Flexible general-purpose audio compressor with a touch of citrus
I currently do not have time to develop or support this project. It still works, so please use it the way it is. Thank you!
I wrote this compressor to learn all I could about audio compression. It took me several months to gather all the specs and papers I needed and convert them into code.
Squeezer is different from all the compressors I know: its knobs are stepped to fine-tuned preset values, but can be changed to continuous values by clicking a small orange light located next to them. This allows you to find nice settings fast while not preventing optimisation of settings.
Squeezer adapts easily to many tastes and use cases:
Squeezer has given me a deep insight into compression. But above that, it has quickly become my go-to generic compressor!
I hope that you have as much fun with this compressor as I had when I coded it!
Squeezer can be downloaded in the releases section (you may need to click on "Assets").
I have dropped LV2 plug-in support for good. However, you can still use LV2 - just download version v2.5.3.
For documentation, licenses and further information, please see the manual and the directory doc.
Squeezer requires a processor which supports the SSE2 instruction set (if you run at Windows 8 and above, it does). On Windows, you might also have to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017.
Squeezer comes with a folder called squeezer
. This folder must be
located in the same folder as the plug-in, so please copy it along
and try again!
As an example, a stereo plug-in might only output a mono signal.
VST2 does not support side-chains. I have found a way around this limitation, but unfortunately some hosts will behave erratically.
VST3 supports side-chains, so if your DAW supports it, use the VST3
plug-ins instead. As an alternative, I have created VST2 plug-ins
without external side-chain inputs. They are distinguished by the
words no side-chain
in their name and should fix
channel-assignment problems.
Please read the code of conduct before asking for help, filing bug reports or contributing to this project. Thanks!
Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Martin Zuther
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Thank you for using free software!
Technically, my VST2 plug-ins are not free software. However, I chose to provide them for your convenience. All other binaries really are free software in the sense of the Free Software Foundation.
VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, registered in Europe and other countries.