RELEASE NOTES

• Native AAX Apple silicon support.
• macOS Ventura qualified.

• Native Apple silicon support.
• Ability to turn off spectral meters.
• macOS 10.9 or greater is now required.
• Removed 32bit support.
• Removed support for RTAS.

• Various JUCE framework fixes.
• Graphical band control might "get stuck" on upper top area.

• Redesigned Toolbar and Settings.
• Additional Factory Presets!
• Resizable UI.
• Added user-definable meter peak hold.
• Slope/Q can be adjusted on the graph by holding Ctrl.
• NKS Support.
• Tempo-Sync Recovery.
• macOS 32bit Version Available Here

• UI can be sluggish on Mojave (macOS 10.14) or greater.
• UI can be sluggish when Bypassed.
• AAX: Fixed Factory Presets Missing.
• Parameters might show suffix twice (0.0 dB dB).
• Improved Automation compatibility with several hosts.
• MIDI Indicator might falsely show when inserting plug-in in some hosts.
   
• Known Issues: Under Windows, Some hosts would show VST3 UI with extra borders.

• AAX presets not working.
• AAX might not re/install properly since 2.0.5.
• UI could freeze when toggling bypass.
• To be fully compliant with future macOS this version is 64bit only.
  For 32bit click here

• Add support for Pro Tools EQ Curve.
  (Note: Pro Tools EQ Curve updates are slower than plug-in UI)
• Windows: Improved HiDPI support.
• Removed RTAS Support. If you need older versions, please contact our support.
   
• To support newer macOS versions, this will be the last version with 32-bit support. Future versions will drop 32-bit support and will require macOS 10.8 or newer.

• AAX: Automation could stop working when using automation shortcut keyboard modifiers.
• VST3: Presets might not recall on some hosts.

• SurferEQ might crash when opening UI.
• Possible graphics corruption when toggling bypass.
• Level Meter isn't filling entire meter area.

• SurferEQ 2.0.3 requires macOS 10.7 or newer.
• Bypass makes UI grayscale.

• Avoid possible rare race condition when loading/saving parameters.
• AAX with side-chain could produce silence when rendered offline. (Commit/Freeze/Bounce Offline).
• VST3 No sound with Direct Offline Processing.
• VST: LIVE mode latency restored correctly under Ableton Live.

• Added iLok Trial (full functionality for 7 days).

• New! Customizable MIDI pitch-band range.
• Add Pro Tools (AAX) automation modifiers support.
• Improved Pro Tools (AAX) Control Surface Support
• Improved Harmonic Filter behavior.
• Improved Multi-Channel/Surround support
• Text-field snap improvements.
• Minor bugfixes and optimizations.

• Fixed VST performance denormalization issues.
• Fixed MIDI Enabled might not work correctly on some cases.
• Fixed MIDI might get stuck when returned from MIDI Mode to detection.
• Fixed MIDI modes with GTE.
• Fixed latency reporting when using MIDI.
• Fixed spurious undo state on start.
• Fixed undo for graphics bands.
• Fixed crashes for VST3 for Adobe Audition & Premiere.
• Fixed UI not showing under Wavelab Mac.
• Fixed Digital Performer mutes audio when no side-chain.
• Fixed Resizing Bug for Samplitude.

• Added support for PACE disk-based authorization.

• Fixed PACE iLok 1 compatibility.
• Fixed noise issue in demo.
• Fixed saving in Pro Tools issue in demo.

• Side-chain input: Makes it possible to use pitch from another track to process polyphonic audio tracks to make "space" in the mix.
• Spectral Gate (normal and reversed): Allows engaging or disengaging the EQ when the input level crosses a set threshold level.
• Live mode with zero latency.
• Four new and extremely creative Harmonic Filter modes.
• Morphing filters.
• Surf-time control: Allows setting the speed at which SurferEQ will "Surf" from one note to another.
• HP and LP Surf-frequency limit: Allows setting a limit to the high- and low-pass filters when Surfing.
• Undo/redo.
• PACE iLok for protection and easy mobility.
• Completely re-designed, retina-compatible and OpenGL optimized vector graphics UI.
• Spectral Level Meters.
• Frequency analyzer.

• Improved parameters and automation handling.

• Added VoiceOver accessibility support in Pro Tools.
• Added HPF surfing frequency limit parameter.

• Fixed AAX 32-bit issues under Windows.
• Fixed RTAS issues.
• Fixed AU Validation under Mac OS 10.6.x.

• Fixed repeated switching between 'Pitch' and 'Hz'.
• Fixed incorrect display of harmonic as a note after closing and re-opening plugin window.

• Trial period changed to 14 days, and can now be further extended upon request.
• Significantly reduced windows installer loading time.
• Improved Harmonic Filter accuracy.

• Fixed midi-mode switching not being recorded in automation.
• Fixed bypass not working correctly in Pro-Tools.
• Fixed a crash in OpenGL when running on very old windows drivers.
• Fixed AAX 32-bit issues.
• Fixed VST3 issues.

• VST3 format available.
• OS X: Installer is signed for Gatekeeper.

• Windows: Fixed crashes in Pro Tools in machines with Nvidia GPUs.
• Fixed rare crashes in plugin validation.

• SurferEQ AAX now works in the released version of Pro Tools 11.

• Improved filter transitions (Fixed "pop"s on extreme settings).
• CPU usage optimized by up to 75%.
• Trial version is now a 30-day fully functional trial.
• MIDI Modes:
  • MIDI mode 1: Note Overrides Detection.

    Designed for easy correction of the pitch-detection engine when required. A MIDI Note On input will override the internal pitch-detector. On MIDI Note Off, the pitch-detection engine will resume its operation.

  • MIDI mode 2: Surf By Note

    Designed for frequency specific ducking. Pitch / Frequency is controlled by MIDI, Internal pitch-detection engine is disabled. MIDI Note On / Off toggles Surf-enabled bands.

  • MIDI mode 3: Instrument Mode

    Designed to be played like an instrument where the source audio acts as an oscillator. Pitch / Frequency and sound are controlled and triggered by MIDI Notes.

• Graphics compatibility with Retina displays.
• Fixed keyboard input issues in some Windows hosts.
• Fixed rare crashes in Windows.

Maintainance Release

• SurferEQ - The Pitch Tracking Equalizer is released to the world for the first time!