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"My most used plugin — I have an instance on practically every channel of every song I produce, for sidechaining using MIDI triggers".Madeon. French house/electro house/nu-disco/pop producer.
"VolumeShaper is an exciting tool in my arsenal; acting as an envelope designer to really hone in on the dynamics and punch of a song".Rik Simpson. Grammy Award Winner (Coldplay, Jay Z, Kasabian).
"VolumeShaper is invaluable for getting drum sounds in my mixes".Chris Shaw. Bob Dylan, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Lou Reed.
Please note: Any customers that purchased the Cableguys Bundle on September 11th 2024 and after are entitled to a free copy of Snapback. Please email support@pluginboutique.com with proof of purchase to receive the free plugin.
Contains Snapback, Curve 2, TimeShaper 3, DriveShaper 2, NoiseShaper 2, FilterShaper XL, LiquidShaper, CrushShaper 2, VolumeShaper 7, PanShaper 4, WidthShaper 3, HalfTime and MidiShaper
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Snapback
What is Snapback?
Cableguys and electronic music pioneer BT bring the art of drum layering into one fast, focused effect.
Just put Snapback on any drum track and it detects each hit, layering new samples on top in perfect time. Now you can add punch, style and flair that EQ, compression and distortion cannot.
Still missing that magic? Layer special snapback samples before the transient – a secret trick of pro producers for "living" grooves, available for the first time in an easy plugin.
Features
- Instant Drum Layering: Automatically detects drum hits and layers samples in perfect timing.
- Enhances Drum Tracks: Adds punch, style, and flair beyond EQ, compression, or distortion.
- Pre-Transient Layering: Allows layering of snapback samples before the transient, a pro producer technique for "living" grooves.
- Pro Drum Secrets: First-ever plugin to offer pre-shifted clap samples and the ability to bring life to digital hits.
- Easy Layering: Layer drum samples in one click, avoiding the hassle of juggling multiple tracks.
- Quick Sound Enhancements: Add punch to kicks, stereo sizzle to snares, and natural tails to claps. Use special analog sauce samples, vinyl air, and foley FX to enrich sounds.
- Sound Shaping Tools: Includes filters, envelopes, pitch adjustment, and precise alignment for drum layers.
- High-Precision Waveform Display: Visualize how layers combine with a detailed waveform display for phase-locked hits.
- Detail View: Zoom in for precise control over each drum hit.
- Over 200 Mix-Ready Layers: Includes transient and snapback layers from renowned producers like BT, Goldbaby, Virtual Riot, and Cyclick.
- Pro-Level Components: Use individual components typically used to design top-tier drums for more tailored sound design.
Learn more about Snapback.
Curve 2
For Experimentation & Detailed Tweaking
Curve 2 is a software synthesizer with an irresistible waveform editor, huge sound library and slick interface. Ideal for both experimentation and detailed tweaking at an excellent sound quality.
Feed Curve's oscillators, LFOs and envelopes with custom waveforms. For anything rhythmic from wobbles to FX loops and evolving pads. For broad oscillator timbres from deep basses to shrill, aggressive snarls.
A huge library will get you started, with quality presets by well-known preset designers such as Michael Kastrup, Pluginguru, Myagi, Xenos Soundworks, Soundsdivine, and hidden pearls from the Curve community.
Curve 2 provides completely new possibilities for experimentation and detailed tweaking, with a simple to use, immediate, slick interface.
Sound Features - Curve features aliasing-free oscillators with custom waveforms, noise generation and broad FM options. Waveform crossfades provide for changing timbres; a comprehensive unison mode delivers fat lead sounds, wide pads and massive sound. Drawable LFOs deliver everything from melodic and rhythmic patterns to dubstep wobbles and punishing bit-crushing effects. Flexible filter routing, a feature-rich mono mode plus legato and glide, are all designed for great depth of control.
Preset Library - Curve's preset library is a shared online database, providing a constant source of inspirational sound. Public preset sharing allows an ever-increasing number of great presets, public preset voting will help you manage the vast number of sounds, all from within the plugin. Curve ships with an excerpt of this ever-growing sound library. Macro knobs let you explore vast sound variations quickly, for quick access to those parameters that define the core of a sound.
Elegant Interface - Curve shows you everything important at a glance, featuring high contrasts and a fresh colour scheme. Inbuilt MIDI assignment allows you to set up external MIDI controllers quickly.
The Curve Community - Since the first beta of Curve 1.0, the Curve community has steered the synthesizer's future by submitting feature requests, comments and bug reports, and by sharing presets. Curve 2 is the result of our users submitting wishes and uploading great sounds.
Learn more about Curve 2.
DriveShaper 2
The Ultimate Distortion Toolkit. Dynamic, Rhythmic, and Multiband.
What is DriveShaper?
From laser-focused harmonic warmth and sizzle, to massively modulated mayhem that reacts and breathes in synergy with your music, DriveShaper 2 does it all – and more. Animate any of 11 exciting waveshaping algorithms using easy, drawable LFOs and simple 1-slider Envelope Followers. Create magical distorted rhythms, targeted analogue warmth and hard-edged drive patterns.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use DriveShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Do All This With DriveShaper
- Make 808s punch harder
- Make your treble sizzle
- Enhance drum attack
- Energise melodies
- Design monster basslines
- Distort hits in a loop
- Rhythmise pads
Learn more about DriveShaper 2.
FilterShaper XL
Massively modulatable dual filter
What is FilterShaper XL?
FilterShaper XL takes a giant leap into unconventional sound design with two powerful filters, multistage drive, and an immensely flexible modulation framework.
Turn synths into twisted mutations that leap from the speakers. Transform basslines into bubbling, pulsing patterns. Morph drums into exciting filtered rhythms and bizarre modular-style FX. Go from subtle nuances and precise tweaks to powerful sweeps, stepped resonances and giant wobbles.Awesomely Analogue
It all starts with a pair of powerful Cableguys filters. Go from classic vintage warmth to audio-rate modulation and screaming self-oscillation – all with an amazingly analogue sound.
Massively Modulatable
Next, set things in motion with two combinable LFOs and an envelope follower for every modulatable parameter. Dedicated LFOs for Speed and Amount allow incredible, evolving, complex interactions.
Endlessly Flexible
Create any filter movement you can imagine with Cableguys' easy LFO drawing tools. Draw curves, steps, ramps – any shape at all – in seconds, bringing new rhythmic life to your tracks.
Features
- Sounds like analogue - Just like a high-quality analogue filter, FilterShaper XL always sounds great – even with the hardest, fastest modulation settings. It's all possible due to Cableguys' best-ever filter DSP, with zero-delay feedback (ZDF) algorithms, resonance compensation, internal saturation, and oversampling of the entire signal path.
- 20 colorful filter types - Discover 20 powerful, punchy filter types for juiced-up basslines, sweeping synths, modulated percussion, explosive FX, and more. Choose Warm filters that are fat and driven, inspired by the Sallen-Key filters of a legendary semimodular synthesizer. Need modern precision? Go for Cableguys' crisp and clear Clean filters instead.
- Advanced resonance control - Cranking the resonance might be the most fun you can have with a filter – but with strong resonance comes squealing feedback and high volume levels! FilterShaper XL gets it all under control with a Safe mode that limits resonance to stable levels. Advanced users can switch it off to unleash the full fury of a self-oscillating filter. Want more? Cableguys' Warm filters have added Resonance Drive inside the resonance circuit, emulating a real analogue filter pushed to the limit. Crank it up to get gritty textures and velvet-smooth resonant peaks. Hard mode gives you a further edgy sonic flavour.
- Dual drive stages - Distortion brings filters to life – and with a punchy Drive section on each filter stage, that power is in your hands. Go from subtle saturation to flat-out distortion. Switch it pre- or post-filter for drastically different textures.
- 60 LFOs and 50 Envelopes - With two filters, 60 LFOs and 50 envelope followers, you have a detailed, interconnected toolbox for shaping your sound. Just click a parameter – Cutoff, Resonance, Volume or Pan – and start editing the main LFO and Envelope Follower. Then use LFO 2 to shift your shapes up and down over time. Control the depth of modulation itself with a dedicated Amount LFO. And use the Speed LFO to rhythmically speed up and slow down your patterns.
- Easy LFO editing - Cableguys' easiest ever LFO-editing tools make it simple to draw the exact filter movements you want to hear. Design flowing cutoff patterns and juicy resonance sweeps – any shape you can imagine, just clicks away. It's easy, fast and fun.
- Flexible Envelope Followers - Use Envelope Followers to dynamically filter synths, basslines, drums, melodies – anything. Increase Cutoff as synths get louder – or boost Resonance as volume decays.
- Tons of presets - Find your sound in a few clicks with more 500 cleverly categorized presets. Browse by category, save your faves, and find your custom presets.
Learn more about FilterShaper XL.
LiquidShaper
For Wild Jet-Plane Flanging and Deep, Lush Phasing
What is LiquidShaper?
Dive deep into sound design! LiquidShaper gives you wild jet-plane flanging and deep, lush phasing in one multiband Shaper effect. With easily editable LFOs, design any movement you can imagine — from soothing stereo sweeps to monstrous robotic comb filter FX.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use LiquidShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Features
- Modern interface with large editing areas
- Interface resizable from 75% to 200%
- Retina/HiDPI support for crisp, clear graphics
- Built-in help — hover over any control for description
- Wave Presets covering all common uses
- 9 slots to store Custom Waves, saved with the patch
- Switch User Waves via MIDI
- Dry/wet mix for each band
- Master Mix for creative blends and smooth transitions
- Smoothed Bypass for click-free switching to the dry signal
- Solo bands for easy setup
- Smooth, accurate spectrum view
- Large, precise oscilloscope view with Magnitude mode and Freeze option
- Trigger Smoothing to reduce clicks when switching/triggering Waves
- Expandable LFO for detailed editing
- Set LFO loop length in beats and bars, or Hertz/ms
- LFO loop length from 1/128 to 32 bars, with sample-accurate sync
- Audio-rate modulation up to 5.24kHz for extreme sound design
- 2x/3x button — double or triple patterns with a click
- Flip/resize/move/randomize wave or selection
- Copy/paste waves between any Shapers
- Unlimited undo/redo for LFO wave edits
- Selection skewing, for easily increasing intensity over time
Learn more about LiquidShaper.
HalfTime
Instant Creative Half-Speed Effect
For Trap • EDM • Hip-Hop • Techno • House • And More
Enter a world of spaced-out, slowed-down sound with HalfTime, the only plugin 100% dedicated to half-speed effects, in use by Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, members of 808 Mafia, The Chemical Brothers and more.
HalfTime transforms any audio into a dark, downtempo version of itself, giving your tracks huge mood and atmosphere. Lead synths mutate into heavyweight EDM bass monsters. Plinky piano lines become haunting trap melodies. Percussion thickens, expanding to reveal new rhythmic possibilities.
Just add the plugin for an instant half-speed effect with zero set-up, or go in deep with powerful creative controls. HalfTime works on loops, virtual instruments or even live audio input, inspiring you in seconds.
The hands-on 'Power' button makes it easy to fit HalfTime into your tracks - create a rapid switch or sink in slowly with smooth fades up to 16 bars.
Three-speed 'Modes' give you classic half-speed, tight harmonies and shuffling swing rhythms, and drugged-out quad-time playback. Adjustable 'Loop' length allows multi-bar slow-downs, funky syncopations and totally new grooves.
Slow only the lows, mids or highs with the 'Band' split - generate deep bass movement, fatten midrange percussion, or flip your top-end on its head.
Features
- Instant setup: Add the plugin – get an instant half-speed effect with no further setup.
- Power button: Punch the large central button to activate the effect – automate in your DAW.
- Fade In/Out: Introduce the effect instantly, or fade in gradually, across up to 16 bars.
- 3-speed Modes: 2x for the classic "half-speed" effect. 1.5x for perfect fifth harmonies and triplet rhythms. 4x speed for drugged-out quad-time playback.
- Band Split: Half-speed just the bass, treble or midrange for trippy effects.
- Band Solo: Hear just the slowed frequency range – use it to hone the effect, as a filter, or to blend using the Mix control.
- Dry/Wet Mix: Blend the original and slowed audio.
- Loop Length: Set the Loop from 1/16 up to 8 bars – keep the original timing, stretch it to half speed, or create catchy new rhythms.
- Smooth: Preserve transient punch with 'Percussive' mode, and avoid clicks and pops on sustained material with 'Sustain' mode. Or push it to extremes with creative FX and Swell options.
Learn more about HalfTime.
MidiShaper
Bring The Flexibility Of Curve To Your Plugins & Hardware Synths
Powered by Curve's unique modulations engine, MidiShaper brings Curve's flexible yet powerful LFOs and envelopes to all your favourite synthesizers and effects.
Four LFOs and four envelope generators work together in a sophisticated modulations matrix that can be set up to output modulated pitch, mod-wheel, channel aftertouch or any MIDI control messages.
MidiShaper's LFOs can run infinitely or be retriggered, synced to your DAW from a buzzy 1/128 to an expansive 32 bars, set to the played note, or run from 0.02 Hz up to the audible range and brain frequency. Like Curve, MidiShaper features completely editable waveforms for its LFOs.
If your plugin or DAW allows for MIDI control, you have a great tool at hand to create vivid, inspiring sounds and bring the flexibility of Curve to your favourite software plugins, hardware synthesizers, MIDI VJ tools, lighting consoles and 1980's MIDI keyboards.
Routing MidiShaper - MidiShaper outputs MIDI data. Routing MidiShaper to external outboard equipment is simple to do via external MIDI ports.
Using MidiShaper to control software instruments and effects can be relatively simple as in Reaper and Ableton Live, can be complex with pitfalls as in Apple Logic, or might require some special tricks as in Sonar. It all depends on how well the DAW of your choice handles internal MIDI routings and automation. Also please note that not all plugins support automation of their parameters.
If you succeed, you'll get super-flexible LFOs and envelopes added to your favourite hardware devices, to your sequencer's controls and to your software synthesizers and effects.
Features
- Enhance Synths and Effects
- Powerful LFOs and Envelopes
- Breathe Life into Static Sound
PanShaper 4
Multiband Panner • Haas Imager • Stereo Rhythm Generator
PanShaper 4 takes stereo control to a new level. With a drawable panning LFO and envelope follower on every band, you can design evolving, fluid pan patterns and make precise stereo edits in seconds. Blend regular panning with psychoacoustic Haas panning and make your mixes fill the speakers like never before.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use PanShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Features
- New! Redesigned interface with larger editing areas
- Interface resizable from 75% to 200%
- Retina/HiDPI support for crisp, clear graphics
- Built-in help — hover over any control for description
- Wave Presets covering all common uses
- 9 slots to store Custom Waves, saved with the patch
- Switch User Waves via MIDI
- Dry/wet mix for each band
- New! Master Mix with improved algorithm, for artifact-free creative blends
- New! Smoothed Bypass for click-free switching to the dry signal
- Solo bands for easy setup
- Smooth, accurate spectrum view
- Large, precise oscilloscope view with Magnitude mode and Freeze option
- Adjustable Haas range, from 0-40ms, from subtle to extreme
- Multiple panning modes (Balance 0/3/4.5/6dB and Stereo Combined) for deep control.
- Expandable LFO for detailed editing
- Draggable Pan parameter to shift the entire LFO wave up/down
- Set LFO loop length in beats and bars, or Hertz/ms
- LFO loop length from 1/128 to 32 bars, with sample-accurate sync
- Audio-rate modulation up to 5.24kHz for extreme sound design
- Trigger Smoothing to reduce clicks when switching/triggering Waves
- 2x/3x button — double or triple patterns with a click
- Flip/resize/move/randomize wave or selection
- Copy/paste waves between any Shapers
- Unlimited undo/redo for LFO wave edits
- Selection skewing, for easily increasing intensity over time
TimeShaper 3
Multiband Stutter • Half-Time • Reverse • Scratch • Tape-Stop
What is TimeShaper?
Just like a DJ working vinyl, TimeShaper 3 lets you freely manipulate the flow of time, slowing down or accelerating your music. Simply draw the exact LFO shapes you need – the unique curve-editing tools make it fast and easy. Warp pitch and time to create everything from essential everyday FX to extreme multiband transformations.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use TimeShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Do All This With TimeShaper
- Rearrange the beat
- Scratch like a DJ
- Drop in a tape-stop
- Scratch on time
- Add retro vinyl 'wow'
- Get the half-time effect
- Reverse in real time
- Get crazy with combos
- Go multiband!
- Custom chorus/flange FX
Learn more about TimeShaper 3.
VolumeShaper 7
Multiband Sidechain • Compress • Gate • Envelope • Stutter
What Is VolumeShaper?
Shape audio signals in pinpoint detail with VolumeShaper 7’s unique level manipulation toolset. It's fast and easy to use but packed with power, with a drawable volume LFO that's triggered by beats, MIDI or audio transients across 3 frequency bands. Work at the speed of inspiration with intuitive editing, pro presets, 1-click sidechain ducking and much more.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use VolumeShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Do All This With VolumeShaper
- Sidechain kick and bass
- Get loud mixes with multiband ducking
- Erase hi-hats in a loop
- Edit drum hits for perfect punch
- Create pumping FX
Learn more about VolumeShaper 7.
WidthShaper 3
Multiband Stereo Expander • M/S Modulator • Bass Tightener
What Is WidthShaper?
Define your stereo image in ultimate detail with WidthShaper 3. Take control with three bands of mid/side stereo adjustment, each driven by its own drawable LFO and envelope follower. Use it on single tracks and buses, for sound design, mixing and mastering.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use WidthShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Do All This With WidthShaper
- Get tight mono bass
- Widen your top end
- Expand your drums
- Create super-stereo risers
Learn more about WidthShaper 3.
NoiseShaper 2
Lo-Fi • Vinyl • Excitement • Ambience • Groove
What is NoiseShaper?
Imagine trap melodies crackling like vintage vinyl. EDM synths that fill the speakers with high-end electricity. Drums sizzling with classic console hiss. Pianos submerged in bubbling water. Cassette house grooves, retro gear hum, broken digital textures, organic field recordings… and so much more.
Explore an expansive world of noise with mix-ready noise sources by BT, Cyclick and InsideInfo. Layer them onto any sound in just one click – with built-in dynamic control, NoiseShaper reacts to your music, for noise that breathes with every beat.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 plugin, use NoiseShaper on its own or combine with other Shapers for elaborate, multilayered effects. Try it now — download the ShaperBox 3 demo to use NoiseShaper in your next track!
Features
- Trim, Mono and dual High/Low-Pass Filters to slot the noise into your mix
- Noise Only mode for sound design or separate mixing of noise elements
- New! Redesigned interface with larger editing areas
- Interface resizable from 75% to 200%
- Retina/HiDPI support for crisp, clear graphics
- Built-in help — hover over any control for description
- Wave Presets covering all common uses
- 9 slots to store Custom Waves, saved with the patch
- Switch User Waves via MIDI
- Dry/wet mix for each band
- New! Master Mix with improved algorithm, for artifact-free creative blends
- New! Smoothed Bypass for click-free switching to the dry signal
- Improved! New Adaptive Release algorithm for more analogue-like feel
- Solo bands for easy setup
- Smooth, accurate spectrum view
- Large, precise oscilloscope view with Magnitude mode and Freeze option
- Trigger Smoothing to reduce clicks when switching/triggering Waves
- Expandable LFO for detailed editing
- Set LFO loop length in beats and bars, or Hertz/ms
- LFO loop length from 1/128 to 32 bars, with sample-accurate sync
- Audio-rate modulation up to 5.24kHz for extreme sound design
- 2x/3x button — double or triple patterns with a click
- Flip/resize/move/randomize wave or selection
- Copy/paste waves between any Shapers
- Unlimited undo/redo for LFO wave edits
- Selection skewing, for easily increasing intensity over time
Learn more about NoiseShaper 2.
CrushShaper 2
Rhythmic Bitcrusher • Vintage Lo-Fi • Multiband Enhancer
What Is CrushShaper?
Designed to inspire you in ways no ordinary bitcrusher can, CrushShaper 2 is powered by Cableguys’ easy drawable LFOs and flexible envelope followers. Now you can crush specific hits and frequency ranges. Discover inspirational distortion patterns. Deploy tasteful mix tricks. Go 8-bit and beyond! It's the ultimate creative bitcrusher.
Running inside Cableguys' ShaperBox 3 effects plugin, use CrushShaper on its own or with other Shapers — they all work in exactly the same way, stacking up to create elaborate, multilayered effects that'll make your productions stand out.
Do All This With CrushShaper
- Design exciting bitcrushed patterns and rhythms
- Make melodies lo-fi
- Get that 8-bit videogame sound
- Give drums vintage sampler attitude
- Design gnarly bass textures
- Crush specific hits inside a loop
- Make vocal high-end pop and sizzle
Learn more about CrushShaper 2.
System Requirements
Mac
- Mac OS X 10.9 or later (64-bit only)
- Intel or M1 (Native/Rosetta) processor
- VST, AU or AAX host sequencer
Windows
- Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 (32 or 64-bit)
- VST or AAX host sequencer
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