What's new in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.44
Dec 11, 2022
- Added Apple Silicon support for AAX Plug-in Format.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.43 (Sep 6, 2022)
- Fixed gain parameter text display not updated when moving the knob (introduced in previous update).
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.42 (Sep 2, 2022)
- Added an option in global & preset input settings to send MIDI events when MIDI-enabled parameters are modified in the plug-in (to update control surfaces accordingly).
- Improved undo management and automation when using the mouse wheel to move knobs.
- VST: improved parameter value display in some host applications.
- Mac: installers and plug-ins have been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac OS Catalina and newer.
- Mac: fixed user interface display issues on early versions of MacOS 10.9.
- VST3: fixed some parameter update issues in some hosts.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.41 (Feb 10, 2022)
- Fixed VST3 parameters update issues in some hosts (Cubase 11, Studio One).
- Fixed VST & VST3 automation not recording properly in some hosts (Cubase 11, Ableton Live).
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.4 (Jan 3, 2022)
- Native Apple Silicon (M1 processor) support.
- Dropped 32-bit support on Mac.
- Now requires MacOS 10.9 and newer.
- Added MIDI control support (MIDI CC messages) for Next and Previous Preset commands, with MIDI learn.
- Improved MIDI & automation control settings with lock, reset and "save as global setting" capabilities.
- Unicode support.
- Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in.
- Reduced memory footprint.
- VST3: fixed random crash in Ableton Live 11 upon load.
- VST3: fixed parameters update issues in Studio One when bouncing tracks.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.32 (Dec 15, 2020)
- Arrow keys can now be used to navigate presets.
- Improved smooth plug-in bypass (faster and smoother transition).
- New high resolution graphics for knobs.
- Reduced disk footprint.
- Reduced memory footprint.
- Misc DSP performance enhancements.
- Windows: improved GUI loading performance.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.31 (Dec 20, 2019)
- MIDI Program Change preference is now saved into session instead of global preferences, so each instance can now use different MIDI channels. It is also saved in the user default preset.
- VST3: added program change support for VST3 plug-in format.
- Mac: much faster GUI rendering on recent Mac OS systems.
- Mac: fixed user interface not properly shown on retina displays in some applications built with the 10.14 Mac OS SDK (Cubase 10.5 for example).
- Mac: fixed settings panel rendering issues in dark mode on Mac OS Mojave and newer.
- VST: the user interface is now properly resized in Cubase on Windows when loading skins.
- Dropped support for legacy RTAS plug-in format.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.2 (Dec 23, 2016)
- VST3 plug-in format support. Custom skins can be selected directly from the main menu. Presets can now be selected using MIDI Program change and bank select messages (optional). Last loaded preset can now be saved directly from the presets menu without having to select the file.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.1 (Jan 13, 2014)
- New Features:
- Copy/paste the plug-in's current state from the presets menu using the system clipboard.
- Improvements:
- Reduced the plug-in's memory usage.
- Windows VST Installer now remembers where the plug-in was initially installed to simplify upgrades.
- Bug Fixes:
- (Win) Alt-Click on a control now resets the value to default in Pro Tools, as expected.
- Fixed version number reported to host application for VST and Audio Unit versions.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.01 (Apr 30, 2012)
- Bug Fixes:
- Performance improvement when running under high CPU load for other platforms.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 3.0 (Mar 29, 2012)
- New Features:
- New user interface.
- 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.
- Increased the number of groups (9 groups instead of 4).
- Automation range and response curve can now be customized for each parameter.
- Automation and MIDI settings (channel, MIDI learn etc.) are now accessible from the main user interface.
- AAX plug-in format is now also supported on Windows.
- Improvements:
- Plug-in name has been shortened for a clearer display in mixer view for most host applications.
- The plug-in now appears in the "Dynamics" category in Pro Tools.
- Changed the default VST install path on Windows.
- Improved default response curve for automation and MIDI control.
- Added new presets.
- Improved value display in fine edit window.
- Improved user manual.
- Optimizations and Performance Improvements:
- Reduced VST plug-in loading time.
- Improved parameters precision (now stored as 64-bit).
- More compact presets format (uses less space and loads faster).
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.43 (Feb 10, 2011)
- Fixed keyboard focus stealing issue in Pro Tools and several other host applications.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.42 (Mar 23, 2010)
- RTAS plug-in bug fix: when using both the mono and stereo versions in the same session, the controls of the instances were linked together.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.41 (Feb 26, 2010)
- Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
- Fixed a crash on 64-bit Windows that randomly occured when opening and closing the user interface multiple times.
- Win x64: fixed issue with some hosts not opening the plugins.
- Win x64: fixed issue with settings window that was not displayed properly in some hosts.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.4 (Jan 30, 2010)
- RTAS plugin format support for Pro Tools
- 64-bit applications support for Windows DX and VST under Windows x64.
- Fixed MIDI learn issues.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.3 (Nov 27, 2009)
- RTAS plugin format support (final beta stage - currently available with the Free Pack only).
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.2 (Sep 24, 2009)
- New Windows Installer (much faster install, improved upgrades).
- Bug Fix (PC): Cubase freezes when loading a preset using a different skin while the plugin window is open.
- Blue Cat's Skinning Language 1.6.1 support.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.1 (May 5, 2009)
- Improved parameters display in host application and settings window.
New in Blue Cat's Gain Suite 2.0 (Oct 26, 2007)
- Link several instances of the same plugin and control several plugins from a single user interface.
- Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no noise.
- Undo/Redo.
- Load/Save presets in a host-independent format: you can now share presets between the directX and VST versions.
- Streamlined user interface with new GUI design and Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.3.3 support:
- New toolbar to access main functionalities.
- Integrated window opacity support (make the user interface of the plugin transparent).
- New layout and new look and feel.