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Blue Cat's PatchWork is a universal plug-ins patchbay that can host up to 64 VST, VST3 or Audio Unit 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 (full list below).

Despite the name, you can forget about wires or cables: configuring plug-ins routing is as simple as adding or removing a row or a column in the rack's matrix. All plug-ins can also communicate with each other or with the host application using the virtual MIDI ports offered by the plug-in.

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.

Also, sub plug-ins can be automated or controlled with external control surfaces using Blue Cat's PatchWork parameters mapping capabilities.

This product is available as an audio plug-in (effect or a virtual instrument) and standalone application, so that it can used alone or inserted on any type of track in your favorite 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.

2.1 release notes;

Added 25 new built-in effects borrowed from Blue Cat's Replies: EQ, filters, pitch & frequency shifter, delays, modulation effects, compressor, gate, bit crusher, wave shaper and more.
75 New presets using built-in effects.
The GUI can now be zoomed from 70% to 200%.
New option to keep plug-ins windows always on top.
Default preset now also saves the state of locks (when using “save as user default”).
Load PatchWork into itself as a built-in effect.
Fixed host keyboard shortcuts lost when a sub plug-in is opened (in several host applications).
Fixed wrong number of channels used when hosted plug-in input set to manual and output to auto.
Fixed sub-plug-ins automation overwritten when using touch mode in some hosts.
VST2: fixed a crash in Wavelab.
fixed plug-in windows not showing on displays on the left or above the main display.


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