
Changelog for ShaperBox 3 (inc. PitchShaper, ReverbShaper, TimeShaper 3, DriveShaper 2, NoiseShaper 2, FilterShaper Core 3, LiquidShaper, CrushShaper 2, VolumeShaper 7, PanShaper 4, WidthShaper 3)


3.6.1 - November 12, 2025
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- Improved: PitchShaper's Formant Link, Density and Grain Size are now available as automation parameters.

- Fixed: When a MIDI note was received or an Audio Trigger detected while the input was silent, an audio artifact could be caused.

- Fixed: In Logic Pro, the mouse cursor could disappear after dragging a control.

- Fixed: When using MIDI or Audio Triggering in VolumeShaper, the oscilloscope was drawn early if Anti-Click Trigger Smoothing was enabled.


3.6 - October 13, 2025
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- New: PitchShaper. If you own it, then please download and apply your updated license file from your Cableguys user account: https://www.cableguys.com/login

- New: OS X 10.9-10.14 no longer supported. To run ShaperBox on these older systems, please use version 3.5.6, available in the Old Downloads section of your Cableguys account.

- Improved: The limit for User Noise and Reverb files has been raised from 1000 to 10000.

- Fixed: Folders with hundreds of User Noise or Reverb files were not displayed correctly in the menu.


3.5.6 - February 17, 2025
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- Fixed: A selection of points could reappear after being double-clicked to clear it, resulting in a crash if then dragged.


3.5.5 - February 4, 2025
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- Improved: Up to 256 MIDI ports can now be addressed, whereas previously only the first 16 were selectable.

- Fixed: When using the VST3 version in FL Studio or Maschine, the sidechain input did not work unless the plugin's power button was toggled, and adjusting sidechain settings could cause a crash. Additionally, loading the plugin in place of any other sidechain-enabled plugin could cause the sidechain input to stop working until the project was reloaded.


3.5.4 - December 18, 2024
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- Improved: FLAC files can now be loaded as User Noise samples or Reverb IRs.

- Fixed: In Logic Pro, certain controls could "stick" while being dragged. Additionally, the mouse cursor could be momentarily unresponsive after dragging on a control or in the LFO Wave Editor.


3.5.3 - November 20, 2024
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- Improved: Saving and loading FXPs via the Main Menu now remembers the last used folder, and the file name is pre-filled with the current preset name.

- Fixed: MIDI notes generated by the MIDI Out feature were not correctly latency compensated.

- Fixed: Using the Global Audio Trigger configuration via the Oscilloscope module caused the graph to be incorrectly sized and multiband controls to appear.

- Fixed: Double-clicking Release or Auto Makeup's 'A' icon would reset the underlying slider to its default value.


3.5.2 - May 17, 2024
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- Fixed: The new Load FXP option loaded FXP presets saved by certain DAWs with wrong settings, and in some cases could cause a crash.

- Fixed: Pen shapes were not preserved correctly when drawing from right to left.

- Fixed: Adjusting the Compressor's Makeup Gain in Auto mode could cause a distorted signal in certain situations.

- Fixed: In rare situations, Ableton Live could crash if your default project contained ShaperBox with ReverbShaper loaded.


3.5.1 - May 1, 2024
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- New: Presets can be saved and loaded in FXP format via the Main Menu.

- New: Favorites section in Wave Presets area for storing customized LFO waveform selections for each Shaper. These are available globally across all ShaperBox instances on your computer. Main Menu entries for Import/Export Favorite Waves allow for management and backup as well as migration of your Favorites to and from other computers.

- Improved: Custom startup presets can now be saved directly via the Main Menu.

- Improved: Copy/paste of LFO waveforms now works globally across all versions of ShaperBox, FilterShaper XL and MidiShaper released after April 2024.

- Improved: Clearer layout for MIDI Switch mode, with notes that light up to indicate held MIDI notes, and waveform colors that reflect the current Shaper when selected.

- Fixed: While audio input and output were silent for more than a second, MIDI triggers were ignored.

- Fixed: In rare cases, removing or switching to a different Shaper could cause a crash.

- Fixed: MIDI Pitch mode could stop responding to MIDI notes when the LFO had previously been set to Audio mode.

- Fixed: MIDI Pitch mode reverted to its default note when the transport was stopped.

- Fixed: In certain situations, TimeShaper could click or produce artifacts at the end of 1-shot LFOs.

- Fixed: The red marker in TimeShaper's visualizer continued to be shown after a 1-shot LFO ended.

- Fixed: Removing a Shaper did not remove its MIDI Switch assignment in the Wave Palette.

- Fixed: A wave could be incorrectly highlighted in the Wave Palette.

- Fixed: The "No MIDI triggers detected" notification did not work correctly with LFO Pitch mode.

- Fixed: The "No MIDI/audio triggers detected" notification did not disappear until the second detected MIDI/audio event.

- Fixed: After loading certain presets, the "preset changed" asterisk was shown despite no changes.


3.5 - December 18, 2023
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- New: Smooth Clip distortion style in DriveShaper.

- New: Dist slider to adjust internal resonance distortion in FilterShaper Core's Warm filters.

- New: Hard internal resonance clipping option for FilterShaper Core's Warm filters.

- New: Safe Res option for FilterShaper Core's Warm filters. When disabled, these filters can self-oscillate.

- New: Animated filter response visualisation in FilterShaper Core.

- Improved: Smoother slider response when adjusting ReverbShaper's Decay and Size.


3.4.2 - November 23, 2023
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- Fixed: Oscilloscope was not shown in ReverbShaper in ShaperBox 3.4.1.


3.4.1 - November 20, 2023
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- Improved: Reduced memory usage.

- Improved: Adjustments to the Bands filter are now heard immediately, with no latency, and potential LFO clicks are further reduced according to your filter settings.

- Improved: Selections are restored when using undo/redo.

- Improved: The impulse response waveform display now updates in real time when adjusting Size.


3.4 - November 7, 2023
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- New: ReverbShaper. If you own it, then please download and apply your updated license file from your Cableguys user account: https://www.cableguys.com/login

- New: Pro Tools Automation Menu support. In any DAW, hold Cmd-Ctrl-Option on Mac or Start-Ctrl-Alt on Windows to highlight all automatable parameters with a coloured dot. In Pro Tools, users can continue holding the modifiers and click a parameter to access the Pro Tools Automation Menu.

- Fixed: Oscilloscope could get out of sync at fast LFO speeds.

- Fixed: Oscilloscope setting was lost when turning the Envelope Follower on or off.

- Fixed: Logic crashed when double-clicking L or R in Dual Mono mode.

- Fixed: DriveShaper latency was reported incorrectly at sample rates of 176.4kHz and above.


3.3.1 - June 28, 2023
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- Improved: Reduced CPU usage for General and Complex Audio Trigger algorithms.

- Improved: Loaded presets are selected in the Browser when a project is reopened.

- Improved: Better visual feedback for the Pan/Haas slider in PanShaper.

- Improved: When a 1-shot LFO finishes playing, the oscilloscope's waveform remains on screen until the LFO is triggered again, unless the Envelope Follower is also active.

- Improved: Triplet grid is now a single menu option. Main beats/bars are always highlighted for Straight timings. Dotted timings always highlight the three main subdivisions, and true musical triplets are now possible in these timings.

- Fixed: MIDI/Audio Triggering could cause unnecessary popping sounds in certain cases.

- Fixed: The angle of the background diagonal line in TimeShaper did not always reflect Time Range.

- Fixed: In Logic Pro X on Apple Silicon, a rose-colored border appeared around menus.

- Fixed: In Logic Pro X on Apple Silicon, moving a point or Pen on the border of the LFO Wave Editor did not behave smoothly.

- Fixed: When loading a song with a preset the user had edited, the asterisk indicating preset modification was missing.

- Fixed: In NoiseShaper's noise Type menu, User folders containing a period character were truncated before the final period.

- Fixed: After loading a preset, the "No MIDI triggers detected" message would not be shown unless MIDI triggering was turned off and on again.


3.3 - April 5, 2023
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- New: LFO and Envelope Follower for NoiseShaper's Pitch control. Useful for adding pitch drift to drum noises, building risers, and designing wild FX.

- New: Native Apple Silicon support for AAX on Pro Tools 2023.3 or later.


3.2.3 - March 6, 2023
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- New: Shift-click a Wave Preset or Custom Wave to scale it to the same vertical range as the current wave. Useful when you have (for example) a Filter Cutoff wave covering a narrow range, and want to try different wave shapes spanning the same range. Also works when Shift-clicking "Paste wave" in the Wave Menu.

- New: "Show Legacy Presets" option added to the Main Menu. When enabled, presets from ShaperBox 1/2 will appear in the All section of the Browser. Please Sync once to download them.

- Improved: "Auto" added to background Oscilloscope options in the Wave Menu. On by default, this option selects the most appropriate mode (Stereo, Combined or Magnitude) for every Shaper.

- Improved: "Auto" added to Grid options in the Wave Menu. On by default, this option switches between Straight and Triplet grids depending on LFO Length.

- Improved: "Snap on by default" option in the Wave Menu, enabling snap whenever the plugin is loaded.

- Improved: Randomize function can now be applied to a selection.

- Improved: Sidechain detector signal is shown temporarily while hovering/adjusting the Filter Band in the Envelope Follower or Compressor.

- Improved: LFO Timing Mode (Beat / Hertz / Pitch) is now a DAW-automatable parameter.

- Fixed: Global Audio Trigger setup screen partially covered the expanded Wave Editor.

- Fixed: Mouse wheel adjustment did not work for the LFO Length menu.

- Fixed: The waveform display is now updated while editing via the Cubase Direct Offline Processing dialog.


3.2.2 - February 20, 2023
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- Fixed: ShaperBox crashed when clicking the colored Shaper dots next to preset names.

- Fixed: Under certain conditions, ShaperBox could crash directly after loading on Windows.


3.2.1 - January 2, 2023
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- New: Octave offset for LFO's MIDI Pitch mode. Useful for zooming in/out horizontally in the Oscilloscope Tool, and for creating AM/FM-type effects in Shapers.

- Improved: Multiselection and exclusion in the Preset Library's Shaper filter. Click to show presets containing selected Shapers. Right-click (or use any modifier) to exclude Shapers. Drag to quickly select multiple Shapers.


3.2 - December 15, 2022
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- New: 41 additional Cymbal and Percussion noise types for NoiseShaper.

- New: Pitch control for NoiseShaper, up to +/- 24 semitones.

- Fixed: ShaperBox could crash after expanding the LFO wave in TimeShaper.

- Fixed: The vectorscope in Pan and Width Shapers was missing the right-hand side of the graph when displaying a 100% sides signal.


3.1.1 - November 25, 2022
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- New: Vectorscope stereo analyzer for PanShaper and WidthShaper.

- Improved: Your ShaperBox 1/2 custom presets can now be synced to ShaperBox 3. To use the feature, open ShaperBox 1 or 2 and select Sync from the Main Menu (three lines icon). Next open ShaperBox 3 and click the Sync button in the top bar (or via Main Menu). Your synced presets will appear in the My Presets area, prefixed "SB1" or "SB2". If you delete/alter/rename them in ShaperBox 3, they remain visible and unchanged in ShaperBox 1/2.

- Improved: NoiseShaper's noise download dialog will not be shown again once cancelled.

- Fixed: Oscilloscope Tool was not resized when the Global Audio Trigger panel was open.

- Fixed: If the plugin was loaded while a selected MIDI device port was unavailable, the plugin internally defaulted to DAW MIDI, causing unexpected results.


3.1 - November 18, 2022
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- New: Oscilloscope Tool.

- Fixed: The correct Wave Preset category is now opened when loading Quick Presets (Sidechain, Trim, Half-time).

- Fixed: "MIDI Out" was disabled in the Global Audio Trigger panel for AU plugins. Note: Logic Pro X does not support MIDI output for AU plugins, but some other DAWs do, such as Bitwig Studio and Ableton Live.

- Fixed: "Monitor Input" in Envelope Followers and Compressor was not latency compensated in certain situations when using an external sidechain input.


3.0 - October 24, 2022
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- Initial release
