ZL-Audio/ZLEqualizer 0.6.0-Pre

0.6.0 Pre Release

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This version includes BREAKING changes. DO NOT UPDATE before you finishing current projects which use any previous version of ZL Equalizer.

• BREAKING: use the new compressor model from ZL Compressor
  • dynamic filters will sound a bit different
  • dynamic filters (especially if under dynamic high-quality mode) become more efficient
  • dynamic filters will produce expected results under extreme knee width settings (see #156)
• BREAKING: smooth filter frequency/gain/Q changes
  • quick move/automation of frequency/gain/Q will have fewer artifacts
  • filter parameter automation will take more CPU usage cause it now changes filters per sample (see the manual)
• change the external side-chain button position to the top-right corner
  • since it is not a per-band parameter, top-right corner seems to be a better place
• change several button icons (see the manual)
  • the old ones are not intuitive enough
• add FFT db scale choice (see #147 and the manual)
• add loudness match (see #154 and the manual)
• add solo shortcuts (by right-mouse-button double-clicking with Ctrl/Command on the band button)
• add side-chain swap (see the manual)
• fix macOS standalone audio input permission request (see #146)
• fix curve db scale (see #148)
• fix multi-band selection (see #149)
• improve GUI performance
• improve DSP performance (especially for high-order filters and dynamic filters)
• improve stability

After installation, please load the plugin in an empty DAW session and check its functionality.

Please read

• the manual: https://zl-audio.github.io/plugins/zlequalizer/
• the plugin installation help page: https://zl-audio.github.io/help/plugin_installation/

WARNING for Pro Tools users

Current AAX versions have bugs. I will fix them in the formal release.

WARNING for Windows users

Use the installer ZL.Equalizer-0.6.0-Windows.exe if possible. The GUI performance has been hugely improved. I may discontinue the support of the software rendering version ZL.Equalizer-0.6.0-Windows-Software.exe.

WARNING for Linux users

Now the plugin is built with JUCE 8. If you observe a significant drop in GUI performance, please report it back to me.