VST host
This VST host has been designed to meet the requirements of musicians and sound engineers in live situations.
As a serious musician, you surely need a complete DAW to record your music, but when you are in front of your audience, it may be easier to use something dedicated to live situations.
And during live situations, the access to your instruments and effects must be fast and intuitive. The adjustment of these must be done efficiently, and the necessary software sub layers running on your computer should not be your concern when it comes to play or produce music.
BloXpander has been designed with in mind, the obsession to provide an easy to use "machine" powered by advanced features. It was important that both the beginner and the professional easily find the features they need, without being visually swamped with what is unnecessary during a session.
FEATURES :
- ASIO Host for VST plugins (Windows only)
24 channels
4 Auxiliary bus + 1 Master bus
6 inserts per channels (theoretical 174 Instrumetns / FX slots)
- Advanced support for external MIDI controllers (lets you control the mixer and plugins
Control up to 8 plugins (8 parameters each) with just 8 potentiometers + 8 buttons.
Displays the controlled targets names on screen
Lightning fast configuration procedure
Mackie Control protocol supported
- Advanced routing
Global management of MIDI and Audio streams (MIDI VST Fx supported)
Advanced user-defined MIDI Inputs filtering and routing (per channel and per user-defined link settings)
Assign the same MIDI input port to several channels (MIDI Split)
Assign the same Audio inputs to several channels (Audio Split)
Assign any available audio and/or MIDI output or the Master bus to any channel
Pre/Post fader selector (aux sends)
Specific routing solutions for "multi out" and "sidechain capable" plugins
Audio inputs monitoring
Outputs Solo and Mute functions
Inserts Bypass function.
- Full screen friendly and fast interface
Designed as the panel of a hardware unit
Touchscreen friendly (for critical functionalities)
No main menu and no massive amount of overlapping windows
Auto-created visual representation of your plugins (GUI screenshots)
"Drag 'n Drop" your plugins and their states from insert to insert (copy / move)
Supports multi-screens
Netbook friendly
- "Libraries" system
Store and callback a plugin and its state from one double-click on a large zone
Custom management of your favorite plugins and presets.
- "Sets" and "scenes"
Store and callback the complete state of BloXpander ("Scene") from one double-click, keyboard, or MIDI messages
Organize your scenes as "sets" (easy and fast access to what you need during a show)
- Categorized Plugins library ("The Case")
- Optimized and secured operations
Analyze your plugins compatibility from a stand-alone tool
(limits the eventuality of the main application malfunctioning)
Fast launching
- Time Line
Controls : Play/Stop/Next and Previous measures/...
Loop option
Synchronization of external MIDI devices ("MIDI Clock")
Tap Tempo feature
Time signature
- Mini Sysex Librarian
Receive, store, import and send Sysex the easy way
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Version 1.3.0 |
Windows XP |
(App) |
Feb 3, 2012 |
MIDI Improvements:
- Tempo tap and tempo value can be controlled via MIDI. - Manual edition of MIDI assignments. A control type (switch, knob, ...) can also be selected for a better interpretation of incoming messages.
- Insert mutes are now controllable from the “Main Controllerî in “Basicî mode.
- New “Omniî MIDI input option (input slots) - New “Programs mapî feature (MIDI Input Panel).
This new functionality can be used to send Bank Select and/or Program change and/or All Notes Off MIDI messages to inserts or MIDI output. The programs map is a “per BloXPander channelî / “per MIDI channelî / “per target (insert or MIDI out)î feature. Programs map are saved with scenes and subscenes and can be used to quickly manage external MIDI devices or VST samplers/romplers.
Audio Improvements:
- New “per channelî output modes. Four output modes are available on each channel:
. Stereo (default)
. Mono (a mono mix is sent to both left and right channels)
. Mono Mix to One Channel (a mono mix is sent to one of the left and right channels)
. Only One Channel (one of the left and right channels is just muted).
- New Option: “Process Muted Insertsî At the cost of an increased CPU usage of muted inserts, these latter still process audio while they are muted in order to avoid unwanted residual audio when they are un-muted.
Fixed bugs:
- Some plugins provide an option to change the arrangement of their outputs (number of outputs, mono, stereo, ...). When loading a scene featuring assigned “Multi-outputsî, BloXpander now checks for changes in plugins’ IO.
- New workarounds implemented to improve compatibility with some 3rd party plugins.
Updated manuals
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