Changelog
What's new in Outboard-EQ
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v1.1.1
Latest- A track that starts a few bars into the song now sounds right from its very first note. That first hit could previously come through noticeably too loud and unshaped, with the EQ only settling in a moment later — most often after you stopped, waited a few seconds and started playback again.
- Linear Phase, Hybrid and Per-Band now have their filter ready before the very first sample. After the host restarted its audio engine, a short moment of unprocessed audio at full level could still slip through.
- Hybrid keeps its low and high halves exactly in step after a buffer-size change — they could previously drift apart and smear the sound.
v1.1.0
- The analog character stages (Console, Tape, Density, Coils) now run internally at 4× oversampling — audibly cleaner highs at hot drive settings, while your existing settings keep their sound.
- Linear-phase reliability: after the host changed its buffer size or started an offline bounce, the linear-phase modes could briefly pass unprocessed audio until a control was touched — fixed.
- More robust license handling: your activation is now recognized in every host situation — including offline renders where the plugin window never opens — and stays valid long-term without re-activating.
- The PultecShelf band type now sounds exactly like the curve it draws — it previously cut low mids where the display showed the classic low-end boost.
- Sharper, more readable interface: larger header and footer controls, bigger meter readouts aligned on one clean line, a footer bar that uses its full height, and a fixed right-click band menu on the light themes.
v1.0.0
- Saving and naming presets now works on every platform: “Save As…”, rename and overwrite open an in-app dialog styled to match the plugin — fixing macOS, where the name prompt previously did nothing at all.
- Every knob, rotary switch and meter dial now shows a hover tooltip explaining what it does.
- Smoother preset workflow: reliable factory-preset recall in Logic Pro, quick ‹ › preset navigation, a Reset/Default hint, and per-band slope shortcuts.
v0.1.8
- Linear-phase mode is now seamless: adjusting a band or switching the linear-phase resolution no longer causes brief audio dropouts — even at the highest resolution — and the change is applied instantly while playback stays clean.
v0.1.7
- New: Hit Record AUTO (beta) — play your material until the HIT pill in the footer fills, pick Master, Mix or Instrument and press Apply: Outboard-EQ reads crest, brightness and low end and writes the fewest EQ moves needed toward the spectral balance of commercial records. One shot, fully undoable.
- Step-by-step guide with tips: outboard.audio/help/hit-record-auto
v0.1.6
- Outboard-EQ is now pluginval-validated at the maximum strictness level 10 — the industry's plugin test suite gave audio processing at 44.1/48/96 kHz, automation, state recall and thread safety a clean pass.
- News from Outboard, right here: the logo marker now also lights up for occasional product news — not just for new versions — and clears once read.
v0.1.5
- New Theme switch — a slider that snaps through nine hand-tuned colour worlds (Graphite, Azure, Teal, Indigo, Daylight, Emerald, Amber, Violet and High-contrast), each a complete, self-contained palette.
- Macro knobs — four assignable macros that drive any combination of band and output parameters from a single control, with per-target depth and full DAW automation.
- The in-plugin “what’s new” marker now clears automatically once you’ve opened the changelog.
v0.1.4
- Sharper EQ display on Windows screens with fractional scaling (125% / 150% / 175%) — the curve and grid now render crisply at any DPI.
- Redesigned Dynamic-EQ colours for the Daylight and High-contrast themes — a calmer, more organic palette that reads cleanly on light backgrounds.
- Full-height input and output meter side-rails with a tidier meter sidebar layout.
v0.1.3
- In-plugin update notifications: a marker on the logo and a “what’s new” panel let you know — right inside your DAW — when a new version is available.
- The licence and activation panel now follows your system language (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian).
v0.1.2
- New colour schemes — Daylight (light) and High-contrast — alongside the default Graphite, each with an optional accent colour. Switch them from the footer; your choice is remembered per plugin.
- The EQ display now resizes responsively to fill the space between the meters.
- Wider input/output meter sidebars, a slimmer header, and theme-aware knobs, markers and sliders for sharper readability.
v0.1.1
- Fixed a rare crash in Cubase 15 on some Windows systems (WebView2 start-up hardening).
- Removed the brief white flash when opening or re-opening the plugin window.
- More robust UI start-up on Windows: statically-linked WebView2 loader and per-user data stored under %LOCALAPPDATA%.
v0.1.0
- First public release of Outboard-EQ.
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