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PatchWork 2.71: MIDI/Presets Navigation/SysEx & More!
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Blue Cat’s PatchWork 2.71 is here! Let’s see what’s new in this free update, the 38th release in 11 years! MIDI Clock & MTC Sync The application can now be … Read More |
Building A USB MIDI-Controlled Analog VU-Meter
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Today, let’s have a look at how to build your own DIY MIDI-Controlled USB Analog Vu Meter. It is actually pretty simple (simpler than the amp sim controller), as the … Read More |
Spinal Vibe Rotary Speaker Plug-In Walkthrough
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Today Eric Burgess walks you thru the Spinal Vibe plug-in, showing you the main features of this new plug-in, and how to tweak it in details. Enjoy! >discuss this topic … Read More |
DIY MIDI Controller For Amp Simulation: How To Build Your Own
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Since I have had many questions about my DIY MIDI controller for software-based guitar amp and FX simulation, here is a tutorial to explain how to build your own! MIDI … Read More |
Fader Hub 1.1: Virtual Console Audio Routing Tips
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Fader Hub 1.1 now offers extra audio routing capabilities together with an extra auxiliary output to give you more options to manage your local or network mixing sessions. Here are … Read More |
How To Simulate Stereo Dual Rotary Speakers (A La David Gilmour’s “Doppolas”) With Plug-Ins
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Spinal Vibe offers a wide range of stereo options to simulate the recording of rotating speakers, but what if you want to reproduce dual rotary speakers configurations such as David … Read More |
Free Wah Auto-Engage Script for Plug’n Script
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When controlling a virtual Wah pedal with an expression pedal via MIDI, it is convenient to have a built-in tip switch to activate the Wah effect when pushing the pedal. … Read More |
Create Stunning Guitar Effects with Axiom & Automation
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Did you know that you can create stunning filtering effects with Axiom on guitar tracks, by automating effect plug-ins parameters in your DAW? Here is an example in Cubase 13, … Read More |
Creative Rhythmic Effects with Late Replies’ Feedback Loops
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Today Eric Burgess explores creative rhythmic effects with our insanely powerful delay, Late Replies, by automating the pre-delay of feedback loops in sync with the track. As he shows at … Read More |
Free Headphones Compensation IRs for Re-Head
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Did you know that thanks to its ability to load impulse responses, Re-Head gives you access to hundreds of free correction curves for headphones? The AutoEQ repository indeed offers free … Read More |
Online Jamming Session With FaderHub / Manual Setup
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Fader Hub, our mixing and streaming console, is a great tool to play music with remote musicians in real time, as already shown a couple of times. Sometimes, before enjoying … Read More |
Enhance Your Plug-Ins With PatchWork V2 [2024 Update]
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Did you know that you can use Blue Cat’s PatchWork to extend the capabilities of your favorite plug-ins? That you can just “wrap” the plug-in(s) inside Patchwork to create an … Read More |
How To Solve Plug-In GUI Too Small On Hi Resolution Screens (Windows)
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Your favorite plug-in looks very small (and unusable) on your shiny new high resolution display (4K, 5K or more)? Don’t worry: call PatchWork to the rescue! With more and more … Read More |
Controlling Virtual Instruments in Cakewalk Sonar with MIDI: ReFX Nexus 4 & Remote Control
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As a MIDI-in and MIDI-out plug-in, Blue Cat’s Remote Control can help in various situations, either to control MIDI devices or plug-in or act as an interface between MIDI controllers … Read More |
The Ultimate MIDI Controller For Software Amp Simulation & Effects?
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Every guitar player who has ever played thru software amp simulation and effects has probably encountered the same challenge: tweaking the amp or effects with the mouse and keyboard while … Read More |
How To Play Virtual Instruments With Your Mac Keyboard
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You know how it goes: a melody is coming at the tip of your fingers but you don’t have a keyboard around, just a computer…. Argh! That’s where PatchWork and … Read More |
HiDPI & Retina Display Support: Why Do You Care?
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With the arrival of high-density monitors on laptops then desktops a couple of years ago, both Microsoft and Apple added special features to their operating systems to support these screens … Read More |
Loading & Enhancing NAM Profiles With Axiom
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We often get asked if Axiom provides support for NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) profiles. Yes, it definitely does! Thanks to third party plug-ins support, you can easily load the free … Read More |
Improve Your Master With FreqAnalyst Pro
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In today’s video, Frankie Tedesco checks out the FreqAnalyst Pro plug-in and gives you a few tips about the features he likes to use most and which make this spectrum … Read More |
DP Meter Pro Tutorial (Spanish)
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All you have ever wanted to know about the DP Meter Pro Plug-in, in Spanish… Échale un vistazo! Read More |
Getting Started With Audio Plug-Ins Prototyping
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Wondering how to get started with Plug’n Script and write your first audio processing script? Check out this tutorial, brought to you by MA Audio! This is a really basic … Read More |
Thicken Up Your Guitar Sound With Chorus
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Tip of the day, brought to you by Bootleg Recording Studios via Instagram: thicken up your guitar sound with chorus! It is a great way to improve your tone, especially … Read More |
Film Music Remote Collaboration In Real-Time with Blue Cat’s Connector & VidPlay-Collaborator
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Did you know that with Connector and the additional VidPlay-Collaborator VST plug-in you could collaborate on Film music remotely in real time? Check out this video that explains it all! … Read More |
How To Stereo Sidechain In Pro Tools
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As of 2024, side chain signals for plug-ins in Pro Tools are still mono only, which is quite limiting given today’s plug-ins capabilities for stereo enhancement. Here is a workaround … Read More |
Loading Backing Tracks With Axiom’s Built-In Audio Player
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Did you know that Axiom, our multi-effect processor for guitar & bass, has a built-in audio file player? Playing over a backing track (and recording yourself) is just a drag … Read More |
External VST Side Chain In Da Vinci Resolve Fairlight With PatchWork
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Some DAWs do not have the ability to provide a side chain input for third party plug-ins. Da Vinci Resolve is one of them: side chain is only available for … Read More |
Instant Remote Collaboration Made Easy With Connector & Freeceiver
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For a long time, for musicians, sound engineers or producers, remote collaboration thru the Internet has meant sharing large files (full sessions, stems or bounced tracks), and waiting for collaborators … Read More |
Mixing With PatchWork: A Virtual Patchbay In Your DAW
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Why would you want to put a virtual patch bay into your favorite DAW? Check this out! Join Carlo Libertini as he dives into the latest version of Blue Cat’s … Read More |
Using VST Plug-Ins In Pro Tools with PatchWork
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There are so many VST plug-ins available (many of them free), wouldn’t it be nice to load them in Pro Tools? Thanks to Blue Cat’s Patchwork, it is possible. Here … Read More |
Learning Slide Guitar: The Secret Weapon!
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One of the many challenges for guitar players learning slide guitar is to find the right intonation. It takes quite a bit of time to train the arm and hand … Read More |
PatchWork vs FaderHub: Plug-Ins Hosts Showdown
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With a quick look at product pages and tech specs, you may wonder first if PatchWork and Fader Hub are related in any way… And yet, they have lots of … Read More |
Freeceiver vs Connector
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The new Freeceiver software, announced at NAMM last month, is now available! In a nutshell, it provides the network reception features of the Connector plug-in. But what are exactly the … Read More |
Fader Hub: How to Setup a Low-Latency Remote Collaboration Session
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Fader Hub is our network mixing and streaming console software. As such it allows you (among other things) to play music remotely with a low latency. You can see a … Read More |
Fader Hub Overview Video, by LetiMix
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The video below was recorded by our friend from LetiMix (YouTube channel), showing how he is using the software for his own needs. It is an excellent overview of what … Read More |
Improvising Over a Drone Built with an Infinite Delay
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It is always a good idea to have an harmonic context when you want to work on your improvisation skills on the guitar, or simply to get inspired and find … Read More |
Recording Great Acoustic Guitar Sounds from a Piezo Pickup
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If you have a recent acoustic guitar, chances are it is loaded with a pickup. It is then called electro-acoustic guitars because you can plug them in an amplifier or … Read More |
MacOS Sonoma – No Multicore Magic!
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[New Update: Realtime Audio Multicore Issues for Apple Silicon: End of the Story?] After a first round of tests when MacOS Sonoma was released, we were very excited by the … Read More |
Getting Started With Axiom V2
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New to Axiom V2? Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the myriad possibilities it offers for your guitar and bass? Fear not, as we are here to break down the complexity … Read More |
Has MacOS Sonoma Fixed Multicore Performance for Apple Silicon?
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In the world of audio software, keeping up with hardware advancements is crucial. Back in 2021, we made strides in our mission to enhance audio processing performance, and released updates … Read More |
How to Record Great Sounding Guitar Videos with Axiom
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So, you’ve just picked up a brand-new camera, excited to start sharing your incredible guitar and bass talents on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. You’ve got the skills, the melodies, … Read More |
From Amp Sim to Tone Wizard: Axiom V2’s Levels Of Details
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Unlock the Power of Axiom V2: Your Tone, Your Way! Axiom V2 isn’t just a multi-effects processor – it’s a versatile beast with layers of sonic potential. Dive in at … Read More |
How to Build a Guitar Tone from Scratch Using Axiom
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In this chronicle recorded with Pierre Journel from The Guitar Channel (theguitarchannel.biz) we walk you through each steps to build a guitar tone from scratch in Axiom (product page), our … Read More |
DAWception: How To Run Ableton Live Inside Cubase With Connector
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Running a pro audio application such as Ableton Live or Cubase “inside” another? Is this even possible? With Blue Cat’s Connector and a bit of extra MIDI tweaking, yes you … Read More |
Famous Guitar Gear Recreated with Axiom, a Series by Julien Bitoun
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We asked the French musician Julien Bitoun to recreate famous guitar gear using only Axiom. In this series of videos you will (re)discover how far you can go when playing … Read More |
How To Navigate Presets in Axiom
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In this chronicle recorded with Pierre Journel from The Guitar Channel (theguitarchannel.biz) we show you the different methods to navigate presets in Axiom, our amp & effects simulation software. Presets … Read More |
Piezo Pickup DI Sounding Like A Real Acoustic Guitar!
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Tired of the “plastic” tone that you get out of piezo pickups, even with acoustic guitars? Even buried in the mix, it is most of the time almost unusable and … Read More |
Blue Cat’s PatchWork As A Layer Machine
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In this video, Eric Burgess shows you how to use PatchWork as a “layer machine” with multiple virtual instruments loaded in parallel chains inside FL Studio. Check it out! Patchwork … Read More |
Famous Guitar Tones Recreated with Axiom, a Series by Julien Bitoun
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We asked the French musician Julien Bitoun (YouTube channel) to recreate famous guitar tones using only Axiom (product page). In this series of videos you will (re)discover how far you … Read More |
Computer On Stage: How To Run a MacBook in Clamshell Mode
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It is sometimes handy to hide your Mac on stage (in a rack or under a pedalboard), to keep it safe, or simply avoid that someone closes it while you … Read More |
Echo and Multi Tap Delay Plugins Included in Axiom, Patchwork and MB-7 Mixer
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When it come to delays, Blue Cat Audio has built quite of a reputation with Late Replies (product page), which is probably one of the most complete delays ever made … Read More |
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