Blue Cat's PatchWork overview

Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patchbay that can host up to 64 VST, VST3, Audio Unit or built-in plug-ins into any Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in one instance.

It is possible to chain effects in series or create up to 8 parallel chains that can be activated independently. This lets you create your favorite effects or instruments configurations within the plug-in, without the need for multiple busses. These configurations can be saved as presets and recalled instantly, or shared with multiple DAWs, using any plug-in format. Use the built-in audio effects to add color to your own plug-in chains.

Main Features:

Configurable VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins rack: host up to 64 third party plug-ins or instruments in series or parallel.
29 built-in effects: Reverb, EQ, filters, pitch & frequency shifter, delays, modulation effects, compressor, gate, bit crusher, wave shaper and more.
Available as an effect, virtual instrument or standalone application.
Build your own effects chains: up to 8 "pre" and "post" plug-ins slots to chain plug-ins in series.
Parallel processing made easy: up to 8 parallel plug-ins chains, with phase flip, solo and gain controls.
Host up to 8 virtual instruments in parallel and mix them within the plug-in.
Global Dry/Wet control ("Mix").
Parameters Mapping: map sub plug-ins parameters to automate them or use a control surface.
Flexible MIDI routing: connect sub plug-ins together or with the host application.
Flexible Audio routing: connect sub plug-ins i/o to any audio channel.
External side chain and multiple outputs support.
Link pre and post gains for automatic gain compensation.
Drag and drop or cut, copy and paste plug-ins with their settings between slots.
Recall complex processing setups and plug-ins layouts with one click and share them between your DAWs.
Input and output levels monitoring.
Plug-ins Latency compensation.
Supports VST Shell plug-ins.
Integrated undo/redo.
Fully customizable user interface, with multiple sizes.

Blue Cat Audio Standards:

Available as: Mac-AAX, Mac-AU, Mac-App, Mac-RTAS, Mac-VST, Mac-VST3, Win-AAX, Win-App, Win-RTAS, Win-VST, Win-VST3, Win x64-AAX, Win x64-App, Win x64-VST, Win x64-VST3.
Native DSP code for optimal performance.
Full MIDI control and automation support with silent, zipper-free parameters update, advanced response control and MIDI Learn.
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.
Customizable user interface with transparency management and zoom.
Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plug-in with absolutely no noise.
Undo/Redo.
Full featured integrated presets manager.
Copy/paste the state of the plug-in between instances using the system clipboard.
Any sample rate supported.

What’s new in version 2.6

Updated on Oct 03 2022

New macro controls editor to edit plug-in parameters mapping.
Assign multiple parameters from multiple plug-ins to a single macro control, and adjust the range for each parameter.
Assign a name to each macro control, that is now displayed in automation lanes in most host applications (may require a session reload in some cases).
Parameters names for existing sessions will be automatically updated upon load.
Select macro knobs appearance among 19 predefined styles.
New learn modes to quickly assign plug-in parameters.
MIDI output is now enabled in standalone application.
Select individual MIDI I/O in standalone application.
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).
In most plug-in formats, internal audio I/O configuration can now be selected regardless of the configuration defined by the host (you can for example reduce the number of channels to save CPU and process only selected channels).
PatchWork App now uses Apple's Hardened Runtime and the installer has been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac.
Improved performance to load the user interface.
Improved VST parameter value display in some host applications.
Fixed bypass that did not let MIDI messages go thru for some MIDI plug-ins.
Fixed some GUI resizing issues with some VST3 plug-ins.
Fixed signal overflow issues with the Reverb built-in plug-in for some surround configurations.

Information

License

Demo

Size

309.2 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_PatchWork/

Downloads

834

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
OS X 10.9 or later

Blue Cat's PatchWork