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Loudness Meter v1.6.7

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Loudness Compressor v1.6.7

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Release Notes

Version 1.6.7

• Support for macOS Mojave (10.14)

  Version 1.6.6

• Output types: Standard, Bypass, Delta (compressor)
• Fix output offset in extreme cases (compressor)

  Version 1.6.5

• Improved preset save
• Fix missing source knee threshold drawing
• Fix missing font characters

  Version 1.6.4

• Default manual reset, with a reasonable general-purpose default loudness range
• Default breath residual mode enabled

  Version 1.6.3

• Aesthetic improvements

  Version 1.6.2

• Fix mono channels when using stereo loudness types

  Version 1.6.1

• Fix discontinuities at compression curve extremes (compressor)

  Version 1.6.0

• Presets & Themes management
• A/B comparison buttons (compressor)

  Version 1.5.2

• Minor graphical improvements

  Version 1.5.1

• Fix Logic Pro validation failure
• Darken the shading a bit outside the visualizer HUD

  Version 1.5.0

• Improve/fix breath residual feature (compressor)

  Version 1.4.9

• Support loading from file for analysis (meter)

  Version 1.4.8

• Many cosmetic & visualizer improvements, configurable bit-depth

  Version 1.4.7

• Fix mutex double-lock freeze on latency change in Cubase (compressor)

  Version 1.4.6

• Additional optimizations and re-fix plug-in resize

  Version 1.4.5

• Fix FLStudio crash on startup (meter)

  Version 1.4.4

• Fix plug-in resize AU JUCE bug

  Version 1.4.3

• Reduce overlay redraw overhead

  Version 1.4.2

• Reduce CPU usage when editor is closed (meter)

  Version 1.4.1

• Fix rare crash due to text rendering race condition
• Fix settings apply/discard buttons sometimes enabled unnecessarily
• Apply look and feel to standalone application audio settings dialog
• OpenGL performance improvements

  Version 1.4.0

• Improve sound quality (compressor)
• Improve performance (especially meter)
• Smoother history rendering
• Improve various minor visual elements
• Fix stereo RMS reset in certain cases
• Support offline license activation (compressor)

  Version 1.3.1

• Improve performance via more reasonable default block size (meter)
• Minor aesthetic improvements

  Version 1.3.0

• Fixes & improvements to stereo and integrated LUFS
• Fix for combo-boxes closing themselves.
• Fix for trial/license activation glitches while offline (compressor).

  Version 1.2.2

• Updated EULA: Added a commitment to provide unprotected builds in the event the business ceases operations or goes offline, ensuring long-term access to the software for licensed users.

  Version 1.2.1

• Support LRA, improvements to peak/min history (meter)

  Version 1.2.0

• Initial release of APU Loudness Meter
• Bug fixes and quality improvements (compressor)

  Version 1.1.0

• Fix knee boundary artifacts (compressor)

  Version 1.0.4

• Eliminate visual discontinuity during history length increase (compressor)
• Improve target range behavior (compressor)

  Version 1.0.3

• Reduce pixel shader artifacts (compressor)

  Version 1.0.2

• Fix license status text not updating in certain cases (compressor)

  Version 1.0.1

• Enable sandbox safe for audio unit compatibility (compressor)

  Version 1.0.0

• Initial release of APU Loudness Compressor

Credits

This software was developed by APU Software, LLC and is available as VST (windows x64/x86, macOS universal), Audio Unit (macOS universal), or Standalone Application. The software libraries below are utilized for portions of the software:

• JUCE (cross-platform audio and user interface framework)
• Boost (header-only algorithms)
• libebur128 (loudness measurements)

Demo video song credits:

• Philip Dansor - Bloom (Instrumental), licensed via Audiio.
• Annasara - A Lifetime Rolls By, licensed via Audiio.