Changes in PatchWork V2

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• Brand new GUI design, with improved usability and touchscreen support.
• Now supports retina displays on Mac (text using high resolution).
• Favorite plug-ins and their settings can be saved to be quickly reloaded later from a menu.
• Unused channels for each hosted plug-in can now be muted (instead of default pass-thru).
• Load/save native VST, VST3 or AU preset files.
• Presets and parameters menus are now split in sub menus instead of a single list.
• Additional user VST path to locate VST plug-ins is now available.
• Missing VST & VST3 plug-ins are now automatically relocated.
• Lock GUI state and in/out gains to prevent changes when loading presets.
• Output gain is now always active, even when using a single PRE column.
• Exclusive solo mode for parallel chains.
• Show or hide all plug-ins editors with single click.
• Hide plug-ins slots to minimize the plug-in.
• Standalone application: drag and drop preset files on the application to load preset instantly on startup (and create shortcuts to launch app with a specific preset).
• Now compatible with most recent Audio Units (Waves for example).
• Changed demo limitations: up to 5 instances allowed, bypass time changed to half a second, and bypass parameter is not affected anymore.
• Fully compatible with previous versions of the plug-in.
• Dropped support for Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier.

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

Changes in MB-7 Mixer V3

Spoiler

• Brand new GUI design, with improved usability and touchscreen support.
• Favorite plug-ins and their settings can be saved to be quickly reloaded later from a menu.
• Unused channels for each hosted plug-in can now be muted (instead of default pass-thru).
• Load/save native VST, VST3 or AU preset files.
• Presets and parameters menus are now split in sub menus instead of a single list.
• Additional user VST path to locate VST plug-ins is now available.
• Missing VST & VST3 plug-ins are now automatically relocated.
• Copy/paste and save band settings (including plug-ins) as sub-presets.
• Map sub plug-ins parameters to automate them in host or control them with MIDI.
• Lock GUI state to prevent changes when loading presets.
• Band Controls Groups can now be identified by colors.
• Adjust contrast for spectrogram display.
• Spectrogram now keeps history when resized.
• Import spectrum curves for EQ compare & matching, and export EQ curves to share with other Blue Cat Audio plug-ins.
• Now supports retina displays on Mac (text and graphs using high resolution).
• Now compatible with most recent Audio Units (Waves for example).
• Changed demo limitations: up to 5 instances allowed, bypass time changed to half a second, and bypass parameter is not affected anymore.
• Fully compatible with previous versions of the plug-in.
• Dropped support for Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier.

http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_MB7Mixer/

 

Last edited: Mar 6, 2017

Very nice make over they did.

 

I use both thoroughly and beside the new GUI there really isn't much to freak out, at least, at first sight.
I mainly use patchwork as standalone.
I'll give it a try and get back with comments.

 

I have already posted this. Month ago. But as announcement.

 

Now it's released and I post about it. Your point?

 

as said in the south.....its Purty aint it >>> haha \m/

 

Is there someone else who has trouble using PatchWork 2 on FL Studio v12.4.1 (both legit)?

The issues I have found:
1) Using the "windows opacity" knob it acts on FL Studio too;
2) Adding PW to a fx slot the gain of mixer insert increase (without adding VSTs to PW and keeping all other fx slots free).

 

Last edited: Mar 4, 2017

2017.11.09 ■ PatchWork v2.1

This new version includes 25 new built-in audio effects that can be mixed together with third party VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins to create custom effects and instruments patches that can be shared across Digital Audio Workstations. PatchWork can now load itself as a built-in effect to reuse presets into more complex chains, independently from the chosen plug-in format.

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of PatchWork 2.1 can now be zoomed from 70% to 200%, and a new option is available to keep loaded plugins always on top of other windows.

In addition to new features and fixes, Blue Cat Audio has also added 75 new effect presets and a new quick start video tutorial to help you get the best of this new version.

Changes

• Added 25 new built-in effects: 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.
• Mac: new installer.
• Mac: fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS High Sierra.
• Windows: fixed plug-in windows not showing on displays on the left or above the main display.

 

Good tip to add:
MB-7 Mixer can be used as 2-band tape machine to preserve both bass and treble, i.e. 15 or 7 ips for low and mid band to preserve bass and low end, and 30 ips for midhighs and highs band to preserve air and high end. Both bands must have same settings of tape machine plugin without wow and flutter, because it may use different modulation vibes for both bands at same time (so to speak, vibes from one band do not match with second band, while one pitching up , another pitching down, so not synced one with other or random process for both bands, or just one process is delayed from another or offsets etc), so it will be better to use wow and flutter instance as separate one for whole singleband audio, and without saturation, like goodhertz wow control. Same with noise, crosstalk etc. It is so because of crossover filters, phase problems etc

 

Last edited: Nov 9, 2017