Blue Cat Audio Blue Cats MB-7 Mixer v3.1 CE / v2.54 WiN MacOSX

Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer is a unique plug-in that splits the signal into several frequency bands and lets you mix and process them as if they were separate tracks.

Each band proposes controls that can be found on a mixing console, and more: bypass, mute or solo each band separately to isolate frequencies you want to work on, adjust the gain, the "stereoness" and the position in the stereo field. When manipulating the stereo image, a master mono switch also lets you check mono compatibility.

The plug-in can also operate as a multiband VST, VST3 and Audio Unit host: you can process each band independently with your favorite VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins! Up to four plug-ins can be loaded on each band, pre or post fader. Latency compensation, presets management, undo/redo integration, and individual plug-in bypass are included for optimal operation.

The plug-in also proposes unique linking and grouping options thanks to our multi-instances technology. You can link bands together within a single instance or between several instances of the plug-in on different tracks. This lets a simple fader control as many bands on as many tracks as you want. This is particularly useful when adjusting the placement or the balance of several competing tracks.

And as usual with Blue Cat Audio, the plug-in provides comprehensive visual feedback to let you know what's exactly going on: for each channel, monitor the spectrum, the in/out levels and the frequency response.

Thanks to its advanced MIDI and automation input capabilities, when combined with our other plug-ins, Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer is capable of advanced side-chaining features that really unveils its potential.



V3.1 (2018/06/18)

The GUI can now be zoomed from 70% to 200%.
Added 28 built-in plug-ins borrowed from the Late Replies plug-in.
New spectral manipulation and sound design presets using the built-in effects.
Last loaded preset is now remembered in session and displayed in the presets menu.
Plug-in state can now be reverted to the last loaded preset.
Default preset now also saves the state of locks (when using "save as user default").
Major presets loading improvements: hosted plug-ins are now reloaded only when changed, and updated otherwise. Improves performance and audio rendering when loading presets using the same plug-ins.
Faster GUI loading / instantaneous GUI display after it has been opened once.
New option to keep plug-ins windows always on top.
Performance and memory usage improvements.
Mac: new installer.
VST3: factory presets are not exposed to the host application anymore.
Fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS High Sierra.
Fixed host keyboard shortcuts lost when a sub plug-in is opened (in several host applications).
Fixed sub-plug-ins automation overwritten when using touch mode in some hosts.
Fixed: changing bypass in the Audio Unit version did not update host application's bypass state.
Fixed: bypass buttons are now in sync with the hosted plug-ins' state.
Win: fixed copy/paste that sometimes stopped working until next app restart.
Dropped support for legacy RTAS and DirectX plug-ins formats.

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