Blue Cat Audio releases Destructor V2 Plug-In and updates Axiom

7th November 2023 - KVR Audio News

Blue Cat Audio has announced the release of Blue Cat's Destructor V2, a significant upgrade for its distortion and amp simulation modeling tool.

This latest version of Destructor brings a host of updates and enhancements, including a refresh of the user interface, with new 3D graphics and expanded customization features. The core DSP engine has also undergone expansion, introducing new filters, overhauled presets, and parameters that provide fine-tuned control over the plugin's dynamics response.

Blue Cat's Destructor V2 is designed to serve as a precise tone-sculpting tool for sound designers, guitar and bass players, synthesizers enthusiasts, and sound engineers. It ships with an extensive library of presets and meticulously crafted models inspired by legendary gear, such as guitar and bass amps, cabinets, compressors, pedals, tape machines, and more, offering users a robust foundation for exploring a limitless universe of distortion simulations.

To coincide with this release, Blue Cat's Axiom, which harnesses Destructor as a modeler for its amps and distortion pedal simulations, has been upgraded to version 2.05. It brings a couple of enhancements and fixes to the recently released version 2 of the company's guitar and bass multi effects software.

New in Destructor V2:

Revamped 3D HD Graphics: Enjoy an enhanced visual experience with additional knobs and backgrounds that add a touch of sophistication to your sound crafting journey.
Rack Designer.
Tailor the look and feel of your presets to match your unique artistic vision.
Random GUI Component Selection.
Enhanced Filtering Precision.
Drive Dynamics Parameter.
Perceived Loudness Control: Choose the gain reduction applied when increasing the drive parameter to keep perceived loudness equal.
Tailored EQ Controls.
New BASS/MID/TREBLE parameters that follow the eq displayed in easyview for MIDI or automation control.
Hundreds of presets and module settings have been updated to take advantage of the new DSP capabilities.
Guitar & Bass Presets Overhaul: We have given our guitar and bass amps and pedal presets a makeover, enhancing filtering, drive response, EQ frequencies, and EQ placement for an even more authentic and satisfying experience.
High-Gain Tone Revamp: Explore high-gain guitar tones that have been rebuilt from the ground up.
New Guitar Amps and Pedals.
Improved tone maps computation efficiency.
Synchronize multiple MIDI controllers: when "all channels" (0) is used for MIDI input control and "send MIDI events when parameters values change" is active, the plug-in now sends MIDI events to all other channels.
Fully compatible with Destructor V1.
Fixed Graphical User Interface performance issues on Mac OS Sonoma (caused by an Apple bug).

Changes in Axiom 2.05:

Added 15 extra knobs to customize amps, pedals and the Axiom pedalboard.
Updated several Axiom and built-in Destructor factory presets.
Fixed VST plug-in crashing Ableton Live 11 upon load.
Fixed random crashes when unloading the plug-in in several hosts (Pro Tools, Live).
Fixed crash when unloading the VST3 plug-in Reason 12.
Fixed Audio Unit validation issues in Logic when a user default preset has been defined before upgrading to V2.
Fixed preset sometimes flagged as modified when browsing presets in EZ mode.
Fixed style of the amp simulator post filter not always updated with tone maps.
Fixed Graphical User Interface performance issues on Mac OS Sonoma (caused by an Apple bug).

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