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  GLASSBREAKER EQ  //  RELEASE NOTES  //  v1.0.0  //  2026-04-14
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Initial release.


FEATURES
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  * DSP
      - Measurement-fitted EQ — band shapes and interactions derived from
        measured reference hardware, not textbook formulas
      - Five fixed bands: Sub, 40 Hz, 160 Hz, 650 Hz, 2.5 kHz
        (-5 to +5 each)
      - Air Band — signature high shelf with selectable pivot at
        2.5K / 5K / 10K / 20K / 40K and independent Gain (0–10)
      - Break mode — alternative voicing engine with its own colour and
        tilt character, switchable inline
      - Trim — ±12 dB output staging
      - Zero latency — safe anywhere in the chain, including live tracking

  * User interface
      - Factory preset bank
      - Bypass as an automatable parameter
      - Settings, Presets, Support slide-in panels
      - Tooltips on every control (toggleable)
      - Resizable UI; scale persists per DAW project
      - Live settings & theme sync across all running plugin instances
      - One-click Reset for UI or DSP state

  * Licensing
      - Offline Ed25519 validation (no internet required, ever)
      - Cross-format activation persistence
      - Demo mode fully functional with periodic 0.5 s noise bursts every
        60 s (printed in renders)


PLATFORM
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  * Linux         (x64)
  * Windows 10/11 (x64)
  * VST3 and CLAP
  * macOS: not in this release — see Why_No_macOS.md


KNOWN LIMITATIONS
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  * Air Band 40K is only meaningful at 88.2 kHz or higher sample rates.
    At 48 kHz it is clamped near Nyquist — stay on 20K or below for
    standard sessions.
  * Boosting Sub and 40 Hz together above +3 can eat your headroom
    fast. Use Trim to compensate.
  * Bypass-compare is misleading without level matching — boosts make
    things louder, and louder always sounds "better."


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