Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
Blue Cat Audio has been around for a few years, I’ve used some of their free plugins in the past and I would recommend them over some of the included DAW plugins. Blue Cat came back on my radar when they announced RTAS (Mac + PC) Beta versions for their Freeware Plugins Pack.
All Blue Cat Audio freeware audio plug-ins gathered together in a bundle. It’s here! Save download time and get them all in a single package.
The bundle contains a wide range of modulation effects, an EQ and analysis tools to get you started with your favorite Digital Audio Workstation, for free! This bundle is available for Mac and PC, in VST, RTAS (beta), Audio Unit and DirectX plugin formats. Enjoy!
Includes
- Blue Cat’s Chorus
- Blue Cat’s Digital Peak Meter
- Blue Cat’s Flanger
- Blue Cat’s FreqAnalyst
- Blue Cat’s Gain Suite
- Blue Cat’s Phaser
- Blue Cat’s Stereo Chorus
- Blue Cat’s Stereo Flanger
- Blue Cat’s Triple EQ
As with all beta software, don’t be surprised if it doesn’t work quite right (or at all) on your system. There’s not that many Free RTAS plugins out there, especially for Mac, so if you’re looking for a big bundle of alternatives to the stock Digi and AIR plugins, give these a try.
Ignoring the Pro Tools compatibility for a second, Blue Cat Audio’s plugins work on ALL DAWs!
Supported Platforms: Mac-AU / Mac-RTAS / Mac-VST / Windows-DX / Windows-RTAS / Windows-VST – Yep that’s pretty much all of them.
Get the Freeware Pack here: http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Bundle_FreewarePack/
Thank for that. I’m all about the free effects plug-ins.
I just downloaded these, and will be trying them out.
Becarefull I used to use the FreqAnalyst until I realised it was adding artifact to the sound (slight clicks and stuff). Not good when its only suposed to “look” at the sound. That was a while back tho it might be cool now. But as you say for free you can complain.
Thanks for the heads up.
Pretty serious bug.
Thanks for the heads-up. I usually don’t use analysis plug-ins, but it’s nice to know these things anyway.
Nice ! Which plugs have you used and would recommend ?
There was some cool stuff in the Dynamics pack. I tried them out when I was looking for a simple gate with no latency, ended up with ReaGate from the Reaper plugin bundle. Though I don’t use gates much anymore.