PatchWork: You Said “Lightweight”?
Worried about CPU usage or memory consumption with Blue Cat’s PatchWork? When using a plug-in such as Blue Cat’s PatchWork to host plug-ins, one may be concerned about the overhead …
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.
Automatic Gain Compensation with Blue Cat’s Gain Suite
Our friend at ModernMixing.com has published a nice (free) tutorial that explains how to use the free Blue Cat’s Gain Suite multi instances capability to operate as a gain compensation plug-in …
MB-7 Mixer 2.03: tempo sync and AudioSuite are here!
We have just issued a new update for Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer: V2.03 is here, bringing tempo sync support as well as AudioSuite for AAX. Also, this update fixes compatibility …
Kick Drum Replacement With Multiband VSTi Hosting
In this video, Russ Hughes from Pro Tools Expert shows you how to replace only the kick drum of a mixed drums track with the sound of a virtual instrument. …
Multiband VST Instruments Hosting? Not a Bad Idea After All!
Even though it was not designed for such purposes, Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer v2 has been heavily used to host VST virtual instruments (VSTi) in applications that do not support them …
Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer: Support for VST Shell Plug-Ins is Coming
Some VST plug-ins are only available as “shell” plug-ins (a special type of VST plug-in that contains multiple plug-ins in a single file). As you can see below, support for …
Eating Our Own Cat Food: Self Spectrum Sanity Check Passed!
There is nothing like eating your own dog cat food and use the tools that you sell for your own work. So we have decided to take benefit from Blue …
Controlling Plug-Ins with DPMP’s MIDI Envelope Generation
Did you know that the DP Meter Pro metering plug-in (aka “DPMP”) can act as an envelope follower to control other plug-ins or hardware devices? It can indeed generate MIDI …
Double Parallel Kicks With Blue Cat’s Dynamics
Today Dan-D shows you some tips on how to mix parallel kicks and shape their tone using Blue Cat’s Dynamics and its unique up & down dynamics curve. Enjoy!
80’s Snare Sound With Blue Cat’s Dynamics
A touch of reverb and quite a bit of compression, get the recipe for a typical 80’s snare drum sound with Blue Cat’s Dynamics! Dan-D shows some quick tips for …