MidiShaper 1.6 – New UI, improved editing, VST 3, Apple Silicon

[Lee / Cableguys]

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We are pleased to announce MidiShaper 1.6 – a modern update of a cult classic Cableguys plugin.

Way back in 2011, we released MidiShaper – an advanced MIDI modulation plugin that brings Cableguys' awesome drawable LFOs to your favorite MIDI CC-controllable synths, effects and hardware.

Now we've powered it up for 2024 with MidiShaper 1.6. We've given it a slick modern interface. The latest LFO drawing from our other plugins like ShaperBox. Apple Silicon and VST 3 compatibility. And more.

Designed for advanced MIDI power users, now you can expand your setup with the most flexible modulation curves imaginable.

Midi‌Shaper 1.6 is currently on sale at €29 / $29 (reg. €49 / $49). It’s a free update for existing owners at cableguys.com/login

MidiShaper v1.6 replaces any existing installation of v1.5.1. Please note the breaking changes in the Changelog.txt.



What's New

Modernized Interface
A slick new interface lets you take control of MIDI modulation like never before. As well as a modernized design, there are handy refinements like AHDSR envelope visualization, easier LFO timing setup and MIDI input LEDs. It’s resizable and Retina-ready, of course.

Easier LFO Drawing
Animate any MIDI-controllable parameter with Cableguys' famous LFO drawing tools. Now featuring the same powerful LFO editing as used in ShaperBox, you’ll draw shapes in a flash with a flexible Pointer tool, paint with Pens, get inspired by Wave Presets, and more.

Global Copy/Paste
LFOs can now be copy/pasted globally across all instances of MidiShaper – and even between instances of ShaperBox and FilterShaper XL.

Improved Compatibility
As well as the existing AU and VST versions, MidiShaper now comes in VST 3 format, and has native Apple Silicon compatibility. FXP presets can now be loaded and saved via the Main Menu.

Full PDF Manual
To help you get the most from MidiShaper, there is now a complete MidiShaper PDF manual covering every control and function, along with setup guides for all major DAWs.

Pricing

• Midi‌Shaper: €49 / $49 On sale at €29 / $29
• Cableguys Bundle: €179 / $179 – contains ShaperBox 3, MidiShaper, Snapback, FilterShaper XL, HalfTime, Curve 2, total value $658.
• A fully functional demo is available to try at cableguys.com/midishaper
• Existing owners, download the free Midi‌Shaper v1.6 update at cableguys.com/login – please see the Changelog.txt for breaking changes.

[vitocorleone123]

THANK YOU!

Can’t wait to get back home in a few days and try it out.

[FTsounds]

Looks cool, i never tried it. I should dig more into that stuff!

[mabian]

Hello, it's great that MidiShaper gets some love. I hoped some kind of random LFO would be added so that the plugin could be used to introduce instability and fluctuations to parameters (stepped and not).
Is it something that can be implemented soon?

Thanks,
Mario

[Jakob / Cableguys]

Hello, it's great that MidiShaper gets some love. I hoped some kind of random LFO would be added so that the plugin could be used to introduce instability and fluctuations to parameters (stepped and not).
Is it something that can be implemented soon?

Thanks,
Mario

Thank you for your feature wish! It could be as simple as having a few noise types in the menu where you currently select Wave 1-10, I guess.

[mabian]

Hello, it's great that MidiShaper gets some love. I hoped some kind of random LFO would be added so that the plugin could be used to introduce instability and fluctuations to parameters (stepped and not).
Is it something that can be implemented soon?

Thanks,
Mario

Thank you for your feature wish! It could be as simple as having a few noise types in the menu where you currently select Wave 1-10, I guess.

That would be a kind of workaround for a pseudo-random sequence.
If MIDI notes could be used to select the Wave sequence then a generative plugin could feed it and select the waves more randomly...

Another FR?

- Mario

[SirKen]

This was a nice surprise. Thank you!

[Halma]

What a nice surprise.

Thank you.

[ians]

This is great, but it appears an audio effect in Logic. Shouldn't it be a MIDI effect?

[onerob]

This is great, but it appears an audio effect in Logic. Shouldn't it be a MIDI effect?

I came here to make the same point. There's no need to get the plugin to output via IAC drivers. If they changed the plugin type code so that it registered as an AU MIDI FX plugin it would make life easier in most cases, I would have thought.

[Caine123]

this might be useful for FL Studio users who have no built in LFOs like in Bitwig/Ableton (well not in this way) but is there maybe also random/sample-hold shapes?

[mabian]

Hello, it's great that MidiShaper gets some love. I hoped some kind of random LFO would be added so that the plugin could be used to introduce instability and fluctuations to parameters (stepped and not).
Is it something that can be implemented soon?

Thanks,
Mario

Thank you for your feature wish! It could be as simple as having a few noise types in the menu where you currently select Wave 1-10, I guess.

You're almost there already. It would be enough to define the speed at which the "Noise" mode outputs a new value using the "LFO length" control. Sadly, currently when you select "Noise" the LFO length control is disabled, and random data is output at a fixed rate. If the LFO length control would set the rate at which every new value is sent we'd have the perfect CC stepped random generator

Thanks,
Mario

[sandandpaint]

Hello, it's great that MidiShaper gets some love. I hoped some kind of random LFO would be added so that the plugin could be used to introduce instability and fluctuations to parameters (stepped and not).
Is it something that can be implemented soon?

Thanks,
Mario

Thank you for your feature wish! It could be as simple as having a few noise types in the menu where you currently select Wave 1-10, I guess.

You're almost there already. It would be enough to define the speed at which the "Noise" mode outputs a new value using the "LFO length" control. Sadly, currently when you select "Noise" the LFO length control is disabled, and random data is output at a fixed rate. If the LFO length control would set the rate at which every new value is sent we'd have the perfect CC stepped random generator
Thanks,
Mario

this does that and is free https://gs-dsp.com/products/mmm/

[mabian]

Hello, it's great that MidiShaper gets some love. I hoped some kind of random LFO would be added so that the plugin could be used to introduce instability and fluctuations to parameters (stepped and not).
Is it something that can be implemented soon?

Thanks,
Mario

Thank you for your feature wish! It could be as simple as having a few noise types in the menu where you currently select Wave 1-10, I guess.

You're almost there already. It would be enough to define the speed at which the "Noise" mode outputs a new value using the "LFO length" control. Sadly, currently when you select "Noise" the LFO length control is disabled, and random data is output at a fixed rate. If the LFO length control would set the rate at which every new value is sent we'd have the perfect CC stepped random generator
Thanks,
Mario

this does that and is free https://gs-dsp.com/products/mmm/

Thanks a lot, already knew it, also Melda MCCGenerator does it but only in the paid version that allows using modulators
But, for example, mmm doesn't work in Linux with Wine, Cableguys stuff - mostly - does

- Mario

[martinjuenke]

This is great, but it appears an audio effect in Logic. Shouldn't it be a MIDI effect?

@Cableguys:
The current work around in Logic is deterrent.
Please reinvent it as MidiFX.