Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 3.0
Mar 4, 2017
MacOS X Intel
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.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.51
Jul 21, 2015
MacOS X Intel
Last loaded preset can now be saved directly from the presets menu without having to select the file.
VST: fixed latency compensation reporting in Cubase (no need to re-enable the plug-in to update the latency anymore).
AAX & RTAS: fixed feedback loop that could occur in bypass mode when the plug-in was inserted before another one.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.5
Apr 29, 2015
MacOS X Intel
New Features:
External side chain support: side chain input can be used by sub plug-ins on each band.
Sub plug-ins audio i/o routing: connect the inputs and outputs of each plug-in to any channel (enabling multi-mono or creative side chain usage).
Latency is now compensated for individual channels when a plug-in is processing only a subset of all available channels.
GUI-less plug-ins support: a generic user interface is now provided for VST or AU plug-ins that do not include a graphical editor.
Presets can now be selected using MIDI Program change and bank select messages (can be activated with the presets menu/MIDI Program Change item).
Factory and user skins can now be selected directly from the plug-in menu.
Improved crossovers precision and performance.
Improved presets and session load/save performance (up to 4 times faster in some situations).
Fixes and compatibility improvements:
Fixed issue with Izotope Audio Units that were configured as mono effects on stereo tracks.
Fixed issue with some Audio Unit instruments that did not produce any sound (IK Multimedia, Kontakt...)
Fixed crashes during auto save with Kontakt 5 in Pro Tools 11.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.4
Oct 21, 2014
MacOS X Intel
New Features:
Missing VST plug-ins can now be relocated if not found.
The plug-in now saves missing plug-ins' state so that they can be restored later.
Fixes and compatibility improvements:
Fixed issue on Mac when loading sessions created on Windows using VST plug-ins in sub-directories.
Fixing compatibility issues with several plug-ins that used to crash when unloaded (Image Line, MeldaProduction, Catanya...).
VST Plug-in name is now displayed when loaded from a missing VST shell bundle (instead of just the name of the bundle).
(Mac) Fixed randrom crashes when using keyboard shortcuts in the host application to switch between plug-ins or tracks.
(Mac) Fixed crash introduced in 2.3 when trying to load missing VST plug-ins.
(Mac) Fixed crash after closing the editor of an Audio Unit plug-in loaded with SoundRadix's 32Lives.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.3
Jul 8, 2014
MacOS X Intel
New Features:
Audio Unit hosting support: Audio Units can now be loaded into the plug-in on Mac.
Plug-ins can now be cut from a slot for cut/paste operations.
Improvements:
User interface loading or resizing is now faster.
Reduced the size of windows installers.
Fixes and compatibility improvements:
Fixed undo/redo compatibility issues with some plug-ins.
(Mac) Fixed random crashes when unloading some plug-ins on Mac (Waves plug-ins for example).
(AAX) Fixed inaccurate transport information reported to sub plug-ins when stopping playback in Pro Tools.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.2
Apr 25, 2014
MacOS X Intel
New Features:
Plug-in instance Renaming: it is now possible to give a name to each instance of a plug-in.
Improvements:
Improved performance of undo tracking when loading presets for plug-ins with many parameters.
Fixes and compatibility improvements:
Fixed keyboard stealing issue in many host applications when sub plug-ins editors are opened (except 32-bit applications on Mac).
Fixed compatibility issue with Pro Tools 9 on Mac (random crashes).
Fixing crashes with some plug-ins requesting information while being opened.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.11
Dec 3, 2013
MacOS X Intel
Plug-ins compatibility improvements:
Improved compatibility with plug-ins that do not support sample rate changes (Nebula).
Improved compatibility with synths or effects that internally use VST presets banks: the entire state was not properly restored with the session (Nexus, Korg Legacy series or D16 Sigmund for example).
Other improvements:
Reduced the plug-in's memory usage so that more instances can be used in a session.
Windows VST Installer now remembers where the plug-in was initially installed to simplify upgrades.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.1
Oct 25, 2013
MacOS X Intel
New features:
Bypass and display editor commands are now directly available from buttons in the plug-in slots.
Plug-ins editors can now be restored on open (position on screen is now saved in session and presets), with an option in the preferences to disable restoration.
Copy/paste plug-ins between slots using the system clipboard (you can copy paste between instances, or in different applications).
Copy/paste the plug-in's current state from the presets menu using the system clipboard.
"Center Plug-in Editor" command to bring back plug-ins editors that may be lost on the screen.
Improved support for plug-ins with multiple I/O configurations (the number of channels is now passed to the plug-ins).
(Mac) Inserted plug-ins window do not follow the MB-7 Mixer window anymore.
(Mac) plug-in version number is now available when using "Get Info" in the Finder.
Fixes:
(Mac) RTAS version could cause some GUI issues in Pro Tools with some plug-ins (blank windows).
(Mac) About window does not show up first in the corner of the screen.
(Win) Alt-Click on a control now resets the value to default in Pro Tools, as expected.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.0.4
Sep 30, 2013
MacOS X Intel
Plug-ins Compatibility Improvements:
Fixed: some reverb plug-ins used to have their tail cut.
Fixed: some VST plug-ins sometimes prevented Pro Tools from exiting (Kontakt 5 for example).
Fixed: when inserting plug-ins with different latencies on different bands, tempo and MIDI events were not always in sync.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.0.3
Sep 23, 2013
MacOS X Intel
New Features:
Tempo sync support for hosted plug-ins.
AudioSuite support (offline processing) for the AAX version.
Plug-ins Compatibility Improvements:
Some plug-ins that required tempo sync used to crash on load.
Fixed compatibility issues with FabFilter plug-ins.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.0.1
Sep 10, 2013
MacOS X Intel
Bug Fixes:
When inserting soft synths in the plug-in, no output was produced when the plug-in was fed with silence.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 2.0
Sep 5, 2013
MacOS X Intel
New Features:
Brand new, fully customizable user interface:
New look and feel.
Show only what you need.
New color or greyscale overlayed spectrogram view.
Multiple display sizes.
Customizable gain range.
Improved readability.
Animated transitions.
Multiband VST Hosting:
Apply VST effects to a selected frequency range.
Add up to 4 VST plug-ins on each band.
Pre and post fader plug-ins slots.
Integrated latency compensation engine, with real time host reporting.
Optional undo/redo integration.
VST Presets Management.
Bypass inserted plug-ins individually.
New integrated presets manager:
Load/save presets from the plug-in's user interface.
Organize presets with folders.
Customize the default preset.
Exchange presets easily.
Automation range and response curve can now be customized for each parameter (in and out).
Automation and MIDI settings (channel, MIDI learn etc.) are now accessible from the main user interface.
Improvements:
New presets to get started faster.
The windows installer now automatically detects the most appropriate VST install path.
License is now shared between plug-ins types (register only once for all formats).
Improved value display in fine edit window.
Improved parameters display on control surfaces.
Optimizations and Performance Improvements:
Improved parameters precision (now stored as 64-bit).
More compact presets format (uses less space and loads faster).
Smaller binaries on Mac (dropped PowerPC support).
Bug Fixes:
(RTAS) Fixed parameters control with EUCON control surfaces in Pro Tools.
Fixed user interface issues in Final Cut Pro X.
Fixed keyboard stealing issue in Digital Performer 7 on Mac.
Fixed copy/paste keyboard shortcut issues in the registration panel on Mac.
Note: this new version can be installed side by side with the previous version for backward compatibility reasons. Installing this new version won't break your previous projects.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 1.1
Jun 27, 2013
MacOS X UB
64-bit AAX support for Pro Tools 11.
Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer v 1.1
Aug 30, 2011
MacOS X UB
A "dual channel" version of the plug-in is now available. It can process the left/right or mid/side channels separately.
Output data rate (MIDI CC or automation) can now be customized, from 20 to 500 Hz.
Increased the default output data rate (from 20 to 50 Hz) for smoother side chaining and more precise spectrum display.
Windows: improved settings dialog loading time.
Mac: user interface performance improvement (up to 20% lighter on cpu).
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