Blue Cat Dynamics

Description

paragraph: Blue Cat’s Dynamics is a full-featured dynamics processor: it can be used as a compressor, limiter, gate, expander, waveshaper, or all at once! The dynamics response of the plug-in can be tweaked with a unique two-threshold system and provides detailed visual feedback about its behavior.

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paragraph: The plug-in includes several filters to control the frequencies affected by the compression. Its continuous VCA/Opto and Peak/RMS control let you smoothly and precisely choose the behavior of the envelope detection like you have never been able to.

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paragraph: The plug-in also provides advanced stereo features, with mid/side processing capability, multiple stereo linking options, and the ability to choose the channels affected by the processor.

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paragraph: An additional brick wall limiter and clipper with optional lookahead protect the output for complete control over the dynamics response.

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paragraph: Three different modes are available for external side chaining, using either the external side chain input, MIDI control, or automation lanes.

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paragraph: The configurable visual feedback shows every detail of what is going on inside the plug-in. You can also record this information as automation curves, to monitor the modifications applied to the signal on top of the audio representation of your favorite host application.

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paragraph: All these features can be controlled from a fully configurable user interface, or from any external controller.

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paragraph: The package includes a mono and a stereo version for optimal CPU usage.

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paragraph: If you are looking for a multiband dynamics processor, check out the Blue Cat’s MB-5 Dynamix plug-in, or Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer that can host this plug-in on multiple bands.

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heading: Blue Cat Audio Standards:,
list: Available in most plug-in formats for Mac and Windows., Full MIDI control and automation support, MIDI Learn., No CPU load on idle: processing shuts down when fed with silence (optimal CPU usage)., Customizable user interface with transparency & zoom., Automation and MIDI output: record output parameters as automation curves or send MIDI CC messages to other plug-ins for powerful side chain effects., Smooth Bypass: noiseless plug-in activation / deactivation., Undo/Redo., Full featured integrated presets manager., Copy/paste the state of the plug-in between instances., Any sample rate supported.,
heading: Version 4.41,
list: 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., Fixed VST & VST3 automation not recording properly in some hosts for output parameters (Cubase 11, Ableton Live)., 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.