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Voxengo Elephant Changelog

What's new in Voxengo Elephant 5.3

Apr 17, 2023
  • Adjusted the pre-defined "EL-5" mode. This change is backwards-compatible, sound-wise.
  • Fixed an issue with the "Auto Oversampling on Render" not actually working.
  • Added a small delay to the "Max Crest Factor" estimation, to reduce over-reaction to transients at playback start.

New in Voxengo Elephant 5.2 (Dec 19, 2022)

  • Added the "Spectrum, meter border" palette modifier and "Threshold line" color, visual features. The "Flat Panels" global settings is now a part of color scheme's visual features. Updated palettes.
  • Made a small speed-up of GUI loading and drawing.
  • Reduced visual tearing on Windows.
  • Fixed an issue with popup-menus not functioning in Logic Pro on Apple M1 native.
  • Added the "Auto Oversampling on Render" plug-in setting which forces "Auto" oversampling in all instances of this plug-in on render/bounce.
  • Implemented "Portable Setups" support (portable settings and authorization storage), read more in the Primary User Guide.

New in Voxengo Elephant 5.0 (Apr 28, 2022)

  • Version 5 release, upgrade requires a new license. It is fully backwards-compatible, sound-wise.
  • Implemented the new "EL-5" limiter algorithm.
  • Updated the noise generator to the latest PRVHASH 4.3.
  • Added the "Panel border" palette modifier.
  • Updated all palettes, to reduce "border" contrast. An existing palette may need to be reloaded for the change to be visible.
  • Improved overall graphics drawing performance.
  • Improved knob's renderings.
  • By frequent user request, the "Solo" switch's state is now saved together with the preset (a part of the routing parameters). While this opens up a possibility of leaving the "Solo" switch enabled and forgotten, this provides more flexibility, e.g. when mid/side processing is used.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.16 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • Changes in version 4.16:
  • Updated PRVHASH noise generator to the latest version 4.0, `prvhash_core64i`.
  • Made input level meter to display signal after DC filter, not before it (this is an old short-coming).

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.14 (May 6, 2021)

  • The "In Gain" and "Out Gain" can now be again linked inversely with the right-mouse-button, like in Elephant 3.
  • Improved the gaussian dither approximation.
  • Added Apple Silicon native compatibility.
  • Automatic instance labeling implemented (not supported in VST2).
  • Enabled the "asynchronous drawing" window mode on macOS; may fix the user interface "lagging".
  • Improved font rendering slightly.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.13 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • A new white-noise generator for dithering implemented, with a lot better sound, based on Aleksey Vaneev's PRVHASH research.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.12 (Nov 16, 2020)

  • IMPORTANT: This version has changed its product key format. If you already purchased this plug-in, to use this version, please visit the Voxengo web site and get a new key at the User Area (if you obtained a product key from a reseller, you will need to add your existing product key there first), or use the Automatic key download feature of the plug-in itself.
  • Improved the quality of oversampling filters. This may change (improve) the sound of previously created projects where plug-in was used.
  • Internal channel letters were changed to numbers.
  • Level meters can now display input channel names instead of internal channel indices
  • Added "Stereo Swap" and "Stereo To Mono" routing presets.
  • Added AudioComponents interface to AudioUnit as the ".rsrc" interface may be deprecated in the future.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.11 (Jul 9, 2020)

  • Added the preset list sorting function to the preset manager.
  • Added the "True Peak/Sample Peak" switch.
  • Redesigned the knob image.
  • Extended the "Color Editor" with color modifiers.
  • Added the "Gray Blue" and "Navy" color schemes.
  • Reimplemented waveform graph display.
  • Improved readability of the condensed font.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.8 (Jul 7, 2019)

  • Added "1-Bit" dither noise option.
  • Added the overall integrated loudness readout.
  • Added channel names to the statistics panel.
  • Added the "EL INS" limiter algorithm.
  • Changed gain reduction metering from relative to absolute.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.7 (May 26, 2019)

  • Implemented EBU-R128 "LUFS" and "LU" metering modes.
  • Implemented "True Peak" peak level and clippings detection.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.6 (Mar 9, 2019)

  • Reduced loud pop with "Eval" enabled on playback start.
  • Added Retina support on macOS, and automatic high-resolution UI size adjustment on Windows.
  • 10% lower CPU usage on AVX2-capable processors (in 64-bit mode).

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.1 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Extended the input gain range to +24 dB.
  • Extended the output gain range to -15 dB.
  • Made the "Eval" switch to not affect the output statistics.
  • Extended the "Release Shape" range to 2, offers an extreme punch and "hardness", via an idealized S-curve release shape.
  • Added "EL-4 BRITE" factory limiter mode.
  • Made the output signal level to never exceed 1 dB over the Out Gain setting.
  • Improved the "EL-4" algorithm reducing transient distortion and "boxiness": the sound is more biting less woofing now.
  • Improved oversampling filters reducing chances of overshoots.

New in Voxengo Elephant 4.0 (Feb 21, 2014)

  • Added a new "EL-4" limiter mode, with less harmonic coloration.
  • Added a new "Dynamic Release Control" limiter stage.
  • Added a new "Timing" limiter mode parameter.
  • Added a new "Release to Attack Ratio" limiter mode parameter.
  • Added a new "Release Shape" limiter mode parameter.
  • Added input level meter together with the threshold mark.
  • Implemented the "Eval" limiter's evaluation mode.
  • Added the "Trans View" transient visualization.
  • Made the "In Gain" and "Out Gain" knob ranges more practical.
  • Magnified the "Out Gain" knob's scale around 0 dB.
  • Made changes to the "Trans Time" parameter stutter-free.
  • The output statistics are now automatically reset if any parameter that influences the output statistics was changed.
  • Added "EL-4", "COMPACT" and "EXPANDED" factory limiter modes.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.11.0 (Jan 28, 2014)

  • Added "dBFS.30" and "dBFS.15" metering options.
  • The "Bypass" switch now bypasses all processing stages completely, including the dithering stage.
  • Fixed minor spectral error when switching oversampling from 8X to 4X or from 4X to 2X.
  • Added VST3 support.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.10.0 (Feb 26, 2013)

  • DC filter issue with oversampling switch fixed.
  • Occasional crashes with oversampling enabled fixed.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.9.0 (Mar 29, 2012)

  • The "Min Infrastructure" user interface display mode added.
  • The "Flat Level Meters" level meter display mode added.
  • Version change history information window added.
  • The "Do Not Show Latency Changes" global switch added.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.8.0 (May 10, 2011)

  • The "Graph" window can be resized now.
  • The "Graph" window now runs smoother.
  • Plug-in's popup-windows now recover last position after reopening.
  • Mouse backward and forward buttons can be used for parameter value selection.
  • Historic 1-sample output peak level statistics added.
  • The "Alt" key can now be used to adjust knob parameters synchronously in several channel groups.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.7.2 (Dec 25, 2010)

  • Non-working "Hold" button switch in the "Graphs" window was fixed.
  • Initial -6 dB gain reduction meter peak fixed.
  • Non-working "EL Dyn" switch fixed.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.7.1 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Non-working "Hold" button switch in the "Graphs" window was fixed.
  • Initial -6 dB gain reduction meter peak fixed.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.7 (Sep 12, 2010)

  • "Show All Channel Meters" metering issue in 5.1 surround mode fixed.
  • Additional visual look variation settings added.
  • K-metering modes now use fixed 600ms RMS and release time constants.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.6 (Apr 29, 2010)

  • Real-time gain reduction and waveform graphs implemented.
  • Mid/side and side-chain routing presets now appear dimmed to reduce confusion.
  • Parameter automation on AU Mac OS X now shows real parameter values.
  • Preset "update" function implemented in the preset manager.
  • The "VST Function Sync" global switch was added that fixes crashes in some hosts (i.e. Tracktion).
  • "Density mode" implemented in level meters.
  • Occasional extreme CPU overloads eliminated at the expense of average increased CPU load.
  • "Pure+3" output metering mode's peak indicator is now 3 dB lower.
  • "Pure" and "Pure+3" metering modes are now known as "dBFS" and "dBFS+3" modes, respectively.
  • The "No Multi-Channel Operation" global switch was added that fixes incompatibility with some non-VST2.3 compliant VST hosts.
  • DC filter parameters are now specified for all channel groups to avoid phasing problems.
  • The "Show All Channel Meters" routing switch added.
  • Statistics "reset" function now resets statistics of all channels correctly.
  • A minor issue fixed in the dithering stage.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.5 (Aug 21, 2009)

  • Popup windows appearing behind the main window in Logic9 fixed.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.4 (Jun 30, 2009)

  • Latency change reporting fixed in AudioUnits.
  • Lock-up problem on single-core CPUs fixed.
  • Plug-in initial loading time reduced.
  • K-metering is now following specification fully.
  • Calibration K-metering modes added

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.3 (May 20, 2009)

  • "Radial" knob mode can be now disabled completely.
  • "Off-Line Render" indication added.
  • Global level metering parameters added.
  • A/B switch visual appearance changed.
  • Knob read-outs now require a single click for keyboard entry.
  • Occasional crashes in WaveLab and other hosts fixed.
  • Host sample rate switch-related problem fixed.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.2 (Dec 15, 2008)

  • Additional graphics optimizations implemented.
  • "VST built-in refresh" global option added.
  • User limiter mode presets can be stored now.
  • Quick main and routing preset selectors added.
  • The "Auto" oversampling mode was fixed for most hosts.

New in Voxengo Elephant 3.0 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • Multi-channel support
  • Multi-platform support
  • EL UNI algorithm
  • Knee control (in EL UNI algorithm)
  • Better DC offset filters
  • More dithering options
  • Undo/redo
  • Routing matrix
  • Preset manager
  • User interface coloration
  • User interface re-scaling
  • Channel grouping
  • Plug-in instance naming
  • Selectable oversampling level
  • Bypass switch
  • Better metering

New in Voxengo Elephant 2.5 (May 22, 2007)

  • RMS/PeakRMS metering mode selection now includes K-20, K-14 and K-12 systems.
  • Metering mode selection is now local instead of global.
  • Butterworth filter performance fixed (previously it was not working as it should work).