Blue Cat`s Gain Suite User Manual
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1. 6 Blue Ci at s G sain Suite User Manual Cr opy right 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio Key Action d Set to default value Same as mouse right click e Opens the fine tuning window to precisely set the parameter SHIFT When the key is down the fine tuning mode is on and you can modify the value with better precision when moving the mouse the mouse wheel or using the keyboard Just release the key to get back to the normal mode Button specific behavior Key Action Space Bar Pushes the button Enter Pushes the button Mouse You can change the value of the parameter with the mouse Mouse Event Action Left Click Acquire focus and start dragging or push button Left Double Click Acquire focus and launch the fine tuning edit box except button Right Click Set the value to default Mouse Wheel Increment or decrement the position focus required Mouse Drag Change the control position depending on mouse movement except button Main Menu amp Settings The Main Menu and Toolbar Menu If you right click on the background of the plug in the following pop up menu appears Set Preset Skin w Use Global Skin Undo nH Reda Load Preset Save Preset Preset Settings Global Settings User Manual Check Fo2. Blue Cat s Widening Gain with Blue Cat s Stereo Gain for example Blue Cat s Gain E Croup E Opacity To link the current instance with a particular channel just select the channel A B C or D you want to be linked to The X button can be used to unlink the plugin so that it works in standalone mode There are several options for the link with other instances on a given channel Absolute Relative in absolute mode the values of the controls for the current instance and the selected channel are kept identical whereas in relative mode only controls variations are reported on the linked channel letting you setup a different gains on each instance and then apply linked modifications for example Normal Reverse in reverse mode the gain value for both the current instance and the linked channel are reversed It is very handy when you want to use the plugin as a balance between tracks The Opacity slider lets you make the window of the plugin transparent The support of this feature depends on your host application Blue Cat s Gain plug ins use a skinnable user interface The appearance and behavior of the user interface can thus change a lot depending on the chosen skin This section will expose you the different controls you may encounter in these skins and the way they can behave A well designed Skin should be easy to use anyway You can control the plug in via MIDI Control Change messages as well and cust
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4. Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Blue Cat s Gain G Blue Cat s MIDI Gain amp This is a MIDI controlled gain plug in Blue Cat s Gain E ht click here to assign the MIDI Cc Sain 0 0 dB airn E 0 0 dE Blue Cat s Stereo Gain G sei im Left Right Blue Cat s Stereo Gain 6 0 0 dB 0 0 dB Gain Group Left Right 0 0 dB 30 0 dB XI OA E DD air ee Blue Cat s Widening Gain C i pie j NOT CONNECTED ai Fi BI F E fe Cats Widenin Gain ferse m ici J 5 i de g E 0 0 0B 0 0 dB ain Group B Bie Mid Side I W E j 3 MOT i 0 0 06 0 0 dB A A B I Stereo Gain NOT CONNECTED PET EEE Bypass sign the MIDI C C Reverse Opacity Relative Opacity Widening Gain EJ Aled gain plug in assign the MIDI C C BLUE CAT AUDIO Table of Contents Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual ccc ccc cece cece eee ee cece eeeeeeseueeueeuueuueeueeuuseueausaues 1 Noe Ug dats GAN POGAI ee E a 3 EDO SAC OEA inna tal a E A A E an n n ae Ba is na 0 ani E lit E o ai 3 PIE EEE E E nt dovada a ban a En aaa a alai i aaa i a eva ii ata ad in aa 3 kaim lia ze cel d PRR RE NR RR PRI RI RR E RR RE RI RAI NR N OT A RR RR PNR AR PRR N N PRI II PR A PRR RI 4 BOILED ES aceata at ana ea a aaa iu aja rai aa a a i aaa A i alia d E a i in a 6 I EROII E ci ID as sa mia aie aaa a ata d d dap pa aa aaa ea pl it 6 General Behavior cc ce eee eeeeeeneeueeu
5. Relative Set the link of the plugin in relative or absolute mode Param id Name Unit Description model link_reverse Reverse Reverse the plugin link The parameters of the mid side version of the plug in Widening Gain are the following Param id Name Unit Description dsp inputo Bypass Bypass the effect model center Center Position of the virtual center position of the mid channel in the stereo field 100 is left and 100 is right model gain1 Gain M dB Gain for the mid channel model gain2 Gain S dB Gain for the side channel Increase the value to increase the stereo perception of the track model groupA enabled Link Group A Link the plugin to group A model groupB enabled Link Group B Link the plugin to group B model groupC enabled Link Group C Link the plugin to group C model groupD enabled Link Group D Link the plugin to group D model link_relative Relative Set the link of the plugin in relative or absolute mode model link_reverse Reverse Reverse the plugin link The param id field is used when designing a new skin See the Skins section for more information Included Skins The included skins offer a special linking capability which lets you link several instances of the same plug in on four channels Only several instances of the same plugins can be linked together You won t be able to link
6. ains a Stereo and Mid Side version for independent control of the left and right or Mid and Side channels For more information about Mid Side Processing please read this_ article from our website The skinning capabilities of this plug in allow you to customize the way you interact with it Parameters The parameters of the plug in are the following Param id Name Unit Description dsp inputo Bypass Bypass the effect model gain Gain dB Gain model groupA enabled Link Group A Link the plugin to group A model groupB enabled Link Group B Link the plugin to group B model groupC enabled Link Group C Link the plugin to group C model groupD enabled Link Group D Link the plugin to group D model link_relative Relative Set the link of the plugin in relative or absolute mode model link_reverse Reverse Reverse the plugin link The parameters of the stereo version of the plug in Stereo Gain are the following Param id Name Unit Description dsp inputo Bypass Bypass the effect model gaini Gain L dB Gain for the left channel model gain2 Gain R dB Gain for the right channel model groupA enabled Link Group A Link the plugin to group A model groupB enabled Link Group B Link the plugin to group B model groupC enabled Link Group C Link the plugin to group C model groupD enabled Link Group D Link the plugin to group D model link_relative
7. ay you can have different skins for different instances of the plug in in the same session in order to differentiate them Preset MIDI Input Settings Use the global settings or override them for the current preset The parameters are the same as for the global MIDI input settings 12 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio BI Current Preset Settings MIDI Input Use global setting Parameter Name Channel CC Enabled Response 0 16 Aff Parameters Linear Bypass Linear Faram 1 Linear Param 2 Linear Param 3 Linear Param 4 Linear Faram 5 Linear Faram 6 Linear Param Linear e e e e e e e e T T T T T T T T T cm LI LI TI LI cm LI LI cm Param E Linear 13 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio About Skins Blue Cat s Gain integrates Blue Cat s skinning engine that allows you to customize the user interface of the plug in You can download new skins for you plug in at the following address http www bluecataudio com Skins If you don t find a skin that you like or if you want to use your graphic skills you can choose to create your own skin Changing the Skin You have two ways to change the skin of your plug in you can change the default or global skin in the global settings or change the skin for the current preset only The global skin applies to all plug in instances whereas the current preset skin
8. e Global Settings Window The settings you change in this window apply to all instances of the plug in for all presets Consider these settings as default settings Global Skin BI Global Settings Seles Skin MIDI Input Skin file path C Program Files Blue Cat Audio DX Flu You can change the default skin for all instances of the plug in write the skin file path in the text edit box or click on the button to open a file chooser dialog If you have several instances of the plug in opened in your session you will have to re open the user interfaces of these plug ins to see the skin change Global MIDI Input Settings For each parameter you can define a default MIDI channel and CC number You can then control the plug in with an external MIDI controller or one of our plug ins that generate MIDI messages The following settings are available for each plug in parameter e Channel MIDI Channel for the parameter control If set to 0 the plug ins will accept Control Change Messages from all MIDI Channels MIDI Omni mode e CC Control Change Number e Learn click on this button to activate the MIDI learn functionality When it is activated you can move your MIDI controller and the plug in will automatically set the MIDI Channel and CC 10 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio Number e Enabled enable disable the MIDI control of the parameter e Re
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10. omize the way you interact with MIDI messages See the main menu section for more information Controls examples Here are a few examples of possibles controls you may encounter in the user interface fader slider knob button Text control General Behavior Setting the keyboard focus on a control so that it receives key events may be automatic when you pass the mouse over it it gets focus or manual you have to click on the control to set the focus on it It is usually made obvious to you to know the active surfaces of the skin the places where you can click the mouse cursor usually changes when you can do something on a control In the default Skins delivered with the plug in the cursor changes to a small hand to tell you when your mouse is over an active control Keys All control widgets support the following keys note that some of them are caught by the host and thus never forwarded to the control For example in Steinberg Cubase SX you cannot us the arrow keys Common behavior Key Action Up Arrow Small increment of the position up or right Down Arrow Small increment of the position down or left Left Arrow Same as Down Arrow Right Arrow Same as Up Arrow Page Up Large increment of the position up or right Page Down Large decrement of the position down or left Small increment of the value of the control Small decrement of the value of the control
11. only applies to the current preset of the current plug in instance See the main menu to see how to access these options On some hosts the plug in window won t resize automatically In this case just close the window and re open it it will be displayed with the right size Create a Custom Skin You can create custom skins for your plug in in order to adapt it to your exact needs Change its look and make it integrated in your virtual studio Just read the Blue Cat s Skinning Language user manual and download the samples for the tutorial on http www bluecataudio com Skins You can get ready to create your own skins in a few minutes You can then share your skins on our website Show your talent and share your knowledge with the users community 14 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio Troubleshooting Installation I have installed my plug in and it does not show up in my host application First check that you application supports Direct X or VST plug ins If you are using the Direct X version check that your host application supports DXi plug ins MIDI enabled Direct X plug ins If it does not it may remove it from the Direct X plug ins list Some applications such as Sony Vegas 5 and Cool Edit Pro are known to do this In this case use our freeware DXi Manager and disable the MIDI capabilities of the plug in You may need to reinstall the software again before it shows up into your ho
12. r Updates Get More Skins About The commands descriptions are available below Toolbar In some skins an optional toolbar gives you access to the some of the functionalities of the main menu Icon Name Function Menu Open the main menu a Undo Undo ah Redo Redo ha Load Load Preset Save Save Preset Manual User Manual i About About i Visit www bluecataudio com Opens our website Commands The Commands available from the main menu or the toolbar are the following e Set Preset Skin change the skin for the current preset e Use Global Skin use the skin defined in the global settings for the current preset This item is enabled only if a skin has been defined for the current preset 8 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio e Undo Redo undo or redo the latest modifications This includes all changes made to the current preset settings e Load Preset load preset from file e Save Preset save current preset to file Presets Settings open the presets settings window It enables you to change the skin and MIDI settings for the current preset e Global Settings e User Manual open this user manual e Check Updates check the updates for this software on our website e Get More Skins get more skins for this software About displays the about dialog box Th
13. sponse response curve of the MIDI control from very fast to slow control e Min minimal value of the parameter when MIDI controlled e Max Maximum value of the parameter when MIDI controlled BI Global Settings KB Skin MIDI Input Parameter Hame Channel CC Enabled Response 0 16 E Aff Parameters Linear wyt Bypass Leam Linear Param 1 o Leam Linear Faram 2 Linear iT ou Param 3 Linear wt Param 4 Linear k Param 5 Linear wt Faram 6 Linear w Faram 7 Linear i da oo2o000000 o o o o o o o o o o Param 6 Leam Linear generic screen shot does not correspond to the actual plug in parameters Note if the Min value is higher than the Max value the response curve will be reversed increasing the MIDI controller value will decrease the parameter value Note if you double click on the parameter text control boxes for the max and min values a fine tuning edit box will appear and let you change the min and max values with more precision 11 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio The Current Preset Settings Window This window lets you change the settings for the current preset of the current plug in only Skin BI Current Preset Settings Skin MIDI Input Use global skin Skin file path Browse You can choose to use the global skin setting or to change the skin for the current preset This w
14. st application If you are using the Direct X version and your host application supports DXi check that the plug in does not appear in the virtual synth or synthesizers category If you wish not to use the MIDI capabilities of the plug in and use it as a regular Direct X plug in you can download the freeware DXi Manager and disable the MIDI capabilities of the plug in 15 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio Upgrades tutorials more skins and plug ins are available on our website BLUE cat a UDIO www bluecataudio com 16 Blue Cat s Gain Suite User Manual Copyright c 2005 2007 Blue Cat Audio
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