Larry Shelby Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) We are happy to announce a brand new plug-in, Blue Cat's Connector, a virtual cable for your virtual studio! Connector is a universal connection plug-in that can stream audio and MIDI in real time, between any locations that can load plug-ins, even on different machines connected to a network. It lets you create your own routings "in the box", without any extra cable, and with minimal latency! As an existing Blue Cat Audio customer, you are eligible for a special introduction offer at €/$29, instead of 49 (40% off)! This customer offer ends on February 20th, 2022. https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_Connector/ Edited January 20, 2022 by cclarry 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Connector is here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott R. Garrigus Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Get an additional 10% off using this code: DIGIFQ20 And find other deals here: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/deals.asp 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fret_man Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Any ideas how Connector is different from these: https://vac.muzychenko.net/en/ https://vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Bought, so many use cases. I used to use FXteleport a while back but that was 32bit. Not heard of ones above but I trust Blue Cat plugins and they are pretty robust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 54 minutes ago, tom said: Bought, so many use cases. I used to use FXteleport a while back but that was 32bit. Not heard of ones above but I trust Blue Cat plugins and they are pretty robust Yup, I guess the advantage of Blue Cat connector is that it does "everything" in one app (Audio, MIDI, Network, local). I'll give the demo a try anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Cormier Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 So is this something that would make Gig Performer 4 integrate (or simply work) within a DAW? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, ZincT said: Yup, I guess the advantage of Blue Cat connector is that it does "everything" in one app (Audio, MIDI, Network, local). I'll give the demo a try anyway. Let us know what you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, antler said: Let us know what you think Will do! By the way, anyone who doesn't have the "existing customer" email you can get it for $34.71 at JRR using the code FORUM. https://www.jrrshop.com/blue-cat-audio-connector Edited January 21, 2022 by ZincT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 16 hours ago, ZincT said: Yup, I guess the advantage of Blue Cat connector is that it does "everything" in one app (Audio, MIDI, Network, local). I'll give the demo a try anyway. I'd be interested in what the 'in real life' latency is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, simon said: I'd be interested in what the 'in real life' latency is ? I guess it would depend on the specific use of it. So far I have been testing it out to solve a specific MIDI routing bug in a particular app. With MIDI I wouldn't expect there to be much latency unless sending over a network. Anyway, for this use I am finding some limitations (this may of course be a demo limitation or my unfamiliarity with the software)... I have a send instance of Connector sending MIDI from an instrument layer I have two instances of Connector and I am trying to set them up to receive MIDI from the above The first receiver instantly connects to the sender but the second one remains as [not connected]. I have named all of the instances appropriately but cannot find a way to set the second receiver to also receive MIDI from the sender. I have also tried adding a second sender but they still remain unconnected. Maybe this is a demo limitation IDK. The web page states the demo limitations as follows: Limited number of instances of the plug-in per session. The plug-in is regularly bypassed for a few milliseconds. I have raised a support ticket with BC Audio. Edited January 21, 2022 by ZincT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I have also now tried sending Audio in Cakewalk from one channel to another using connector as follows. Insert instrument on a track and insert connector in FX rack Insert an audio track and insert connector in FX rack Connect both connectors If I mute the instrument track and play the instrument from my MIDI controller, the audio arrives at the audio track and plays back fine with no detectable latency (buffering set to auto). Unmuting the instrument track so that audio comes out of both tracks it's hard to discern any timing difference. Again, it won't allow me to connect any more than two instances so I guess it's a demo limitation (awaiting a response from support). So it seems to be low latency in this instance although this isn't very taxing. Next, I will try the same over my LAN between my desktop and laptop. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 From page 9 of the manual Quote A receiving or sending endpoint of an instance of a plug- in is identified by its port. If you are using the same port number on the same machine or in the same application for multiple senders (or multiple receivers), there can be conflicts between endpoints, and the connection will fail 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Thanks @scook I guess I was trying to see how far I could get without rtfm I also heard back from Blue Cat support so top marks for a speedy response. Would be nice if it auto-allocated or at least prompted to use the next available port. I guess it's v1.0 so maybe in a future version. Also, having added 4 instances I couldn't see a way to change the port before enabling send/rcv (but I will check the manual). So the second pair had to be turned on (and then fail to connect) before you can change the port number. Then, after that, they wouldn't connect after changing the port number. I had to delete them and re-insert two new instances then enable send/rcv and set the ports. They then connected and worked as per the other send/rcv pair. I see there's a preset for "Send - App 8080" so I guess you could set up a user preset "Send - App 8081" and the same for receive to solve the above issue. Edited January 21, 2022 by ZincT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Presets are XML files. Easy enough to modify the "BC Connector VST data\Presets" installed along with the plug-in with a text editor and save them into your "Documents\Blue Cat Audio\Blue Cat's Connector\Presets" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZincT Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) I haven't yet tried the network abilities but my main network use is with my iPad and I don't think BC connector is available as an IOS app or not yet at any rate (and I already have a working solution for this). However, the possibilities seem endless e.g. another use would be to provide separate audio outputs per layer in Unify. Here's a tutorial on offloading plugin processing to another computer using Connector: https://www.bluecataudio.com/Blog/tip-of-the-day/offloading-plug-ins-processing-to-another-computer/ For the relatively low price I will buy it. It seems like a good concept and investment; plus I like to support devs like Blue Cat. I would also prefer to use a single utility rather than lots of separate, free/donationware with limited or no support. Edited January 23, 2022 by ZincT 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 what does it do exactly? do i need it? i am so confused. i just want to make country and rock and roll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Musiclab.com had a product called Midi Over LAN that I used to use year and years ago which allowed me to control my Midi over my network, which worked flawlessly, I don't know if they still sell it or not, but it worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecelius2 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just purchased Blue Cat Audio's Connector. This is going to be a great tool to use. Being able to run a vst program on my Win10 DAW (which is till running well) and then use Connector over the network to receive it on a Windows 11 DAW may mean that I can still get use out of my good old Win11 DAW for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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