Installation

Introduction Video

Installation

Visit this link and download the installer that matches your OS:

• If the file has a .dmg extension, it is for macOS (in VST3, AU & AAX).
• If the file has a .exe extension, it is for Windows (in VST3, LV2 & AAX).
• If the file has a .zip extension, it is for Linux (in VST3 & LV2).

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

ZL Equalizer is Free and Open-source. ZL Equalizer is licensed under AGPLv3, except for the logo of ZL Audio and the logo of ZL Equalizer.

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Changelog

0.6.0

• 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 English 简体中文 繁體中文 Italiano 日本語 Deutsch Español tooltips
  • 日本語 Deutsch Español tooltips are translated by ChatGPT. I cannot ensure the accuracy of the translation. If you observe incorrect translations, please report them to me or submit a pull request.
• 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

0.5.0

• BREAKING: change (default) dynamic link to UI setting (the parameter is now shared across all instances)
• add Equalization Match (see the manual for details)
• add UI setting import/export
• fix incorrect channel layout (see #138)
• fix incorrect solo display (see #138)
• fix double-click behaviour (see #141)
• improve solo display
• improve GUI performance (especially when you open the UI setting panel)

0.4.5

• fix nlopt library linking issue in version 0.4.4
• fix incorrect licenses in installers (licenses have been changed to AGPLv3)
• improve DSP stability

0.4.4

• fix uninitialized static gain compensation in some edge cases
• fix data race in some edge cases

0.4.3

• change the top panel layout (move global bypass and sgc buttons outside)
• change the UI setting panel layout
• add the resizing to default size function to UI button
• add default pass filter order & slider double-clicking to the UI setting panel
• add colour maps to the UI setting panel
• add fft resolution to the UI setting panel
• fix incorrect latency when the samplerate changes after loading the plugin
• fix combobox displays in Standalone
• improve matched phase mixed phase under high samplerates
• improve spectrum display accuracy in the high-end

0.4.2

• add & change slider value editor shortcuts
  • open value editor with Ctrl/Command + mouse double-clicking for ALL sliders
• fix incorrect curve display when adjusting Scale
• fix macOS compatibility issue (now it should support macOS 10.13 and above)
• improve mixed phase phase shift continuity

0.4.1

• fix some debug code

0.4.0

• add parallel filter structure
• add match-phase filter structure
• add mixed-phase filter structure
• add linear-phase filter structure
• add & change shortcuts
  • fine-adjust dragger with Shift
  • find-adjust slider with Shift (changed from Ctrl/Command)
  • add a dynamic filter with Ctrl/Command + mouse double-clicking
  • turn on/off dynamic with Ctrl/Command + mouse double-clicking on the dragger
• change real curves to ideal curves
• change default FFT order to 12 to increase low-frequency details
• add phase-flip button and change the Output panel layout
• add more freedom to the plugin window size
• improve DSP & GUI stability
• improve DSP & GUI performance