Cableguys have released ShaperBox v3.6.3, a quality update for their popular drawable multieffects suite.
PitchShaper’s Vocals and Drums modes now have more robust pitch tracking under rare edge cases.
TimeShaper’s Smooth Step Mode is now even smoother, with a reduction in extremely low-level resampling artefacts.
ShaperBox’s master bypass handling has been overhauled, with smoother crossfading between dry and wet signals, plus fixes for clicks and false audio triggers that could occasionally occur when disabling master bypass.
Rounding out the update, mouse handling issues have been addressed, and CPU spikes affecting Time, Pitch and Reverb Shapers have been resolved.
Alongside ShaperBox, Cableguys have updated five further plugins – Snapback (v1.1.2), Kickstart 2 (v2.0.9), HalfTime (v1.1.12), FilterShaper XL (v1.0.6) and MidiShaper (v1.6.3) – with many of the same stability and quality refinements.
Note that Kickstart 2, HalfTime, FilterShaper XL and MidiShaper now require a minimum of macOS 10.15. Users on older systems can continue using the previous versions via the Old Downloads section of their Cableguys account.
Changes in ShaperBox 3.6.3
Improved:
- Reduced extremely low-level artifacts that could occur during TimeShaper’s Smooth Step Mode.
- Smoother crossfading between dry and wet signals when bypass is toggled.
Fixed:
- While dragging on a slider or value, using the mouse wheel could give erratic movement.
- A slider at its maximum or minimum value could be unresponsive to the mouse wheel.
- PitchShaper’s Pitch slider sometimes jumped to an incorrect center value when double-clicked.
- PitchShaper’s Pitch slider could revert to a previous cents offset when dragged.
- Under rare circumstances, the pitch tracking in PitchShaper’s Drums and Vocals modes could behave erratically.
- Time, Pitch and Reverb could cause a CPU spike if the DAW internally reset the plugin.
- With certain inputs, false audio triggers could occur at the moment bypass was disabled.
- In certain situations, clicks could occur when bypass was toggled/automated.
Changes in Snapback 1.1.2
Improved:
- Smoother crossfading between dry and wet signals when bypass is toggled.
- Reduced CPU usage when the input is silent.
Fixed:
- While dragging on a slider or value, using the mouse wheel could give erratic movement.
- With certain inputs, false audio triggers could occur at the moment bypass was disabled.
- In certain situations, clicks could occur when bypass was toggled/automated.
Changes in Kickstart 2.0.9
Fixed:
- While dragging the Mix knob or Band control, using the mouse wheel could give erratic movement.
- Latency was incorrectly reported after sample rate changes.
Improved:
- Reduced CPU usage of Audio mode when the input is silent.
Changed:
- OS X 10.9-10.14 no longer supported. To run Kickstart on these older systems, please use version 2.0.8, available in the Old Downloads section of your Cableguys account.
Changes in HalfTime 1.1.12
Improved:
- Reduced extremely low-level artifacts that could occur during Smooth’s crossfades.
Fixed:
- While dragging on a slider or value, using the mouse wheel could give erratic movement.
- A CPU spike could occur if the DAW internally reset the plugin.
Changed:
- OS X 10.9-10.14 no longer supported. To run HalfTime on these older systems, please use version 1.1.11, available in the Old Downloads section of your Cableguys account.
Changes in FilterShaper XL 1.0.6
Improved:
- Smoother crossfading between dry and wet signals when bypass is toggled.
Fixed:
- In Logic Pro, the mouse cursor could disappear after dragging an LFO wave point.
- While dragging on a slider or value, using the mouse wheel could give erratic movement.
Changed:
- OS X 10.13-10.14 no longer supported. To run FilterShaper XL on these older systems, please use version 1.0.5, available in the Old Downloads section of your Cableguys account.
Changes in MidiShaper 1.6.3
Fixed:
- In Logic Pro, the mouse cursor could disappear after dragging an LFO wave point.
- While dragging on a slider or value, using the mouse wheel could give erratic movement.
Changed:
- OS X 10.13-10.14 no longer supported. To run MidiShaper on these older systems, please use version 1.6.2, available in the Old Downloads section of your Cableguys account.
Pricing & Availability
All updates are free for existing users. Log in to download at cableguys.com.
Pricing:
- ShaperBox 3 – $99.
- Snapback – $49.
- Nicky Romero Kickstart 2 – $16.
- HalfTime – $12.
- FilterShaper XL – $79.
- MidiShaper – $49.
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