LSP Plugins celebrates the 8th anniversary and introduces the 1.2.14 release!

➡️ Implemented Clipper plugins series.
➡️ Implemented Multiband Clipper plugin series.
➡️ Implemented Parametric Equalizer x8 plugin series.
➡️ Updated VST 2.x plugin naming to fit the maximum possible length of 31 characters.
➡️ Added tracking of maximum values option for Spectrum Analyzer plugin series.
➡️ Added possibility to change frequency values by double click for GOTT Compressor.
➡️ Improved performance of expression language in the UI.
➡️ Implemented separate input and output signal spectrum analysis for Filter, Graphic Equalizer and Parametric Equalizer plugin series.
➡️ Updated default value and extended range of the zoom fader for Filter, Graphic Equalizer and Parametric Equalizer plugin series.
➡️ Added possibility to globally adjust filter point size for Filter, Graphic Equalizer and Parametric Equalizer plugin series.
➡️ Added gain level display for filter info of the Parametric Equalizer and Filter plugin series.
➡️ Added missing inline display to the Autogain plugin series.
➡️ Threshold markers are now editable for all dynamics and multiband dynamics plugins.
➡️ Implemented switch that controls automatic scaling of spectrum graph for plugin series:
*️⃣ Beat Breather.
*️⃣ Filter.
*️⃣ GOTT Compressor.
*️⃣ Graphic Equalizer.
*️⃣ Multiband Compressor.
*️⃣ Multiband Dynamic Processor.
*️⃣ Multiband Gate.
*️⃣ Multiband Expander.
*️⃣ Multiband Limiter.
*️⃣ Noise Generator.
*️⃣ Parametric Equalizer.
➡️ Many code updates that could cause potential problems related to using another decimal point for floating-point number formatting.
➡️ Added frequency and note displaying for band splits for all multiband plugin series.
➡️ Added support of storing current file type selection in file dialogs of UI.
➡️ Optimization of compressor and gate functions using AVX-512 instruction set.
➡️ Fixed bug in Mid/Side conversion functions for AArch64 architecture (contributed by marcan at GitHub).
➡️ Introduced SIMD-optimized expander curve and gain functions.
➡️ Improved performance of logarithmic values calculations for DSP modules.

https://github.com/sadko4u/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.14

LSP Plugins 1.2.15 released!

➡️Added experimental VST3 plugin format support.
➡️Added built-in presets for Compressor plugin series.
➡️Fixed bug in smoothing mode of Parametric Equalizer and Filter plugins that could be caused when using large buffer sizes. Additional optimizations to reduce CPU resources when processing in smoothing mode.
➡️Updated behaviour of band frequency splits in the UI for Multiband Compressor, Multiband Expander, Multiband Gate Multiband Dynamic Processor and Crossover plugin series.
➡️Several bugfixes and improvements in implementations of VST2, LV2 and CLAP formats.
➡️Added possibility to manually enter channel name in Mixer plugin series.
➡️Added MIDI velocity control code display in Sampler and Multisampler plugin series.
➡️Added support of LR2 (12 dB/oct) filters by the Crossover plugins series.
➡️Added S/M Apply switch to Crossover plugin series that applies effect of Solo/Mute buttons to corresponding frequency band's outputs.
➡️Improved grid color and visibility for the Spectrum analyzer plugin series in Spectralizer mode.
➡️Implemented Hold option for Compressor, Dynamics Processor, Expander and Gate plugin series.
➡️Implemented Hold option for Multiband Compressor, Dynamics Processor, Expander and Gate plugin series.
➡️Added Dry/Wet balance control for Compressor, Dynamics Processor, Expander, Gate and Trigger plugin series.
➡️Added Dry/Wet balance control for Multiband Compressor, Dynamics Processor, Expander, Gate and GOTT Compressor plugin series.
➡️Fixed phasing issue between dry and wet signal for GOTT Compressor in Linear Phase mode.
➡️Fixed invalid curve markers display in Multiband Gate plugin series.
➡️Re-implemented allpass filters for Equalizer that could yield to high frequency pitch buildup.
➡️Updated split editing behaviour for Multiband plugin series and Crossover plugin series.
➡️Added basic UI design guidelines to the documentation.
➡️Several bugfixes in graphic toolkit library.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.15

LSP Plugins 1.2.16 released!

➡️ Implemented Chorus plugin series.
➡️ Implemented advanced internal buffer cleanup algorithm that does not cause high CPU load for Slap-Back Delay plugin.
➡️ Added stereo correlometer to the Spectrum Analyzer plugin series.
➡️ Added feedback to the Slap-Back delay plugin.
➡️ Implemented Dry/Wet balance knob for the following plugin series:
*️⃣ Artistic Delay;
*️⃣ Beat Breather;
*️⃣ Compensation Delay;
*️⃣ Flanger;
*️⃣ Impulse Responses;
*️⃣ Impulse Reverb;
*️⃣ Room Builder;
*️⃣ Sampler;
*️⃣ Multisampler;
*️⃣ Slap-Back delay.
➡️ Removed 'Amount' knob in Flanger plugin series as it can be fully replaced by Dry/Wet/DryWet knobs.
➡️ Several fixes related to window position of VST3 plugin format.
➡️ Workaround for Bitwig Studio DAW memory leak when VST3 plugins extensively use messaging.
➡️ Fixed bug related to improper loading of RIFF files with 32-bit float sample format.
➡️ Fixed configuration export for LV2 format where plugins exported paths mapped by a DAW instead of real file paths.
➡️ Fixed improper numpad key handling in UI for Windows.
➡️ Fixed Artistic Delay which could generate audio garbage on session startup.
➡️ Improved precision of bilinear transform for filters which could blow up signal when using steep-curved filters.
➡️ Fixed jumping UI controls issues caused by variable widths of diffrent parameters.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.16

LSP Plugins 1.2.17 released!

The overall list of changes is the following:
🔄 Changed the binary distribution of plugins. Plugins of different formats are now packed together into a 7-zip archive. The same is related to documentation and source code. This allows to gain the economy on the overall size of the compressed data and number of archives required to download.
➡️ Added basic GStreamer plugin format support.
➡️ Plugins now can be built without UI support if the 'ui' option is omitted at the configuration stage.
➡️ Added ISO-226:2023 loudness compensation curves to Loudness Compensator plugin series.
➡️ Added balance knobs to LSP Slap-back Delay Stereo plugin.
➡️ Added Suntory Hall Tokyo 3D model to Room Builder presets (contributed by Fowly).
➡️ Updated makefile scripts related to Git checkout (contributed by Johannes Lorenz).
➡️ Improved build tools: UI resources are now built-in only for shared objects/libraries that actually need them.
➡️ Several AVX-512 optimizations of DSP library.
✅ Fixed not working MIDI channel setup for the Trigger MIDI plugin series.
✅ Fixed regression: improper port bindings for Compensation Delay x2 Stereo plugin.
✅ Fixed several issues related to plugin window sizing for LV2 format.
✅ Fixed possible access to uninitialized memory when loading built-in resources.
✅ Fixed improper phase compensation between Dry and Wet channels in Linear Phase mode for multiband plugin series:
✳️ Multiband Compressor;
✳️ Multiband Dynamics Processor;
✳️ Multiband Expander;
✳️ Multiband Gate.
✅ Several bugfixes for VST3 wrapper.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.17

LSP Plugins 1.2.18 released!

⚛️ Implemented Send Mono and Send Stereo plugins for sending audio streams to named connection points stored in shared memory.
⚛️ Implemented Return Mono and Return Stereo plugins for receiving audio streams from named connection points stored in shared memory.
➡️ Added inter-communication between Parametric and Graphic Equalizers using new send/return communication primitives which allows to show the spectrogram of another Equalizer's output on the graph.
➡️ Added Reverse button for Impulse Responses plugin series that allows to reverse the impulse response.
➡️ Added support of sidechain passed by shared memory link for Autogain plugin series.
➡️ Added support of sidechain passed by shared memory link for single-band dynamics processing plugin series:
✳️ Compressor;
✳️ Dynamics Processor;
✳️ Expander;
✳️ Gate;
✳️ Limiter.
➡️ Added support of sidechain passed by shared memory link for multi-band dynamics processing plugin series:
✳️ GOTT Compressor;
✳️ Multiband Compressor;
✳️ Multiband Dynamics Processor;
✳️ Multiband Expander;
✳️ Multiband Gate;
✳️ Multiband Limiter.
➡️ Mono samples are now played as stereo samples with duplicated left channel for Trigger, Sampler and Multisampler plugin series.
➡️ Added pre-reverse button to apply sample reversal before cuts, stretches and fades being applied in Sampler and Multisampler plugin series.
➡️ Several UI improvements related to instrument names in Multisampler plugin series: instrument name is now displayed in drop-down list and heading of the drop-down group.
➡️ Added documentation_path parameter in user configuration file which allows to configure the path to the offline documentation installation.
➡️ Update makefiles to simplify cross-compiling, added cross compiling instructions to README.
➡️ Added LUFS meters to the Loudness Compensator plugin series.
➡️ Added reference Pink noise generator of different standard loudness levels to the Loudness Compensator plugin series.
➡️ Added directory contents view and navigation of currently loaded sample for following plugin series:
✳️ Impulse Responses;
✳️ Impulse Reverb;
✳️ Multsampler;
✳️ Sampler;
✳️ Trigger.
✅ Fixed random crashes when navigating file dialog in Windows.
✅ Fixed invalid UI draw issue on Windows when using larger desktop DPI.
✅ Fixed regression in offline documentation build.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.18

LSP Plugins 1.2.19 - important update! We noticed critical problem with VST2 plugin format and decided to issue new release as soon as possible.

➡️ Rollback of source code distribution to tar.gz archive format.
✅ Fixed unneeded resource object deletion and use-after-free in VST plugin wrapper.
✅ Fixed window sizing for CLAP plugin format.
➡️ Updated CLAP SDK to 1.2.2.
➡️ Updated VST3 SDK to 3.7.12, may be breaking changes related to parameter identifiers as Steinberg has twice reduced the set of valid paremeter identifiers.
✅ Several fixes in build scripts.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.19

LSP Plugins 9th anniversary release 1.2.20 is available!

And we introduce a 'Swiss Knife' in audio analysis, mixing and mastering!

⚛️ Implemented Referencer plugin series.
➡️ Added "Automatically load files when navigating file list" feature that allows to automatically load files when navigating file list nearby the loaded sample.
➡️ Added shared memory sends and returns to Mixer plugin series.
➡️ Added shared memory returns to A/B Tester plugin series.
➡️ Added tracking of maximum values to the Spectrum Analyzer plugin series.
✅ Several fixes around UI Widgets.
➡️ Added 'Stop' button for file preview in plugins tha allow audio file loading:
✳️ Impulse Responses;
✳️ Impulse Reverb;
✳️ Room Builder;
✳️ Sampler and Multisampler;
✳️ Trigger.
➡️ Better support of Enter and Escape keys in dialogs.
➡️ Yet more SIMD and AVX-512 optimizations in the DSP libray.
➡️ AVX-512 optimizations are now enabled for AMD Ryzen 7000 processor series and later.
➡️ DSP library now supports build for MacOS on Apple M1 and later chips.
✅ Fixed possible file name loss on deactivated plugins for all modern plugin formats.
✅ Fixed imprecise spectrum graph and left/right channel desynchronization when rapidly changing the frequency of filter in Parametric Equalizer plugin series.
✅ Fixed the behaviour of the 'Inspect' button in the VST3 version of Parametric Equalizer plugin series. The fix may cause some regressions in user sessions by enabling the inpection of the first filter.
✅ Fixed regression related to he AArch64 version of plugins that freezed the host.

https://youtu.be/jWO6FrCrbdw

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.20

New LSP Plugins release, now with accelerated UI!

For many years LSP Plugins have had serious performance issues when drawing UI with Cairo graphics library.

Now we introduce new graphics backend that uses OpenGL library for rendering widgets. We still keep possibility to
easily switch back to Cairo if you meet some problems using OpenGL backend.

⚛️ Implemented default OpenGL rendering engine for the UI for X11-based operating systems. The rendering engine can be switched back to Cairo by setting LSP_WS_LIB_GLXSURFACE=off environment variable.
➡️ Added possibility to use custom scaling for each plugin bundle.
➡️ Added highlighting of active item in file navigator nearby sample preview.
➡️ Several optimizations related to scaling widgets in the graphical toolkit library.
➡️ Updated several core libraries for better support of MacOS.
➡️ Additional AVX-512 optimizations of code DSP library.
➡️ Several changes in Sampler and Multisampler plugin series:
➡️ Implemented possibility to Drag&Drop drumkits, SFZ files and LSPC files directly to the plugin's window for import purpose.
➡️ Muting button does not disable the listen button.
➡️ Added 'velocity' button that allows to disable or enable the volume control of a sample by the velocity value of the MIDI note.
➡️ Added automatic instrument name assign same to current sample file name if UI behavior option 'Take instrument name from file' is enabled and the name of instrument is empty or similar to currently selected sample file.
➡️ Updated several labels in the UI.
✅ Added workaround for Renoise host related to latency reporting by VST2 and VST3 plugins on state load.
✅ Fixed unnecessary output parameter cleanup when importing configuration that caused several bugs when importing plugin state from file.
✅ Fixed regression related to impossibility of setting proper values for in several parameters in the VST3 plugin format.
✅ Fixed some typos in UI.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.21

Some UI improvements for the upcoming 1.2.22 release: added support of overlays in the UI which allow to make the UI leightweight and hide rarely used controls from user's vision.

New LSP Plugins release 1.2.22, with new plugin and some sort of UI improvements!

⚛️ Implemented Phaser plugin series.
➡️ Implemented overlay widgets which allow to hide rarely used controls under special buttons which trigger them to pop up.
➡️ Added Feedback Drive control for Chorus and Flanger plugin series.
➡️ Significantly reduced quantization noise for Chorus and Flanger plugin series.
➡️ Better support of widgets activity and coloring in the toolkit library.
➡️ Added pitch knob for pitching files to the Impulse Responses and Impulse Reverb plugin series.
➡️ Optimized resampling algorithms.
➡️ Added possibility to launch standalone plugins in minimized window state.
➡️ Source code now builds for ARM-based MacOS but without the UI support.
✅ Fixed problems related to usage of OpenGL under ARM-based devices which do not support Core OpenGL 3.3 with GLSL 3.3 and above.
✅ Fixes in OpenGL shaders for support of GLSL 1.80 and several bogus OpenGL API implementations.
✅ Fixed broken transport (tempo BPM) synchronization for CLAP plugin format.
✅ Fixed some command line options that caused JACK version to crash.
✅ Fixed regression related to creating new global configuration file.

https://youtu.be/iqiXtMQckak

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.22

An interview to Linux Audio Plugin Development site!

This Sunday Vladimir Sadovnikov, the founder of Linux Studio Plugins project, has submitted an interview to the LAPD project!

There you can get his vision about Open Source and Proprietary world, some insights from the LSP Project's kitchen, further plans and even more!

Hope you will enjoy the interview!

https://linuxaudio.dev/linux-audio-developers-spotlight/linux-studio-plugins

New LSP Plugins 1.2.23 available!

We also appreciate if you make donations to our regular member Boris Gotsulenko as he is going through hard times and needs some financial support. The current LSP UI/UX design you see is the result of his hard work:
https://paypal.me/borTCreative

This is a pretty heavy release and contains many new features for different plugins and some minor bug fixes:
➡️ Added experimental support of UI for MacOS using FreeType and Cairo libraries. Contributed by Marvin Edeler.
➡️ Implemented human-friendly preset management in the plugin's UI.
➡️ VST3 plugin state format changed, not backward-compatible with previous versions of plugins. Downgrading version may cause plugin state loss.
➡️ Added AHDBSSR (Attack, Hold, Decay, Break, Slope, Sustain, Release) envelope control over loaded samples in Sampler and Multisampler plugin series.
➡️ Added DC offset control for Clipper and Multiband Clipper plugin series.
➡️ Added frequency linking button to the Phaser plugin series that allows to link minimum and maximum LFO frequencies and to keep logarithmic frequency range being constant.
➡️ Added support of linear axis for frequency in Spectrum Analyzer plugin series.
➡️ Added frequency inspection mode to the Spectrum Analyzer plugin series activated by 'Inspect' button or Ctrl + Left Mouse Button on the graph.
➡️ Added support of minimum-phase filter mode for Loudness Compensator plugin series.
➡️ Added 'M/S Link' and 'S/C Link' buttons to LeftRigth and MidSide versions of following plugins:
*️⃣ Compressor, Dynamics Builder, Expander, Gate;
*️⃣ Multiband plugins: Compressor, Dynamics Builder, Expander, Gate;
*️⃣ Equalizers: Parametric Equalizer and Graphic Equalizer;
*️⃣ Crossover plugin.
➡️ Added audio channel pre-mixing controls for the following plugins:
*️⃣ Compressor, Dynamics Processor, Expander, Gate and Limiter;
*️⃣ Multiband plugins: Compressor, Dynamics Processor, Expander, Gate and Limiter;
*️⃣ GOTT Compressor.
➡️ Extended collection of built-in rooms for Room Builder plugin series by Boris Gotsulenko aka borT.
➡️ Added exciter-like effect presets for Phaser plugin series contributed by Attila Schler.
➡️ Added possibility to automatically play samples when navigating file list.
➡️ Added command line option for JACK that allows to specify client name.
➡️ Additional optimizations of 3D space mathematics with AVX instruction set.
✅ Some bugfixes and improvements in VST3 plugin format, now UI works for editorhost demo application from the Steinberg VST3 SDK.
✅ Fixed improper AVX-512 optimization for lanczos kernel genration function which could cause improper resampling of audio files and yield some plugins to not to work properly.
✅ Fixed bug in frequency split editing for Mid/Side and Left/Right versions of Crossover plugin.
✅ Fixed bug in Mid/Side conversion of stereo signal on 32-bit and 64-bit ARM processors. Contributed by Asahi Lina.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.23

New LSP Plugins 1.2.24 released!

⚛️ Implemented Ring-Modulated sidechain plugin series.
⚛️ Implemented Multiband Ring-Modulated sidechain plugin series.
➡️ Implemented A/B preset switching support by plugins.
➡️ Added support of integrated loudness metering for Referencer plugin series.
➡️ Added True Peak limiting modes to the Limiter and Multiband Limiter plugin series.
➡️ Added Piano keyboard layout to all plugins that provide frequency graph.
➡️ Added support of BeginEdit and EndEdit events for CLAP, LV2, VST2 and VST3 formats.
➡️ Moved Dry, Wet and Dry/Wet knobs into a separate Mix overlay for Trigger plugin series.
✅ Fixed frequency range display for Multiband Compressor, Expander, Gate and Dynamics Processor plugin series.
✅ Fixed regressions in LV2 plugin wrapper related to setting path parameters.
✅ Fixed crash when loading project with Loudness Compensator plugin in IIR mode.
✅ Fixed VST3 plugins crash under Ardour related to improper IRunLoop interface operations based on invalid API calls by the DAW.

Demo of new plugin on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/q5XMbkfR_5s

Link to the release:
https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.24

New LSP Plugins 1.2.25 available!

This release provides several bug fixes for regressions of previous release.

➡️ Improved plugin metadata validation tool in plugin framework.
✅ VST3 data synchronization between DSP and UI is now performed in the UI thread if possible.
✅ Fixed VST3 crash on JUCE-based hosts related to improper IRunLoop handling.
✅ Fixed Room Builder plugin that could not render impulse responses for some built-in rooms.
✅ Fixed possible SIGFPE crash on LADSPA descriptor generation related to division by zero error.
✅ Fixed data transport for LV2 plugins that caused many annoying log messages in Ardour.

https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.25

New LSP Plugins 1.2.26 available!

Today we celebrate our 10th anniversary! Ten years flew by in a flash since our 1.0.0 release!
LSP plugins grew from a small enthusiastic project into a serious collection of powerful tools!
Thanks to all who supported us, gave ideas, reported bugs, published pull requests and promoted the project!
In this release we introduce a new but powerful toy!

The overall list of changes in the 1.2.26 release:
⚛️ Implemented Matcher plugin series.
➡️ Implemented metadata revisioning to not to corrupt parameter automation in DAWs like Ardour related to changing port indices when some new parameter is added.
➡️ Added possibility to select between host-friendly and user-frienfly values when exporting configuration to the file.
➡️ Added 'smooth' parameter in Limiter and Multiband Limiter plugins that allows to adjust the smoothnes of the ALR knee.
➡️ Optimized spectrum analyzer module: reduced memory usage and memory copying.
➡️ Some optimizations related to plugin port mappings in the UI.
✅ Removed duplicate and not working filter point thickness settings in UI behavior menu.
✅ Fixed out-of sync ALR attack and release timings for the Limiter module when changing the sample rate.
✅ Fixed moduleinfo.json generation and validation for VST3.
✅ Fixed possible garbage at the end of KVT BLOB serialization.
✅ Fixed endianess-related bugs in VST3 headers.
✅ Fixed some bugs in VST3 plugin state deserialization.

https://youtu.be/sOlWV0B-dUI
https://github.com/lsp-plugins/lsp-plugins/releases/tag/1.2.26