Blue Cat's Protector is a stereo brickwall limiter plug-in in DirectX and VST formats for Windows. This new plug-in offers very few controls and yet provides a large palette of sounds: from very transparent limiting to hard digital clipping or soft analogue saturation, it can be used as a master limiter, loudness maximizer or distortion unit.

Features:

• 0 dB stereo brickwall peak limiter and waveshaper.
• Continuous control of the dynamics response from transparent limiting to colorful distortion.
• Stereo link control.
• Large audio levels and gain reduction meters for optimal monitoring.
• Side chaining capability: a unique way to perform side chain compression and much more.
• Plugin window transparency management.
• Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plug-in with absolutely no noise.
• Undo/Redo.
• Import/Export presets and share them between the directX and VST versions.
• Zero latency.

Changes in 2.0.3:

• Plug-in version number is now available when using "Get Info" in the Finder.
• Improved display of Audio Unit parameters in most host applications.
• Fixed window frame not showing with Cubase 7.5 (32-bit) on Mac.
• About window does not show up first in the corner of the screen anymore.
• Copy/paste the plug-in's current state from the presets menu using the system clipboard.
• Improved plug-in's memory efficiency
• Fixed version number reported to host application for VST and Audio Unit versions.

New in v2.0

• Smaller Binaries on Mac
• Fixed presets-related crashes in Cubase on Mac.
• Fixed user interface display issues in Wavelab on Mac.
• Fixed MIDI output for 64-bit VST version.
• New customizable interface
• New I/O RMS meters
• Gain reduction history display
• Zoom into meters for precision
• Average loudness boost meter
• Integrated presets manager with more presets
• DC filter added
• Customizable Automation range and response curve
• Accessible Automation and MIDI settings
• Better algorithms for limiter precision
• Easier side chaining
• Shortened display name and is now in Dynamics category in ProTools
• Improved CPU performance and loading time

New in v1.2

• RTAS plugin format support for Pro Tools (Mac and Windows).
• Mac AU 64-bit format support (compatible with 64-bit Logic 9.1 on Snow Leopard)
• Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
• Demo version now displays a nag screen only once per session, and only when opening the user interface of the plug-in.
• Fixed MIDI learn issues.
• Mac: fixed user interface crashes in some hosts under Snow Leopard.
• Mac: fixed keyboard/mouse focus issues in some hosts.
• Mac: fixed multiple screens issue.
• Mac-AU: fixed user interface resizing issue when changing skin in some hosts (Logic).
• Mac-AU: fixed settings lost issue when doing offline rendering in some applications.
• Mac AU: output parameters routing now works for more than one instance in Logic Pro's Environment.
• Mac AU: fixed output parameters that could exceed defined range and not record properly as automation curves.