News Archive

VolumeShaper 2 is in the works and will be released sometime in 2009.

Curve is now a step closer to its 1.0 release, but a lot of work is still needed. You've been waiting a long time now, but we are confident that Curve 1.0's features will compensate for that.

We just updated our products FilterShaper and VolumeShaper. This brings a bugfix for users of Ableton Live 8. In this host, editing points in the waveform could behave buggy.

FilterShaper has been included in a tutorial on envelope followers. Here is an excerpt: "..., but software processors can give us so much more. A case in point is Cableguys' fabulous FilterShaper, a filter that actually enables you to draw complex modulation shapes. ..."
Computer Music Special 35: Guitar Studio, April 2009

VolumeShaper got 6 of 6 points in German Beat magazine. You can read the full article in this pdf.

"Auch wenn die Optik des plugins den spröden Charme eines wissenschaftlichen Werkzeugs besitzt, verbirgt sich hinter dem VolumeShaper ein wahres Modulationsmonster. ... Insbesondere Produzenten tanzbarer elektronischer Musik ist das flexible plugin wärmstens zu empfehlen."
Beat, 02/2009

"... FilterShaper from German developers Cableguys has some unique tricks up its sleeve. ... the extra care Cableguys have taken with their envelope generator makes it unusually easy to get clean, smooth sweeps going on even at fast LFO speeds. FilterShaper also makes an excellent tremolo unit. ... FilterShaper is a neat effect with plenty to offer, at a bargain price."
SoundOnSound, November 2008

One of our users, Wadowad, proves that VolumeShaper can be used to archive the common effect which is typically done by sidechaining the kick drum to some of your audio tracks. Only that VolumeShaper gives you a much more flexible and precise control. Read Wadowad's article on that, in Russian, on his page. And get his presets, included in the updated VolumeShaper download.

I never know, is it FAQ or FAQs? Anyway, we just added them.

We just updated our products FilterShaper and VolumeShaper.


To achieve precise adjustments, you can now SHIFT-click on one of the buttons which allow scaling and moving the wave.

"... Schluss mit dem langweiligen und stupiden Filter auf- und zudrehen. Das FilterShaper-Plug-in hebt Parameteränderungen auf ein neues Bedienungs-Level und realisiert auch komplizierteste Filterverläufe im Handumdrehen. Der Brüller allerdings ist der Preis. ... Im Praxistest weiß das Plug-in mit quirliger Lebendigkeit aufzutrumpfen und sein gesamtes Potenzial eindrucksvoll auszuspielen. ..."
Professional audio Magazin, August 2008

"... Die Möglichkeiten von FilterShaper gehen über klassische French-House-Sweeps weit hinaus. Mit den Wellenform-Werkzeugen können Sie punktgenau arbeiten und z.B. hervorragend einzelne Events eines Loops betonen, ausblenden, isolieren oder entfernen. ... Dieses unkomplizierte und praktische Tool ist sowas wie das Schweizer Messer bei sample- und loopbasierten Produktionsmethoden. Die Bedienung ist intuitiv und einfach, die Filter klingen super. ..."
Sound & Recording, August 2008

"... Cableguys deserve a round of applause for side-stepping the well-trodden path of emulative synthesis. The interface eschews shiny pseudo-chrome plated knobs, simulated wood grain and other trapping of the analogue era in favour of a stark, to-the-point GUI, even as the instrument itself attempts to exploit all that the digital world has to offer. Yep, you can do analogue with Curve, but you can also draft detailed digital timbres entirely your own. It's killer for sequenced bass sounds, deep rising pads and steely leads. ..."
CM Special vol. 30: The Best Free Plug-ins Ever!, June 2008

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FilterShaper has finally reached release quality and version 1.0 is now available for download. We tweaked presets, did some sound examples and added an online video, so find out more here...

We just updated VolumeShaper to 1.0.2. This fixes a bug that VolumeShaper could not be opened on some computers. Also, VolumeShaper has inherited lots of wave editing features from FilterShaper.

Our next VST effect is now in Public Beta. FilterShaper enables you to bring life to your sounds and loops. You can draw any curve, assign it to its 4 LFOs and use them to modulate filter cutoff and resonance of its great sounding filters. Or just modulate the volume.

It is free to use one instance of FilterShaper at a time. To use more instances, a license costs EUR 29/USD 44. Read more...

A user has sent us some presets he did for Curve. You can find sakkann's presets in the VST downloads package.

Some more tweaks done and it looks good and stable. So VolumeShaper is now grown up and has left public Beta. Read more about VolumeShaper here, or download a free demo. The demo gives you full functionality, but only one instance of the plugin can be used at the same time.

We just launched our shop, so go get VolumeShaper.

Besides our flagship Curve, we have been also working on VolumeShaper, a unique gate effect that makes intensive use of the technology we developed for Curve. A public Beta and more info is available on VolumeShaper's product page.

As soon as the shop is up, you can buy VolumeShaper for a discounted price of EUR 10/USD 15 until the Beta is over. Thereafter it will be EUR 15/USD 20.

It's been almost one year since the last update of Curve was released. Since then lots of feature-rich ideas crossed our minds, but the underlying software architecture of Curve wasn't ready for that. So we spent our time in research and development and have finally set up a powerful framework that gives us the freedom to concentrate on the creative part again. A first Beta of Curve 1.0, with a massive overhaul, will be released in the next few months, so watch out for upcoming news.

We have been quite busy these days, and also worked a bit on the layout and structure of the web site. We hope you like it.

A new song is online: "Cableguys - Versus". Find it in our music section.

Curve 0.5b is online. Older versions could produce strange noises when running on multicore CPUs. This is fixed now.

A new song is online: "Cableguys - Raum und Zeit". Find it in our music section. Vocals are from a friend of mine, Nathalie.

Curve 0.4b is online. This version fixes a bug that saving of edited waves did not work correctly under some circumstances.

We did it again. It took way too long for you to wait for the next songs, but here they are: Cableguys - Upchucking Robots and Cableguys - Advanced. Find them in our music section.

The main synth in "Upchucking Robots" and the bass sound are from our synth Curve. The main synth uses features that are not implemented in the version you can find on our site, as these features are not fine-tuned yet. Hope to release the update soon.

The deep bass in "Advanced" is from Curve. I really begin to love this baby for its powerfull sound.

Curve 0.3b is online.

The first Beta of Curve is online. It's a VST synthesizer that allows you to draw your own waves. You can find it here.

Cableguys - Der Wurm. Find it in our music section.

Impulse45 did a remix for Credance, that has been released as 12'' on 2001/ZYX:

Credance - In memory of time
A UK club mix
B1 Imoulse45 club mix
B2 Cold blue rmx

w.+p.: David Riedel, Vocals by TELLeen.
(Note: We are wrongly written as "Imoulse45".)

The vinyl can be bought for ~6 EUR here (search for Credance):
Cuepoint.info | Web-Records.com | DeeJay.de | DJShop.de | WOM.de

Impulse45.de and BruderJakob.de moved to Cableguys.de.