Blue Cat Audio – Patchwork v2.7.3 for Windows

PatchWork by Blue Cat is a universal plug-in and multi-effects patchbay that can host up to 64 VST, VST3, audio devices or built-in plug-ins in any digital audio workstation (DAW) in a single instance, with serial and parallel routing capabilities.

Main characteristics

• Customizable VST, VST3, or Audio Unit plugin rack: Allows you to place up to 64 third-party plugins or instruments in series or parallel.
• 30 built-in effects: reverb, EQ, filters, pitch and frequency shifters, delays, modulation effects, compressor, gate, bitcrusher, waveshaper, and more.
• Available as an effect, virtual instrument, or standalone application.
• Create your own effect chains: Up to 8 pre and post slots for chaining plugins.
• Easy parallel processing: Up to 8 parallel plugin chains with phase inversion, solo, and gain functions.
• Multi-core processing support for parallel chains.
• Plugin oversampling: Select the oversampling ratio and quality for each plugin.
• Parallel placement of up to 8 virtual instruments and their mixing in the plugin.
• Global dry/wet signal control (“Mix”).
• Macros: Parameter Control and Mapping: Map plugin parameters for automation or control surface use.
• Flexible MIDI Routing: Connect additional plugins to each other or to the host application.
• Flexible Audio Routing: Connect the inputs/outputs of additional plugins to any audio channel.
• External sidechain and multiple outputs supported.
• Link pre- and post-gains for automatic gain compensation.
• Drag, cut, copy, and paste plugins with their settings between slots.
• Recall complex processing setups and plugin layouts with a single click and share them between your DAWs.
• Input and output level monitoring, built-in CPU load indicator.
• Plugin latency compensation.
• Network audio/MIDI processing server for the Connector plugin.
• VST Shell plugin support.
• Integrated undo/redo functions.