Meet Blue Cat's Axiom: your versatile and open multi effects and amp simulation software for guitar and bass. Derived from the acclaimed Destructor plug-in for amp simulations Axiom offers an infinite number of exceptional tones to enhance your musical expression with your axe. In essence Axiom caters to a wide range of musical scenarios from recording and performance to sound design and experimentation. It empowers musicians producers and sound enthusiasts to achieve their sonic aspirations by combining realistic amp simulations a wide array of effects and the freedom to integrate their preferred plug-ins in any format. Whether you are in the studio crafting a masterpiece or on stage delivering a captivating live performance Axiom is your go-to solution for pushing the boundaries of guitar and bass sound. Axiom indeed offers a world of sonic possibilities thanks to its distinctive structure and signal flow:

List:

• Two versatile amp simulation channels each with pre and post effects blend seamlessly for a lifelike amp experience.
• Discover unique amp simulation offering exceptional tone an authentic playing feel and unrivaled tweaking capabilities for full control over your sound.
• Customize your tone with hundreds of presets or dive into the amp editor for complete control.
• Fine-tune your sound with additional input and master sections boasting 4 effect slots each and a built-in high-precision tuner.
• Safeguard your output with a brickwall limiter to prevent overshoot.
But that's merely the starting point. Axiom extends further offering boundless potential for effects and creativity:
• Over 100 built-in effects including creative delays reverbs distortion & fuzz pedals modulation fx wah and more.
• Unleash your inner pedal wizard and create your own: dive into creative delays and reverbs with the built-in version of Late Replies sculpt your signature distortions filters and compressors with Destructor and transform your pickups on the fly or refine acoustic guitar tones effortlessly with Re-Guitar!
• Seamless integration with third-party Audio Unit VST and VST3 plug-ins expanding your sonic arsenal indefinitely.
• Enhance your performance with virtual instruments in the tools section like metronomes drum machines sequencers synthesizers or the built-in audio player.
Axiom stands as your all-in-one solution featuring an extensive library of hundreds of full-rig presets for both electric and acoustic guitar and bass. When used as an application you can effortlessly play over backing tracks and record your performance with a single click. If you are in search of amp simulation software without the effects check out our Destructor plug-in. For a plug-in host & multi-effects processor without amp simulation explore Blue Cat's PatchWork.

Blue Cat Audio Standards:

• Available as a standalone application and in most plug-in formats for Mac and Windows.
• Full MIDI control and automation support MIDI Learn.
• No CPU load on idle: processing shuts down when fed with silence (optimal CPU usage).
• Customizable user interface with transparency & zoom.
• Smooth Bypass: noiseless plug-in activation / deactivation.
• Undo/Redo.
• Full featured integrated presets manager.
• Copy/paste the state of the plug-in between instances.
• Any sample rate supported.

Version 2.07

• Playback recording and rewind for the application (to synchronize loaded plug-ins) can now be triggered by MIDI.
• Offline rendering support: hosted plug-ins are now notified when the host is rendering offline (non-realtime).
• Fixed stereo issues in the audio player when loading mp3 or aiff files on Mac.
• Fixed audio recording issues under very low latencies and high CPU usage.
• Fixed multicore performance issues for Apple Silicon systems (random audio dropouts).
• Improved multicore performance on Intel Macs and Windows PCs.
• Improved audio performance when the application is used as a network server.
• Reduced GPU usage under MacOS Sonoma now that Apple fixed their initial graphics performance issue (Sonoma 14.3 and newer required).

Features:

• Powerful and limitless multi-effects and amp modeling software for guitar and bass.
• Authentic fully customizable amp simulations powered by Blue Cat's Destructor.
• Versatile routing with 2 parallel amp simulation channels and comprehensive input and master sections.
• Over 100 high quality built-in effects spanning from wah delays and reverb to EQ filters distortion units compressors gates chorus flanger phaser and more.
• Includes Blue Cat's Re-Guitar Destructor and Late Replies as integrated effects.
• Tailor the user interface to your preference from a straightforward EZ mode to in-depth editing.
• Seamless recording over backing tracks (Application).
• Lightning-fast built-in tuner for precision tuning.
• Built-in MIDI controllable looper.
• An open and extensible platform supporting third party VST VST3 and Audio Unit (AU) plug-ins.
• Load and manipulate impulse responses (IR) within the amp simulator or the EQ plug-in.
• Delivered with thousands of presets for all sections and built-in effects.
• Load third party virtual instruments to play along.
• Simplify effect control with configurable macro parameters.
• Global stereo spread control.
• Lock sections to prevent changes when loading presets.
• No latency.

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac		0	0	An Intel or Apple Silicon processor	For the standalone application an ASIO MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended)	For the standalone application a Core Audio compatible audio interface.		0	0	1	VST-2 VST-3 AU AAX
windows		0	0	An SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).	For the standalone application an ASIO MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended)	For the standalone application an ASIO MME or WASAPI compatible audio interface (ASIO recommended).		0	1	1	VST-2 VST-3 AAX