Installation

How to install ZL Compressor

Introduction Video

Installation

You may download the installer at the GitHub release page or use the direct download link below. Please download the installer that matches your OS & architecture:

Operating Systemx86-64
Intel Chip
AMD Chip (mostly)		ARM64
Apple M Chip
Qualcomm Chip
macOSZL.Compressor-0.2.0-macOS-x86.dmgZL.Compressor-0.2.0-macOS-arm.dmg
WindowsZL.Compressor-0.2.0-Windows-x86.exeZL.Compressor-0.2.0-Windows-arm.exe
LinuxZL.Compressor-0.2.0-Linux-x86.zipZL.Compressor-0.2.0-Linux-arm.zip

For more information, please refer to the Plugin Installation page.

ZL Compressor is Free and Open-source. ZL Compressor is licensed under AGPLv3, except for the logo of ZL Audio and the logo of ZL Compressor. You can obtain the corresponding source code at https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLCompressor or https://gitee.com/ZL-Audio/ZLCompressor.

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Changelog

0.2.0

New Features

  • add tooltips
  • 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

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

New Features

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

Bug fixes and Improvements

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