0.5.0

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

WARNING for x86-64 (Linux and Windows) users: In this version, you need to choose the correct installer more carefully. See the plugin installation page for more info.

WARNING for Linux users: In the next version, the installer might be built on Ubuntu 24.04, which will make it incompatible with older version.

WARNING for users who build from code: In this version, the building instructions have changed. You may need to clean the building directory.

Please read

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

Bug fixes

• fix incorrect peak display
• fix compression direction combobox display
• fix grammar mistakes in tooltips
• fix mouse dragging sensitivity of rotary sliders

Improvements

• improve DSP performance
• improve GUI performance

Other Changes

• add LV2 tags

0.4.0

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

The biggest change should be the meters.

And I have changed the Windows installer to msi format (Microsoft Installer package). Yeah, it is old :) but it is more reliable and transparent to Windows system.

Regarding AAX: Somehow I mess up Pro Tools installation on my new laptop and I can't fix it :( From now on, I will not validate AAX formats even if they are provided.

Please read

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

New Features

• add meter panel
• add inf range button
• add negative lookahead (i.e., side-chain delay)

Bug fixes and Improvements

• improve UI layout
• improve magnitude analyzer display
• improve FFT analyzer display

0.3.2

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

Bug fixes and Improvements

• improve magnitude analyzer display
• improve FFT analyzer display

0.3.1

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

New Features

• add Inflate, Expand and Shape directions (see the manual for details)
• add UI scaling control & credit info

Bug fixes and Improvements

• fix plugin crashes when it does not have UI preset folder permission
• fix incorrect rms display
• fix displayed values when they are close to zero
• fix incorrect copy/paste from ZL Equalizer 2
• improve DSP performance

Other Changes

• support VST3 parameter context menu
• change several parameter ranges
• change icons

0.3.0

This release won't be a formal release. Instead, the next release 0.3.1 will be a formal release.

It is because of the new Inflate, Expand and Shape directions. I have tried my best to make them good, but they may still need some fine adjustments before going into a formal release. If you have any suggestions, please open a discussion. A short explanation (I am still working on the manual):

• Compress: downward compression
• Inflate: upward compression
• Expand: downward expansion
• Shape: upward expansion

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

For Windows users, unless you are very certain that your computer is ARM64 (e.g., Microsoft Surface Pro 11 + Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite), you should use the x86_64 installer.

New Features

• add Inflate, Expand and Shape directions (see the manual for details)
• add UI scaling control & credit info

Bug fixes and Improvements

• fix plugin crashes when it does not have UI preset folder permission
• fix incorrect rms display
• improve DSP performance

Other Changes

• support VST3 parameter context menu
• change several parameter ranges
• change icons

0.2.1

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

For Windows users, unless you are very certain that your computer is ARM64 (e.g., Microsoft Surface Pro 11 + Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite), you should use the x86_64 installer.

New Features

• add spectrum frozen (hold the mouse over the spectrum)
• add multiple-band selection
• add multiple-band copy/paste

Bug fixes and Improvements

• fix wrong 6dB slope choice when using mouse wheel
• improve over-sampling performance (greatly)

0.2.0

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

For Windows users, unless you are very certain that your computer is ARM64 (e.g., Microsoft Surface Pro 11 + Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite), you should use the x86_64 installer.

New Features

• add tooltips
  • Italiano/日本語/Deutsch/Español tooltips are translated by LLM. I cannot ensure the accuracy of those translations. If you observe incorrect translations, please report them to me or submit a pull request. Thanks a lot!
• add side-chain filter solo (double-click on the dragger)
• add soft clipper

Bug fixes and Improvements

• fix potential overflow in Vocal style
• improve stability

0.1.2

The lastest release is available at https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLCompressor/releases/latest

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

We are close to 0.2.0 :)

For Windows users, unless you are very certain that your computer is ARM64 (e.g., Microsoft Surface Pro 11 + Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite), you should use the x86_64 installer.

New Features

• add UI setting panel
• add two stereo modes (see #20)
• add filter slope mouse wheel control (+ command/ctrl)
• add filter invert/copy/paste right click panel
• add threshold/ratio mousewheel control (on the analyzer)

Bug fixes and Improvements

• fix side wet slider width
• fix analyzer shaking when bypassed/paused
• improve slider mousewheel behaviour (see #21)
• improve FFT analyzer display

Others

• add Windows ARM64 release

0.1.1

The lastest release is available at https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLCompressor/releases/latest

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

I am still working on UI presets and the manual 😓

DSP

• add compression style Vocal
• add RMS release and RMS parameters
• add loudness match

GUI

• fix delayed magnitude analyzer
• fix incorrect cumulative RMS display
• improve resizable corner dragger

0.1.0

The lastest release is available at https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLCompressor/releases/latest

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

I am still working on some other features and the manual 😓 But it is good enough for the first release!