diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_basics/effects/juce_LinearSmoothedValue.h b/modules/juce_audio_basics/effects/juce_LinearSmoothedValue.h
index cd39b0aa48..afb92de3d0 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_basics/effects/juce_LinearSmoothedValue.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_basics/effects/juce_LinearSmoothedValue.h
@@ -186,6 +186,26 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    //==============================================================================
+    /** Skip the next numSamples samples.
+
+        This is identical to calling getNextValue numSamples times.
+        @see getNextValue
+    */
+    void skip (int numSamples) noexcept
+    {
+        if (numSamples >= countdown)
+        {
+            currentValue = target;
+            countdown = 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            currentValue += (step * static_cast<FloatType> (numSamples));
+            countdown -= numSamples;
+        }
+    }
+
 private:
     //==============================================================================
     FloatType currentValue = 0, target = 0, step = 0;
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Bias.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Bias.h
index 1937af9573..61ff049f72 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Bias.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Bias.h
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ public:
         auto len         = inBlock.getNumSamples();
         auto numChannels = inBlock.getNumChannels();
 
+        if (context.isBypassed)
+        {
+            bias.skip (static_cast<int> (len));
+
+            if (context.usesSeparateInputAndOutputBlocks())
+                outBlock.copy (inBlock);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (numChannels == 1)
         {
             auto* src = inBlock.getChannelPointer (0);
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_FIRFilter.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_FIRFilter.h
index 09d2aaa94c..4b589028f9 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_FIRFilter.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_FIRFilter.h
@@ -138,8 +138,19 @@ namespace FIR
             auto* fir = coefficients->getRawCoefficients();
             size_t p = pos;
 
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < numSamples; ++i)
-                dst[i] = processSingleSample (src[i], fifo, fir, size, p);
+            if (context.isBypassed)
+            {
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < numSamples; ++i)
+                {
+                    fifo[p] = dst[i] = src[i];
+                    p = (p == 0 ? size - 1 : p - 1);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < numSamples; ++i)
+                    dst[i] = processSingleSample (src[i], fifo, fir, size, p);
+            }
 
             pos = p;
         }
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Gain.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Gain.h
index e8e206f333..e7195369a2 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Gain.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Gain.h
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ public:
         auto len         = inBlock.getNumSamples();
         auto numChannels = inBlock.getNumChannels();
 
+        if (context.isBypassed)
+        {
+            gain.skip (static_cast<int> (len));
+
+            if (context.usesSeparateInputAndOutputBlocks())
+                outBlock.copy (inBlock);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (numChannels == 1)
         {
             auto* src = inBlock.getChannelPointer (0);
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter.h
index ec048bba6b..f665ef6e1c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter.h
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ namespace IIR
 
         /** Processes as a block of samples */
         template <typename ProcessContext>
-        void process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept;
+        void process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
+        {
+            if (context.isBypassed)
+                processInternal<ProcessContext, true> (context);
+            else
+                processInternal<ProcessContext, false> (context);
+        }
 
         /** Processes a single sample, without any locking.
 
@@ -122,6 +128,10 @@ namespace IIR
         //==============================================================================
         void check();
 
+        /** Processes as a block of samples */
+        template <typename ProcessContext, bool isBypassed>
+        void processInternal (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept;
+
         //==============================================================================
         HeapBlock<SampleType> memory;
         SampleType* state = nullptr;
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter_Impl.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter_Impl.h
index 5ef75be08c..f4f8848f66 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter_Impl.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_IIRFilter_Impl.h
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ void Filter<SampleType>::prepare (const ProcessSpec&) noexcept     { reset(); }
 
 
 template <typename SampleType>
-template <typename ProcessContext>
-void Filter<SampleType>::process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
+template <typename ProcessContext, bool bypassed>
+void Filter<SampleType>::processInternal (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
 {
     static_assert (std::is_same<typename ProcessContext::SampleType, SampleType>::value,
                    "The sample-type of the IIR filter must match the sample-type supplied to this process callback");
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ void Filter<SampleType>::process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
     auto* dst = outputBlock.getChannelPointer (0);
     auto* coeffs = coefficients->getRawCoefficients();
 
+    // we need to copy this template parameter into a constexpr
+    // otherwise MSVC will moan that the tenary expressions below
+    // are constant conditional expressions
+    constexpr bool isBypassed = bypassed;
+
     switch (order)
     {
         case 1:
@@ -103,7 +108,8 @@ void Filter<SampleType>::process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
             {
                 auto in = src[i];
                 auto out = in * b0 + lv1;
-                dst[i] = out;
+
+                dst[i] = isBypassed ? in : out;
 
                 lv1 = (in * b1) - (out * a1);
             }
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ void Filter<SampleType>::process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
             {
                 auto in = src[i];
                 auto out = (in * b0) + lv1;
-                dst[i] = out;
+                dst[i] = isBypassed ? in : out;
 
                 lv1 = (in * b1) - (out * a1) + lv2;
                 lv2 = (in * b2) - (out * a2);
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ void Filter<SampleType>::process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
             {
                 auto in = src[i];
                 auto out = (in * b0) + lv1;
-                dst[i] = out;
+                dst[i] = isBypassed ? in : out;
 
                 lv1 = (in * b1) - (out * a1) + lv2;
                 lv2 = (in * b2) - (out * a2) + lv3;
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ void Filter<SampleType>::process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
             {
                 auto in = src[i];
                 auto out = (in * coeffs[0]) + state[0];
-                dst[i] = out;
+                dst[i] = isBypassed ? in : out;
 
                 for (size_t j = 0; j < order - 1; ++j)
                     state[j] = (in * coeffs[j + 1]) - (out * coeffs[order + j + 1]) + state[j + 1];
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Oscillator.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Oscillator.h
index 0363a161ea..300f5f7685 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Oscillator.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_Oscillator.h
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ public:
         auto numChannels   = outBlock.getNumChannels();
         auto baseIncrement = MathConstants<NumericType>::twoPi / sampleRate;
 
+        if (context.isBypassed)
+            context.getOutputBlock().clear();
+
         if (frequency.isSmoothing())
         {
             auto* buffer = rampBuffer.getRawDataPointer();
@@ -137,12 +140,15 @@ public:
                 buffer[i] = phase.advance (baseIncrement * frequency.getNextValue())
                               - MathConstants<NumericType>::pi;
 
-            for (size_t ch = 0; ch < numChannels; ++ch)
+            if (! context.isBypassed)
             {
-                auto* dst = outBlock.getChannelPointer (ch);
+                for (size_t ch = 0; ch < numChannels; ++ch)
+                {
+                    auto* dst = outBlock.getChannelPointer (ch);
 
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-                    dst[i] = generator (buffer[i]);
+                    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+                        dst[i] = generator (buffer[i]);
+                }
             }
         }
         else
@@ -150,13 +156,21 @@ public:
             auto freq = baseIncrement * frequency.getNextValue();
             auto p = phase;
 
-            for (size_t ch = 0; ch < numChannels; ++ch)
+            if (context.isBypassed)
             {
-                p = phase;
-                auto* dst = outBlock.getChannelPointer (ch);
-
-                for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-                    dst[i] = generator (p.advance (freq) - MathConstants<NumericType>::pi);
+                frequency.skip (static_cast<int> (len));
+                p.advance (freq * static_cast<NumericType> (len));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (size_t ch = 0; ch < numChannels; ++ch)
+                {
+                    p = phase;
+                    auto* dst = outBlock.getChannelPointer (ch);
+
+                    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+                        dst[i] = generator (p.advance (freq) - MathConstants<NumericType>::pi);
+                }
             }
 
             phase = p;
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_ProcessorChain.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_ProcessorChain.h
index 4566c463ea..74e119264b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_ProcessorChain.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_ProcessorChain.h
@@ -33,88 +33,85 @@ namespace dsp
 namespace ProcessorHelpers  // Internal helper classes used in building the ProcessorChain
 {
     template <int arg>
-    struct GetterHelper
+    struct AccessHelper
     {
         template <typename ProcessorType>
-        static auto& get (ProcessorType& a) noexcept    { return GetterHelper<arg - 1>::get (a.processors); }
-    };
+        static auto& get (ProcessorType& a) noexcept                 { return AccessHelper<arg - 1>::get (a.processors); }
 
-    template <>
-    struct GetterHelper<0>
-    {
         template <typename ProcessorType>
-        static auto& get (ProcessorType& a) noexcept    { return a.getProcessor(); }
+        static void setBypassed (ProcessorType& a, bool bypassed)    { AccessHelper<arg - 1>::setBypassed (a.processors, bypassed); }
     };
 
-    template <typename Processor, typename Subclass>
-    struct ChainBase
+    template <>
+    struct AccessHelper<0>
     {
-        Processor processor;
-
-        Processor& getProcessor() noexcept       { return processor; }
-        Subclass& getThis() noexcept             { return *static_cast<Subclass*> (this); }
+        template <typename ProcessorType>
+        static auto& get (ProcessorType& a) noexcept                 { return a.getProcessor(); }
 
-        template <int arg> auto& get() noexcept  { return GetterHelper<arg>::get (getThis()); }
+        template <typename ProcessorType>
+        static void setBypassed (ProcessorType& a, bool bypassed)    { a.isBypassed = bypassed; }
     };
 
-    template <typename FirstProcessor, typename... SubsequentProcessors>
-    struct Chain  : public ChainBase<FirstProcessor, Chain<FirstProcessor, SubsequentProcessors...>>
+    //==============================================================================
+    template <bool isFirst, typename Processor, typename Subclass>
+    struct ChainElement
     {
-        using Base = ChainBase<FirstProcessor, Chain<FirstProcessor, SubsequentProcessors...>>;
-
         void prepare (const ProcessSpec& spec)
         {
-            Base::processor.prepare (spec);
-            processors.prepare (spec);
+            processor.prepare (spec);
         }
 
         template <typename ProcessContext>
-        void process (ProcessContext& context) noexcept
+        void process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
         {
-            Base::processor.process (context);
-
-            if (context.usesSeparateInputAndOutputBlocks())
+            if (context.usesSeparateInputAndOutputBlocks() && ! isFirst)
             {
                 jassert (context.getOutputBlock().getNumChannels() == context.getInputBlock().getNumChannels());
                 ProcessContextReplacing<typename ProcessContext::SampleType> replacingContext (context.getOutputBlock());
-                processors.process (replacingContext);
+                replacingContext.isBypassed = (isBypassed || context.isBypassed);
+
+                processor.process (replacingContext);
             }
             else
             {
-                processors.process (context);
+                ProcessContext contextCopy (context);
+                contextCopy.isBypassed = (isBypassed || context.isBypassed);
+
+                processor.process (contextCopy);
             }
         }
 
         void reset()
         {
-            Base::processor.reset();
-            processors.reset();
+            processor.reset();
         }
 
-        Chain<SubsequentProcessors...> processors;
+        bool isBypassed = false;
+        Processor processor;
+
+        Processor& getProcessor() noexcept       { return processor; }
+        Subclass& getThis() noexcept             { return *static_cast<Subclass*> (this); }
+
+        template <int arg> auto& get() noexcept                      { return AccessHelper<arg>::get (getThis()); }
+        template <int arg> void setBypassed (bool bypassed) noexcept { AccessHelper<arg>::setBypassed (getThis(), bypassed); }
     };
 
-    template <typename ProcessorType>
-    struct Chain<ProcessorType>  : public ChainBase<ProcessorType, Chain<ProcessorType>>
+    //==============================================================================
+    template <bool isFirst, typename FirstProcessor, typename... SubsequentProcessors>
+    struct ChainBase  : public ChainElement<isFirst, FirstProcessor, ChainBase<isFirst, FirstProcessor, SubsequentProcessors...>>
     {
-        using Base = ChainBase<ProcessorType, Chain<ProcessorType>>;
+        using Base = ChainElement<isFirst, FirstProcessor, ChainBase<isFirst, FirstProcessor, SubsequentProcessors...>>;
 
         template <typename ProcessContext>
-        void process (ProcessContext& context) noexcept
-        {
-            Base::processor.process (context);
-        }
-
-        void prepare (const ProcessSpec& spec)
-        {
-            Base::processor.prepare (spec);
-        }
+        void process (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept  { Base::process (context); processors.process (context); }
+        void prepare (const ProcessSpec& spec)                 { Base::prepare (spec); processors.prepare (spec); }
+        void reset()                                           { Base::reset(); processors.reset(); }
 
-        void reset()
-        {
-            Base::processor.reset();
-        }
+        ChainBase<false, SubsequentProcessors...> processors;
     };
+
+    template <bool isFirst, typename ProcessorType>
+    struct ChainBase<isFirst, ProcessorType>  : public ChainElement<isFirst, ProcessorType, ChainBase<isFirst, ProcessorType>> {};
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ namespace ProcessorHelpers  // Internal helper classes used in building the Proc
     classes into a single processor which will call process() on them all in sequence.
 */
 template <typename... Processors>
-using ProcessorChain = ProcessorHelpers::Chain<Processors...>;
+using ProcessorChain = ProcessorHelpers::ChainBase<true, Processors...>;
 
 } // namespace dsp
 } // namespace juce
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_StateVariableFilter.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_StateVariableFilter.h
index de396c8505..be356f8560 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_StateVariableFilter.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_StateVariableFilter.h
@@ -92,25 +92,10 @@ namespace StateVariableFilter
             static_assert (std::is_same<typename ProcessContext::SampleType, SampleType>::value,
                            "The sample-type of the filter must match the sample-type supplied to this process callback");
 
-            auto&& inputBlock  = context.getInputBlock();
-            auto&& outputBlock = context.getOutputBlock();
-
-            // This class can only process mono signals. Use the ProcessorDuplicator class
-            // to apply this filter on a multi-channel audio stream.
-            jassert (inputBlock.getNumChannels()  == 1);
-            jassert (outputBlock.getNumChannels() == 1);
-
-            auto n = inputBlock.getNumSamples();
-            auto* src = inputBlock .getChannelPointer (0);
-            auto* dst = outputBlock.getChannelPointer (0);
-
-            switch (parameters->type)
-            {
-                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass:  processBlock<Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass>  (src, dst, n); break;
-                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass: processBlock<Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass> (src, dst, n); break;
-                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass: processBlock<Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass> (src, dst, n); break;
-                default: jassertfalse;
-            }
+            if (context.isBypassed)
+                processInternal<true, ProcessContext> (context);
+            else
+                processInternal<false, ProcessContext> (context);
         }
 
         /** Processes a single sample, without any locking or checking.
@@ -119,9 +104,9 @@ namespace StateVariableFilter
         {
             switch (parameters->type)
             {
-                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass:  return processLoop<Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass>  (sample, *parameters); break;
-                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass: return processLoop<Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass> (sample, *parameters); break;
-                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass: return processLoop<Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass> (sample, *parameters); break;
+                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass:  return processLoop<false, Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass>  (sample, *parameters); break;
+                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass: return processLoop<false, Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass> (sample, *parameters); break;
+                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass: return processLoop<false, Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass> (sample, *parameters); break;
                 default: jassertfalse;
             }
 
@@ -130,7 +115,7 @@ namespace StateVariableFilter
 
     private:
         //==============================================================================
-        template <typename Parameters<NumericType>::Type type>
+        template <bool isBypassed, typename Parameters<NumericType>::Type type>
         SampleType JUCE_VECTOR_CALLTYPE processLoop (SampleType sample, Parameters<NumericType>& state) noexcept
         {
             y[2] = (sample - s1 * state.R2 - s1 * state.g - s2) * state.h;
@@ -141,21 +126,45 @@ namespace StateVariableFilter
             y[0] = y[1] * state.g + s2;
             s2   = y[1] * state.g + y[0];
 
-            return y[static_cast<size_t> (type)];
+            return isBypassed ? sample : y[static_cast<size_t> (type)];
         }
 
-        template <typename Parameters<NumericType>::Type type>
+        template <bool isBypassed, typename Parameters<NumericType>::Type type>
         void processBlock (const SampleType* input, SampleType* output, size_t n) noexcept
         {
             auto state = *parameters;
 
             for (size_t i = 0 ; i < n; ++i)
-                output[i] = processLoop<type> (input[i], state);
+                output[i] = processLoop<isBypassed, type> (input[i], state);
 
             snapToZero();
             *parameters = state;
         }
 
+        template <bool isBypassed, typename ProcessContext>
+        void processInternal (const ProcessContext& context) noexcept
+        {
+            auto&& inputBlock  = context.getInputBlock();
+            auto&& outputBlock = context.getOutputBlock();
+
+            // This class can only process mono signals. Use the ProcessorDuplicator class
+            // to apply this filter on a multi-channel audio stream.
+            jassert (inputBlock.getNumChannels()  == 1);
+            jassert (outputBlock.getNumChannels() == 1);
+
+            auto n = inputBlock.getNumSamples();
+            auto* src = inputBlock .getChannelPointer (0);
+            auto* dst = outputBlock.getChannelPointer (0);
+
+            switch (parameters->type)
+            {
+                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass:  processBlock<isBypassed, Parameters<NumericType>::Type::lowPass>  (src, dst, n); break;
+                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass: processBlock<isBypassed, Parameters<NumericType>::Type::bandPass> (src, dst, n); break;
+                case Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass: processBlock<isBypassed, Parameters<NumericType>::Type::highPass> (src, dst, n); break;
+                default: jassertfalse;
+            }
+        }
+
         //==============================================================================
         std::array<SampleType, 3> y;
         SampleType s1, s2;
diff --git a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_WaveShaper.h b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_WaveShaper.h
index bc13c4185f..6ea543ebe3 100644
--- a/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_WaveShaper.h
+++ b/modules/juce_dsp/processors/juce_WaveShaper.h
@@ -53,9 +53,17 @@ struct WaveShaper
     template <typename ProcessContext>
     void process (const ProcessContext& context) const noexcept
     {
-        AudioBlock<FloatType>::process (context.getInputBlock(),
-                                        context.getOutputBlock(),
-                                        functionToUse);
+        if (context.isBypassed)
+        {
+            if (context.usesSeparateInputAndOutputBlocks())
+                context.getOutputBlock().copy (context.getInputBlock());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            AudioBlock<FloatType>::process (context.getInputBlock(),
+                                            context.getOutputBlock(),
+                                            functionToUse);
+        }
     }
 
     void reset() noexcept {}