Blue Cat Audio MB-7 Mixer Explained

Studio guru Eli Krantzberg explores Blue Cat Audio’s MB-7 Mixer and explains how it splits your source audio into different frequency bands and then process each band like a separate track. It also lets you host VST and AU plugs for even more creative possibilities!

Videos

• First Contact (04:18) - Learn what the MB-7 Mixer is about and what it can do, and learn keyboard and mouse gestures unique to Blue Cat Audio plug-ins.

• The User Interface (07:02) - Discover what the main menu, title bar, header, main graph display, and crossover controls are used for.

• Band Controls (09:31) - Eli demonstrates how the controls on the individual bands work using only it’s basic gain and stereo imaging functions to shape the sounds of a pad, a drum loop, and a bass sound.

• From Corrective (06:34) - See how the MB-7 mixer is used to host various third party plug-ins on a mix bus in order to process different areas of the frequency spectrum uniquely.

• To Creative (07:15) - Listen to a few examples of individual sounds being transformed with plug-in processing applied to various areas of their frequency spectrums.

• Using Global Groups (03:47) - Explore a couple of scenarios linking individual bands of the MB-7 Mixer across multiple tracks.

• Mid-Side Processing (04:00) - Eli demonstrates how stereo imaging is enhanced by separating and controlling the sonic content that is the same on both sides, and different on both sides.

• Creative Sidechain Processing (07:16) - Explore ways to set up spectral-based gating and compression effects using the Blue Cat Audio Dynamics plug-in in conjunction with the MB-7 Mixer.

• MIDI Control & Automation (06:34) - Learn how to set up MIDI CC messages to control MB-7 Mixer parameters.

• Presets & Skins (06:43) - Learn how to recall presets using MIDI bank and program change messages, save and organize user presets, set a default preset, and download and manage additional skins.