Blue Cat revamps its Dynamics plug-in

The Blue Cat’s Dynamics 4 has been reworked from scratch and features new GUI and algorithms that expand the compressor, gate, expander, limiter and waveshaper control capability.

Here’s what’s new in Blue Cat’s Dynamics 4:

• Fully redesigned algorithms
• External side chain input
• Control the attack and release shape of the peak envelope
• Improved monitoring, with gain reduction and increase histograms and new envelopes view
• Brand new fully customizable user interface:
• • Show/hide what you need
  • Meters and curves can now be frozen
  • Zoomable GR meters and curves
  • Improved readability
  • Animated transitions
• 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
  • Load Presets using MIDI Bank Select and Program Change
  • Copy/paste the plug-in’s current state from the presets menu using the system clipboard
• 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
• Audio Suite support for the AAX version for offline dynamics processing in Pro Tools
• Dynamics response curve is now displayed on the AVID S6 control surface when used with Pro Tools
• Various improvements and fixes

The Blue Cat’s Dynamics 4 is a VST, AU, RTAS, AAX and DirectX plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X 32 and 64-bit. It is available for the introductory price of €/$ 99 instead of €/$ 149 until July 15th. If you bought the version 3 in the past three months, you’ll receive the upgrade for free, older owners can upgrade to v4 for a small fee. You can also download a trial version from www.bluecataudio.com.