Blue Cat's PatchWork - Virtual Plug-Ins Patch bay - Now with MIDI Routing + AU Hosting

[highkoo]

if you add wet/dry for each individual EFFECT on patchworx, i will buy it for that feature alone without hesitation.

+999

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[vic_france]

- i already own metaplugin, which doesn't have a wet/dry..

Yes it does, Theo..
Just hold down the Shift key, and drag horizontally on the green rectangle.

[murnau]

how much cpu one instance of this plugin use alone when activated?

[LGK_Dude]

i already own metaplugin, which doesn't have a wet/dry and is not single click like this, as it needs cabling).

Metaplugin DOES have wet/dry control for EACH PLUGIN. You know the big green bar for each plugin, hold shift and drag = wet/dry control. (explained further in their manual if I didn't explain it well)

I'm demoing both Metaplugin and Patchwork, and the ability to run AU's & this wet/dry control is leaning me towards Metaplugin. Plus it costs less, even with the Blue Cat intro sale!! Does Patchwork add anything new/better than DDMF metaplugin? I like BlueCat GUI better, and the copy-paste & undo/redo options + preset storing per plugin seems makes it easier to setup.

But I'll take that extra time for functionality every day of the week. If only BlueCat supported per plugin wet/dry and AU, I would purchase theirs instead...

[LGK_Dude]

I heard bidule can do it but I'm not entirely sure as the demo is the standalone only and I'm not willing to spend 100 bucks on a maybe.

I haven't checked out Bidule in a LONG time, but when I did it was only a standalone app that you could synth with your DAW via rewire. Has this changed? Is it now available as a plugin IN your DAW?

[Breeze]

I haven't checked out Bidule in a LONG time, but when I did it was only a standalone app that you could synth with your DAW via rewire. Has this changed? Is it now available as a plugin IN your DAW?

Yes. "Runs as VST/AU plugin or standalone" But check my comments about it on the previous page...

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[Blue Cat Audio]

how much cpu one instance of this plugin use alone when activated?

It's hard to tell as it depends on your host application and your hardware configuration. On a 2012 iMac with 3.4 Core I7 CPU we were able to load up to 2000 instance inside Pro Tools HD 11, so the CPU hit of the plug-in should be pretty unnoticeable in most cases.

Example below with 1000 instances in PT10:


You can read more info about this on our blog.

[ratox]

Please, do you know if we can route multi-output instruments like Kontakt?
I don't know how to do on pro tools, it seems is not publishing plugin output to the host..
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[DarkStar]

From the User Guide:

Multiple Channels Support
The plug- in supports audio streams in mono, stereo or multichannel (surround) formats (up to 8 channels). If you insert a plug- in that can process less channels, only the first channels will be processed, and others will be forwarded to the next plug- in, until it reaches the output of the PatchWork plug- in.

[Blue Cat Audio]

It looks like we need to hire you too, DarkStar

In case it may help clarifying what the plug-in does, here is a short overview video:

[Compyfox]

Example below with 1000 instances in PT10:

Man, I wish my host would do that with the same specs.
(sidenote: I do have an iMac 11.3 equivalent, but can't even load nearly half as much)

[Blue Cat Audio]

What's your host application? Also, it may be related to your audio interface (the more CPU it uses, the less for plug-ins). The AVID HDX interface may help making the difference too.

[Compyfox]

RME Digiface and Cubase 7.

No need to say more - unfortunately.