About Cableguys
Cableguys is a German software company founded in 2007, celebrated for crafting uniquely inspiring and deeply flexible audio plugins that have become studio staples for many top-tier producers .
Their creative tools have found their way into productions by chart-toppers like David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, 808 Mafia, and are frequently used by the “producer’s producers,” such as Mick Schultz (Rihanna, Jeremih), Nard & B (Migos, Future), and Khaliq Glover (Prince, Justin Timberlake) .
Cableguys Plugins
Here’s a breakdown of their main plugins and bundles, currently available in English:
Bundles
- Cableguys Bundle – A suite of 15 essential plugins for mixing and creative sound design, including ShaperBox 3 Bundle, Snapback, FilterShaper XL, Curve 2, HalfTime, MidiShaper, and more .
- ShaperBox 3 – Combines 10 powerful “Shaper” effects in one plugin: ReverbShaper, TimeShaper 3, DriveShaper 2, NoiseShaper 2, FilterShaper Core 3, LiquidShaper, CrushShaper 2, VolumeShaper 7, PanShaper 4, and WidthShaper 3 .
Individual Plugins
- Snapback – A fast drum layering effect that detects drum hits and layers new samples perfectly in time. Co-developed with electronic music pioneer BT .
- HalfTime – The only plugin entirely dedicated to half-speed (slowed-down) audio effects, used by artists like Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, 808 Mafia, and The Chemical Brothers .
- VolumeShaper – Provides a deeply editable multiband volume LFO for precise level shaping, sidechain ducking, tempo-synced stuttering, and detailed control .
- TimeShaper – Enables pitch and time warping with multiband stutter, reverse, scratch, tape-stop and glitch effects .
- FilterShaper XL – A powerful, dual-filter with extensive modulation options and analog-style sound design flexibility .
- ReverbShaper – Adds rhythmic movement to reverb tails, allowing chopped, pumping, or grooving spatial effects .
- NoiseShaper – Facilitates easy layering of noise textures (like lo-fi vinyl hiss, tape hum, digital static, etc.) for creative sound design or mix enhancement .
- DriveShaper – Adds multiband distortion and drive effects (available as part of ShaperBox bundles) .
- Curve 2 – A creative synthesizer or modulation tool (part of various bundles) .
- MidiShaper – A MIDI modulation tool, ready to modulate parameters via MIDI control (included in bundles) .
- FilterShaper Core, LiquidShaper, CrushShaper, PanShaper, WidthShaper – These are additional “Shaper” modules included within ShaperBox 3 or the full Cableguys Bundle .
Summary Table
Plugin / Bundle Description
Cableguys Bundle Full package of 15 plugins for creative production
ShaperBox 3 10 shaper effects in one efficient plugin
Snapback Drum-layering tool with precise sample triggering
HalfTime Half-speed audio effect for dark, atmospheric textures
VolumeShaper Multiband LFO for volume shaping and sidechain ducking
TimeShaper Multiband time warps, glitches, reverses, stutters
FilterShaper XL Dual-filter with extreme modulation control
ReverbShaper Rhythmic reverb manipulation
NoiseShaper Noise layering for creative textures
DriveShaper Distortion effect across multiple bands
Curve 2 Creative synth/modulator
MidiShaper MIDI-enabled modulator
Other Shaper modules Pan, Width, Crush, Liquid, FilterShaper Core—all included
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