Year/Release Date : 08.2025
Version : v2.7.3
Developer : Blue Cat Audio
Developer’s website : Blue Cat Audio
Format : STANDALONE, VST, VST3, AAX
Bit depth : 64bit
Tablet : present_TCD_R2R
System requirements : An SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).
Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11.
For the plug-in, any VST / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64 bit).
For the standalone application, an ASIO, MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended).
- 334.3 MB
Description : 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.
What’s new :
– list of changes since the last publication:
V2.73 (08/12/2025)
Fixed issues with registering audio devices in Logic and GarageBand after using the demo.
Improved space removal to make username/key registration easier.
Addendum: Fixed occasional crash when deselecting MIDI output devices while sending MIDI data.
Mac app: Fixed an issue where the scroll bar would not always appear when selecting MIDI input or output devices.
