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Blue Cat's Protector Direct X for Windows

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Blue Cat's Protector is a versatile stereo brickwall limiter. It safeguards audio from overshoot, enhances loudness, and enables creative sound design through flexible sidechaining.

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  • Pros

    • Transparent frequency response for clean limiting
    • Adjustable dynamics response for varied sound shaping
    • Serves as both a master bus protector and track limiter
    • Powerful side chain capability via MIDI CC output
    • Enables real-time parameter modulation for creative effects

  • Cons

    • Limited set of controls for advanced users
    • Potential for heavy limiting to introduce distortion
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
2.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 7
Additional Requirements
DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
192
Downloads Last Week
10
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Developer’s Description

By Blue Cat Audio
Control audio output, provide creative effects, and protect your audio output from overshoot.
Blue Cat's Protector is a 0dB stereo brickwall limiter with adjustable dynamics response. It will typically find its place on the master bus of your DAW to protect your audio output from overshoot, limit the general volume and improve the perceived loudness, thanks to a very transparent frequency response.Its very simple set of controls, it offers a wide range of sounds and it is also suitable as a track limiter for more creative effects such as distortion, pumping or heavy limiting Beyond its powerful dynamics processing features, and like most of our plugins, Blue Cat's Protector also offers a powerful side chain capability thanks to its MIDI CC output. This unique technique not only lets you do side chain limiting but also parameters modulation: control any parameter of any plugin to create powerful side chain effects in real time.
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