ZL Compressor
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A free compressor that also does upward compression and expansion, with four processor styles, lookahead, up to 8x oversampling and a post clipper. The side chain gets its own 8-band EQ plus stereo and link controls, and the display shows peak and RMS in real time. VST3, AU and LV2 on Windows, macOS and Linux. Open source under AGPL-3.0.
Key features
- Compress, inflate, expand or shape modes
- Lookahead and up to 8x oversampling
- 8-band side-chain EQ with stereo and link controls
- Real-time peak and RMS display, post clipper
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Specs
| Formats | VST3AULV2 |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Windows,macOS,Linux |
| Apple Silicon native | Yes |
| Released | |
| Developer | ZL Audio |
| Open source | AGPL-3.0 · 0.6.1 |
Image: ZL Audio
Sources: zl-audio.github.io · github.com
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