Windows 7 with auto update turned off, the plug-in could fail to load.

V1.1

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100

Lock each module or the user interface to prevent changes when loading presets.
Bypass, input and output gain parameters are now independent from presets.
Added more than 200 new visual styles with vintage knobs.
New contrast setting for spectrogram display.
Spectrogram display is not reset anymore when resized.
Touch screen support improved: enlarged shape dynamics arrows and shape controls.

V1.01

Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100

Changed demo limitations: up to 5 instances allowed, bypass time changed to half a second, and bypass parameter is not affected anymore.
Fixed: no more comb filtering when using the mix knob with oversampling.
Fixed smooth bypass crossfade (used to produce clicks).
Plugin now requires Mac OSX 10.7 and newer.

V1.0

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200

First release.