Blue Cat Audio PatchWork

Blue Cat’s PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patch bay 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 favourite effects or instrument configurations within the plug-in, without the need for multiple busses.

For each plug-in slot – latency compensation presets management, undo/redo integration, audio i/o selection and individual plug-in bypass are included for optimal operation. The plug-in also stores the position of the window for each plug-in so that the layout is restored with your session or saved with presets.

This product is available as an audio plug-in (effect or a virtual instrument) and standalone application so that it can be used alone or inserted on any type of track in your favourite DAW, with up to 16 audio channels.

Input and output level meters are also available to monitor the signal that is dispatched to inserted plug-ins, including side chain and aux channels.

Typical applications: Plug-ins host, custom channel strip, parallel processing, effects chainer, virtual bussing, virtual instrument, share bus and plug-ins configurations between DAWs, VST or Audio Unit to AAX, Audio Unit, RTAS plug-in adapter, effect chains A/B comparison, standalone audio processing application, multi-effects processor.

FEATURES:

• Configurable VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins rack: host up to 64 third-party plug-ins or instruments in series or parallel.
• 30 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.
• And more…

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Mac:

• macOS 10.9 and higher (Intel or M1 Apple Silicon processor) (64-bit only)
• Any VST, AU or AAX compatible application(64-bit )
• For the Standalone application, a Core Audio compatible audio interface is required.

Windows:

• Windows Vista and higher(32 or 64-bit)
• SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).
• Any VST or AAX compatible application(32 / 64-bit )
• For the Standalone application, an ASIO, MME, or WASAPI compatible audio interface is required (ASIO recommended).