Peach v1.61 – The dynamic workhorse just got teeth

There are dynamic plugins that compress.
There are those that expand.
Some clip. Some gate. Some limit.
Peach can do all of that, depending on how you set it up.

Peach is a dynamics Swiss Army knife.
This update doesn’t change how it behaves at the core. What it does is give you proper tools to decide where, when, and how the processing kicks in. Same engine, but now you’ve got a steering wheel.

What’s new?

Channel focus in SCF and Output Filter
Both the Sidechain Filter and the Outgoing Filter now let you choose if Peach should listen to or process the Left, Right, Mid, or Side part of the signal. That means you can target only sibilance in the side channel, control low-end energy in the mid, or any combination you can think of.

Clipper oversampling
Each clipper (Upper and Lower) now has oversampling options: 2× and 4×. Oversampling reduces aliasing when clipping harder. X4 uses more CPU, but the difference can be noticeable when pushing the signal.

Curve control
There’s now a Curve knob that shapes the transition between the Above and Below gain states.
Value 1 gives a linear transition
Values below 1 create a slow-start-fast-end fade
Values above 1 do the opposite
It’s a way to tune how Peach moves, not how fast. It works together with the Up, Pause, and Down controls.

Mute Above / Below
You can now mute either part of the signal completely. Useful when you want to solo only the material above or below the threshold, or turn Peach into a gate by muting the Below section entirely.

Changelog v1.60

• Added channel selection (L/R/M/S) to SCF (Sidechain Filter)
• Added channel selection (L/R/M/S) to Output Filter
• Added oversampling (2×/4×) for both Upper and Lower Clippers
• Added Curve control to shape transitions between Above and Below
• Added Mute buttons for Above and Below
• Updated GUI to support new features
• Updated manual
• Internal polish and tweaks

Changelog v1.61

• Fixed the gain change that occurred at times when activating the loudness compensation

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