Blue Cat Audio updates PatchWork to v2.68 and releases High DPI Previews

Blue Cat Audio has announced the release of a free update for Blue Cat's PatchWork, their versatile multi-effects processor and plug-in host, as well as the availability of previews with High DPI support for a couple of plug-ins.

PatchWork 2.68 includes a couple of fixes (mostly with VST3 plug-ins) as well as a new features to improve compatibility (full change list below).

High DPI previews are currently available for PatchWork, Axiom, Fader Hub, MB-5 Dynamix and Plug'n Script. These previews add support for High DPI scaling on Windows and improve the crispiness of the user interface on Retina displays for Mac, thanks to improved image scaling.

New in PatchWork 2.68:

• New option to disable "suspend processing on silence" for plug-ins that do not report tail size properly (such as Valhalla plug-ins).
• Added .aif files support in built-in audio player.
• Reduced GPU usage under MacOS Sonoma, now that Apple has fixed the performance issue (Sonoma 14.3 and newer required).
• Fixed Mix parameter not always properly recalled when loading a preset.
• Fixed an issue with stuck MIDI notes with some VST3 plug-ins.
• Fixed a potential issue with VST3 plug-ins using Unicode characters in parameter names and values.
• Fixed a crash with some VST3 plug-ins requiring inputParameterChanges (such as Martinic plug-ins).
• Fixed crash on Apple Silicon and wrong preset names on other platforms when loading VST3 plug-ins that define presets without names (such as FabFilter plug-ins).