ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Anvil 1.0.123 — Stability Fix

Fixed

• Fixed a DAW freeze that could occur when removing an Impulse Anvil instance after the plug-in editor had been opened.

macOS — Fully Functional Testing Builds

Impulse Anvil 1.0.123 is also available for macOS in:

• VST3
• Audio Unit (AU)
• Standalone

The macOS version is fully functional.

Mac users can purchase Impulse Anvil, activate their license, unlock the full version, save projects, and use all licensed functionality normally.

The testing designation refers only to the current macOS distribution and support status — it does not mean that the plug-in is feature-limited, demo-only, or unable to be licensed.

Important macOS installation notice

The current macOS builds are not signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and are not notarized by Apple.

Because of this, macOS may initially block the application or plug-in and display a warning that the developer cannot be verified. Depending on your macOS version, you may need to manually allow Impulse Anvil through System Settings → Privacy & Security.

Once permitted by macOS, Impulse Anvil can be installed, licensed and used normally.

For security, download the macOS builds only from the official FreQtik website or the official FreQtik GitHub release.

Platform Status

Windows — Officially supported production release
macOS — Fully functional and licensable testing release; currently not Apple Developer ID signed or notarized

ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Anvil v1.0.122 — IR Design Workstation Update

Impulse Anvil 1.0.122 is the largest expansion of the IR-construction workflow so far.

New

21 Morph relationships

The full Morph library now spans 21 relationships.

Core Morph

• Time Morph
• Spectral
• Spectral BandSwap
• Spectral ZigZag
• Stereo Slot Swap
• Mid/Side Boundary

Residual / Decompose

• Raw Difference
• Aligned Difference
• Matched Residual
• Spectral Carve
• Similarity Residual
• Common
• Unique A
• Unique B
• Difference Focus
• Spectro-Temporal Residual

Acoustic Interaction

• Nest
• Transfer
• Ghost
• Eclipse
• Spectral Time Shear

Residual / Decompose modes let you explore shared material, source-specific leftovers and different forms of A/B difference instead of only blending between two IRs.

The Acoustic Interaction family adds deeper structural relationships including cascading two responses, stabilized transfer, magnitude/phase crossbreeding, controlled cancellation and time-frequency interaction.

Glue Path

Glue Path joins Draw and Path as a new authored-IR workflow.

• Paint up to six independent source-time strokes.
• Start and finish each stroke anywhere.
• Move right to travel forward through source-time.
• Move left to read earlier source material again.
• Strokes are joined in the order they were created.
• The route itself determines the resulting duration.
• Glue timing is independent of Lerp Start / Lerp Time.
• Precision Nodes preserve the original forward/backward route while editing.
• Preview and Bake use the same prepared construction.

Focus View

A, Morph, B, EQ, Edit and Out can now expand into Focus View.

The existing live controls are rearranged into a larger workspace rather than creating a separate parameter page. Return to Overview and the exact same state remains active.

IR Browser

LOAD now opens a dedicated in-plugin IR Browser for A or B.

• Search
• Folder/source navigation
• Single-click candidate inspection
• Waveform preview
• Sample rate, channels, bit depth, duration, peak and RMS information
• CURRENT vs SELECTED Compare view
• Enter, double-click or LOAD INTO A/B to commit
• Custom IR folders
• External LOAD FILE support

Removing a custom folder only removes its registration from Impulse Anvil. It never deletes the user's audio files.

Morph Mode Browser

The expanded Morph library now has its own in-editor browser.

Each selected relationship explains:

• USE IT FOR
• HOW MORPH BEHAVES
• TECHNICAL

Global Undo / Redo

Impulse Anvil now keeps a 128-step transactional edit history.

Meaningful editing actions can be undone and redone, including:

• IR loads
• parameter edits
• Morph changes
• Random actions
• Draw / Path / Glue gestures
• preset loads

The curve toolbar keeps its own local curve Undo separately.

DESIGN workspace

Themes now have a persistent DESIGN navigator and dedicated workspace.

• Previous / Next / Random Design
• built-in and packaged designs
• imported user designs
• custom design folders
• Schema-2 colour editing
• Save / Save As
• multi-file JSON import
• Set Default

Liquid Slate is the default design for this release.

Workflow improvements

• Morph authoring keeps A/B waveform context visible behind Draw, Path and Glue.
• Path and Glue Precision Nodes preserve the authored source-time route instead of rebuilding it as a simplified spline.
• A/B/Morph selection remains immediate while double-click Focus remains available.
• Dedicated IR and Morph browsers replace the older menu-heavy selection workflow.

Stability & compatibility

• Existing host parameter IDs and order are preserved.
• Existing projects and presets remain supported.
• Legacy Morph modes retain their existing mapping.
• Existing Draw and Path states remain compatible.
• Release build locked to JUCE 8.0.13.
• Windows 10/11, 64-bit VST3.

Release hardening

The final release also contains the accumulated stability and UI hardening from the v141 development line, including browser lifecycle fixes, Glue/Align display fixes, tooltip/readability cleanup, focused-EQ layout correction, section Random alignment, A/B Color alignment and final Liquid Slate lighting/selection polish.

Updating

Replace the complete existing Impulse Anvil.vst3 folder with the new version, then rescan the plugin in your DAW if required.

ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Anvil v1.0.121

This update expands Impulse Anvil's IR design system substantially while keeping the existing workflow.

Draw Morph Curves

The Morph Curve selector now includes Draw.

Instead of choosing only a predefined Linear, Exp, Log or S-Curve, you can directly draw how Impulse Anvil moves between A and B.

Draw curves are saved with:

• DAW projects
• Impulse Anvil presets
• baked IRs

The curve used for preview is the same curve used for Bake.

Path — Draw Through Time

A completely new Morph Curve mode has been added:

Path

Path lets you draw not only the A/B blend, but also how Impulse Anvil travels through the IR over time.

Moving:

• right = move forward through the IR
• left = move backwards through the IR
• upward = move toward B
• downward = move toward A

This means a Path can contain real backwards sections.

For example:

forward → backward → forward

The backwards part actually reads earlier IR samples again.

If the path travels backwards, the resulting IR can become longer because more source material is being travelled.

A straight Path stays the normal duration.

Path rendering is performed safely outside the realtime audio thread and remains bounded by Impulse Anvil's IR safety limits.

Long Path Drawing

Detailed paths can now be drawn continuously.

Impulse Anvil automatically simplifies very long strokes internally while preserving:

• forward movement
• backwards movement
• A/B changes
• playback order
• endpoints

This keeps presets small and performance predictable without suddenly stopping the user while drawing.

Draw Tools

A compact toolbar is built directly into the curve display:

• U — Undo
• S — Smooth
• N — Precision Nodes
• F — Free
• R — Reset

Free Draw

Normally a Draw curve begins at A and finishes at B.

Enable F to unlock both ends.

You can now create shapes such as:

A → B → A

or start and finish anywhere between A and B.

The graph also clearly shows:

• B at the top
• A at the bottom

so the direction of the blend is immediately understandable.

Precision Nodes

Enable N to turn the drawn curve into editable control points.

This makes it possible to clean up a hand-drawn curve and adjust important transitions precisely while keeping smooth interpolation.

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Lerp Timing Reworked

Lerp timing is now expressed directly in milliseconds.

The old hidden minimum/start behaviour has been removed.

You now get:

• Lerp Start
• Lerp Time

Both describe the actual timing directly.

This makes tiny and highly precise transformations possible.

Timing Follows the IR

The available Lerp timing range now follows the actual prepared A/B IR duration.

If the current IR is approximately 5 seconds long, the control no longer unnecessarily shows a 30-second range.

Stretch and Color/Texture timing changes are also considered when determining the available duration.

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Visual IR Length Indicator

The Morph curve display now shows the waveforms of A and B

This makes it possible to immediately understand where one IR ends before the other without adding another control or taking up additional UI space, aswell as visually identifying spots in IRs you want to draw a path to

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True 0 ms Fade

Fade In = 0 ms now really means 0 ms.

Previous safety fades could still soften extremely short IR selections even when Fade In was set to zero.

Those hidden fades have been removed from the authored IR path.

This is especially useful for:

• tiny 1–5 ms IR slices
• transient design
• clicks and impulses
• micro-textures
• extremely short experimental convolution material

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Color Offset Extended

Color Offset can now reach up to 500 ms.

This expands Color from subtle timing/phase effects into much larger creative structures.

Small offsets can create:

• comb-like effects
• phase interaction
• dense coloration

Larger offsets can create:

• reflections
• echoes
• layered attacks
• unusual spatial structures

Randomization remains biased toward musically useful shorter offsets instead of constantly creating extreme values.

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Theme Schema 2

Impulse Anvil themes can now style each major section individually.

Separate optional theme overrides are available for:

• A
• B
• Morph
• EQ
• Edit
• Out

Each section can independently define:

• panel color
• border
• accent
• highlight
• knob color
• text color

If a section does not provide an override, it automatically inherits the global theme.

Old Schema 1 themes remain compatible.

Better Theme Editor

Customize Current Theme now includes editing for the individual Schema 2 panels.

Theme Export also exports a full Schema 2 structure, making it much easier to give the JSON to an AI and ask it to design a complete Impulse Anvil theme.

A default Schema 2 example is included as a starting point.

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New Impulse Anvil Dialogs

Updated dialogs include:

• Bake confirmation
• Theme Export confirmation

Successful Bake and Theme Export dialogs can also open the generated file location directly.

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Better IR Browser Behaviour

Load WAV… no longer defaults to the old installer-era empty Documents/User IRs folder on a clean setup.

The browser now prefers:

1. the last folder you browsed
2. your configured Custom IR Folder
3. the Factory IR library bundled inside the VST3
4. legacy library locations when available

This better matches the current drag-and-drop VST3 distribution model.

The Baked IRs folder remains in Documents, since generated user files should remain outside the plugin bundle.

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More Helpful Tooltips

Many controls now explain what they actually do when hovered.

New or improved tooltips cover controls including:

• Time
• Gain
• Color Time
• Color Offset
• Color Amount
• Morph Amount
• Lerp Start
• Lerp Time
• Pre
• Start
• End
• Fade In
• Fade Out
• HP
• LP
• Tilt
• Bell Hz
• Bell dB
• Bell Q
• IR In
• Width
• Input
• Wet Level
• Dry/Wet
• Out
• Limiter
• Bake
• Lerp Bake

The goal is to make experimenting with Impulse Anvil easier without requiring a manual open beside the plugin.

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Preview / Bake Consistency

The Draw and Path systems use the same rendering path for Preview and Lerp Bake.

That means the IR construction you hear while designing is the same construction used when using "Bake"

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Compatibility

• Windows VST3
• Existing presets and projects remain supported
• Old Power curve states are migrated safely to the equivalent Exp behaviour
• Existing Schema 1 themes remain supported

Experimental macOS Test Build
This release may also include an experimental macOS test build for technically comfortable users.

The macOS build is currently:

*VST3 + AU
*unsigned
*unnotarized
*provided for testing and feedback
*Because the macOS build is not yet signed or notarized, macOS may show security warnings or require manual approval in System *Settings before the plugin can be used.

The macOS build is not yet presented as the main official commercial release. It is included for testers and interested users who understand the current limitations.

Version

Impulse Anvil 1.0.121

ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Anvil v1.0.120

This maintenance release refreshes the Windows commercial build and release package after the project was migrated to the current JUCE 8 toolchain.

Updated

• Rebuilt the Windows 64-bit VST3 with JUCE 8.0.13
• Updated licenses

Compatibility

• No intentional changes were made to the DSP workflow, parameter IDs, project-state format, factory IR library, license entitlement, or demo restrictions.
• Windows 10/11, 64-bit VST3.
• Replace the complete existing Impulse Anvil.vst3 folder when updating.

Installation

1. Download and extract ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3.zip.

2. Copy the complete Impulse Anvil.vst3 folder to:

   C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

3. Restart the DAW or perform a complete VST3 rescan.

ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Anvil — Release Patch Notes

Version 1.0.119

This update focuses on a cleaner workflow, improved A/B slot handling, new spatial morph behavior, better loudness control, and a more coherent randomization/layout experience.

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Release Builds

Official Supported Build

The official supported public release is currently:

• Windows 10/11
• 64-bit VST3
• Manual ZIP install

Download the Windows ZIP, extract it, and copy the complete Impulse Anvil.vst3 folder into the system VST3 folder.

Experimental macOS Test Build

This release may also include an experimental macOS test build for technically comfortable users.

The macOS build is currently:

• VST3 + AU
• unsigned
• unnotarized
• provided for testing and feedback

Because the macOS build is not yet signed or notarized, macOS may show security warnings or require manual approval in System Settings before the plugin can be used.

The macOS build is not yet presented as the main official commercial release. It is included for testers and interested users who understand the current limitations.

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New Spatial Morph Modes

Two new Morph Modes have been added.

Stereo Slot Swap

Stereo Slot Swap creates a stereo morph field where the left channel moves from Slot A to Slot B, while the right channel moves from Slot B to Slot A.

This is not a simple pan effect. It is designed as a spatial A/B movement mode.

Mid/Side Boundary

Mid/Side Boundary keeps Slot A in the center/mid field while introducing Slot B into the side/outside field.

The Morph amount controls how wide the mid/side boundary becomes.

Both new Morph Modes are supported in normal Morph preview, A-to-B Lerp preview, project restore, and Lerp Bake/export.

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Improved Drag & Drop Slot Routing

A/B drag-and-drop behavior has been improved.

Dropping a WAV file onto the A panel now reliably loads Slot A.
Dropping a WAV file onto the B panel now reliably loads Slot B.

The empty-slot fallback behavior outside the A/B panels is preserved.

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Loudness & Normalize Workflow Cleanup

The loudness workflow has been cleaned up to make A/B balancing more predictable.

Per-Slot Normalize

Slot A and Slot B now have their own Normalize controls.

The old global IR Normalize control has been hidden from the interface, while old sessions remain compatible. Projects that used the old global Normalize setting are migrated safely to the new A/B Normalize setup.

Better Gain Behavior

Slot Gain remains useful even when Normalize is enabled.

This makes it easier to compensate, push, or reduce each slot after normalization.

Output/Post Normalize

Output/Post Normalize now defaults to ON.

The visible Post Limiter now clearly controls final output limiting. When the Post Limiter is OFF, normal floating-point overs are allowed through, while emergency protection still guards against invalid or extreme signal values.

Less Surprise Resetting

Random, load, and reset workflows no longer unexpectedly reset Wet Level to -30 dB, except for factory startup defaults.

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Randomization Workflow Improvements

Randomization has been reorganized so each button has a clearer purpose.

A/B Full Slot Random

A/B full-slot random buttons randomize the full slot IR selection and related full-slot behavior.

A/B Color Random

The A/B Color-header random buttons now randomize the current IR’s Color controls only.

This keeps the loaded IR in place while still allowing fast sound-design variation.

Morph Random

Morph Random is available directly in the Morph card as a compact top-right button.

It randomizes Morph-related controls only and keeps the loaded A/B IR files in place.

Section-Local Random Buttons

EQ and EDIT now have their own local random buttons.

Safer Gain Randomization

A/B Random now resets Slot Gain to 0 dB and no longer randomizes gain above unity.

This prevents randomization from unexpectedly pushing loudness too aggressively.

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Layout & Usability Polish

Several interface details have been cleaned up for a more consistent workflow.

• Init/Reset Controls has been moved into the Options menu.
• Clicking the A, B, or Morph panel background now selects that mode.
• Moving a Color voice knob automatically enables that Color voice, so the change becomes immediately audible.
• Morph Mode and Curve dropdowns are now centered in the Morph panel.
• K and Lerp Time now use compact horizontal controls above the curve display.
• Align Peaks has been renamed to Align with a clearer tooltip.
• Post random tooltip now clarifies that it affects EQ, EDIT, and OUT.

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Fixes

• Fixed A/B WAV drag-and-drop target detection.
• Fixed EDIT double-click reset behavior when linked Start/End or reverse Fade Out are active.
• Fixed Morph Random build handling from the previous internal build step.

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Preserved Compatibility

Existing projects and sessions remain compatible.

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Summary

Version 1.0.119 makes Impulse Anvil more coherent, safer to randomize, easier to balance, and more expressive in stereo/spatial morphing.

The official supported release remains Windows VST3. The macOS build is included only as an experimental unsigned/unnotarized test build for users who understand the current macOS security limitations.

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Impulse Anvil v1.0.113 — Texture Depth Bug Fix

Small maintenance update for Texture Depth.

Changes

• Fixed "Texture" bug, previously auditing the wrong IR, when manipulating values.

ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Anvil v1.0.112 — Mode-Aware Morph Baking

Impulse Anvil v1.0.112 is the current public release build, focused on creative IR design, faster source loading, mode-aware morph baking, prepared-IR accuracy, and a cleaner finished workflow for sculpting and exporting custom WAV impulse responses.

Highlights

• Added mode-aware A→B Lerp: Lerp Preview and baked A→B IRs now follow the selected Morph Mode.
• Spectral Morph, BandSwap and ZigZag can now create evolving A→B impulse responses, not only normal live morph blends.
• Added direct drag-and-drop loading for supported audio files such as WAV and FLAC onto IR A or IR B from outside the DAW.
• Added A/B IR Swap for quickly exchanging the loaded IR sources while keeping the current parameter setup intact.
• Improved prepared-IR length handling so Edit, waveform display and Bake reflect the actual processed IR more reliably.
• Refined Start / End / Fade behavior for stretched, colored, morphed and reversed IR ranges.
• Consolidated the workflow around one clear Bake action for exporting the current creative IR state.
• Improved visual EQ interaction, resonance feedback and edit-range behavior for faster IR sculpting.
• Polished the final public UI workflow around IR A / IR B, Morph, EQ, Edit, Output, Themes and Bake.

Faster IR loading workflow

• Supported audio files (wav, flac, aif, aiff) can now be dragged directly from any folder onto IR A or IR B.
• This makes it much faster to audition recordings, field sounds, fabric noises, room snaps, cab IRs, texture files and personal IR libraries.
• Drag-and-drop loading works outside the DAW browser, so users can pull files straight from normal system folders.
• This improves the core creative workflow: record something, drag it in, sculpt it, morph it, then bake the result.

A/B IR Swap

• Added a dedicated A/B Swap workflow for loaded IR sources.
• A and B can now be exchanged quickly without rebuilding the whole setup manually by pressing "S" in the A section.
• The current parameter setup stays intact, making it easier to test how the same sculpting context reacts when the source positions are reversed.
• This is especially useful when comparing morph direction, A→B Lerp behavior, peak alignment and source balance.

Mode-aware A→B Lerp

• A→B Lerp now uses the selected Morph Mode.
• Time Morph keeps the familiar smooth time-domain Lerp behavior.
• Spectral Morph, BandSwap and ZigZag now create their own mode-specific evolving IRs.
• Lerp Preview and baked A→B exports now use the same mode-aware rendering logic.
• Morph Mode remains meaningful while A→B Lerp is active because it now defines how the transition from A to B is built.
• This makes baked A→B IRs much more powerful: the movement inside the exported WAV can now be spectral, hybrid or experimental instead of only time-based.

Prepared IR and Edit range behavior

• Improved how the prepared IR length is calculated after time stretch, Color, Texture, morphing and post-sculpt processing.
• Start, End, Fade In and Fade Out now follow the actual prepared IR more consistently.
• Reverse slices behave more predictably when Start is placed later than End.
• Long recordings are easier to browse because the visible waveform and editable range stay aligned with the processed IR.
• Fade behavior is more stable across short slices, long IRs and reversed ranges.
• The Edit section is now more reliable for isolating small usable moments inside longer recordings.

Morph and Bake workflow

• Baking is now centered around one clear Bake workflow.
• Bake follows the currently active IR state more clearly, whether you are working from A, B, Morph or A→B Lerp.
• Current IR exports and A→B morph exports are easier to understand from the user workflow.
• Mode-aware Lerp makes baked morph IRs more expressive and more consistent with what the Morph section is doing.
• Exported files remain standard WAV impulse responses for use in compatible convolution tools.

EQ and Resonance workflow

• The EQ section supports a more complete sculpting workflow for prepared IRs.
• Three Bell EQ bands can be used for targeted resonance shaping.
• Bell interaction in the EQ graph is cleaner and more predictable.
• Resonance Assist helps identify strong tonal zones inside the prepared IR.
• EQ, Resonance Assist and the IR display now support faster decisions while refining a sound before baking.

UI and workflow polish

• The interface is organized around the final v1 workflow:

  • IR A / IR B
  • Morph
  • EQ
  • Edit
  • Output
  • Themes
  • Bake

• The public UI has been polished for clearer section hierarchy, better readability and a more finished commercial workflow.

• Theme handling, buttons, headers, panels and value readouts have been refined for a more consistent user experience.

• Randomization and reset behavior are cleaner for exploration without losing the basic workflow.

• The plugin remains focused as a standalone creative IR morphing, sculpting and baking tool.

Install

1. Download ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3.zip.
2. Extract the ZIP.
3. Copy the complete Impulse Anvil.vst3 folder to:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

4. Rescan or restart your DAW.
5. Open Impulse Anvil.
6. Use the demo or activate the full version with your license key.

Notes

• Platform: Windows 10/11, 64-bit VST3.
• The plugin starts in demo mode and unlocks after activation.
• Factory IRs are bundled inside the VST3 folder.
• Baked files are standard WAV impulse responses.

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Impulse Anvil v1.0.95

This release is a large user-facing upgrade focused on workflow, sound design depth, visual feedback, licensing reliability, and a more professional interface. It is not just a visual refresh — many parts of the plugin workflow were rebuilt and refined.

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Highlights

• New professional UI design with cleaner panels, typography, buttons, headers, and theme behavior.
• New Resonance Assist overlay in the EQ display.
• Expanded Post / Sculpt section with IR timing, fades, EQ, width, normalize, limiter, and output controls.
• Start / End editing now supports intuitive IR slicing and reverse playback.
• Three editable Bell EQ bands with graph interaction.
• Cleaner output workflow: IR In controls prepared/baked IR level, Out controls final plugin output.
• Improved randomization, baking, resize behavior, tooltips, and release/package safety.
• Updated commercial licensing foundation and release-candidate cleanup.
• Added 6 IRs to Abstract Spaces

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User-facing changes

IR editing and timing

• Added dedicated Start and End controls for selecting the active IR region.
• Start / End now clamp to the current IR length instead of allowing unrealistic values.
• Fade In / Fade Out now clamp to the active slice length.
• Start greater than End now acts as reverse playback, allowing backwards IR playback such as 3s → 1s.
• Added linked Start / End scan mode so users can slide through an IR while preserving the chosen slice length.
• Improved visual synchronization between the IR display and active Start / End / Fade settings.
• Fixed several edge cases around reverse mode, fading, and range limits.

Fade behavior

• Added optional Fade Out + mode for intentional reversed/swell-style fade behavior.
• Fade timing updates dynamically when Start / End changes.

Baking workflow

• Consolidated baking into a cleaner single Bake workflow.
• Removed confusing duplicate Bake concepts.
• Bake now automatically follows the current active IR state.
• Bake behavior is cleaner for A/B, Morph, and current IR workflows.
• Output and IR preparation are now more predictable before export/bake.

Post / Sculpt section

• Added a more complete Post / Sculpt workflow for shaping the prepared IR.
• Added or refined: Predelay, Start / End, Fade In / Fade Out, HP / LP filters, Tilt, Bell EQ, Width, IR In, Normalize, Limiter, and Out.
• Section headers can be double-clicked to reset the matching section where applicable.
• Improved reset behavior for EQ, Edit, Out, and Color sections.

EQ improvements

• Expanded the EQ from one Bell to three Bell bands.
• Bell 1 is enabled by default; Bell 2 and Bell 3 can be selected and edited when needed.
• Bell bands remain audible; selection controls which bell is edited.
• Bell controls can be edited through the EQ graph.
• Double-clicking a Bell can select it for faster editing.
• Mouse wheel over a selected Bell adjusts Q.
• Bell frequency range now reaches down to 30 Hz for low resonance control.
• Selected Bell renders in front when bands overlap.
• Dragging behavior was improved to avoid snapping/jumping.

Resonance Assist

• Added Resonance Assist to the EQ background.
• Shows up to three strongest tonal resonance zones of the current prepared IR.
• Stronger resonance appears more visually intense.
• Weaker or balanced resonance appears more subtle.
• Frequency labels are shown directly in the EQ view.
• Resonance Assist updates after EQ changes.
• HP and LP filters are respected, so hidden/cut frequency ranges are not shown as misleading resonances.
• This is visual-only and does not change the sound.
• Analysis is performed in the editor/on-change path, not in the audio thread.

Output and level workflow

• Cleaned up the output model:
  • IR In controls level entering the prepared/baked IR sculpt chain.
  • Out controls final plugin output level only.
• Removed the previous Out + / IR Out mode because IR In now covers that workflow more clearly.
• Legacy IR Out parameters remain internally for preset/project compatibility but are no longer exposed in the UI.
• Out no longer changes the IR display or prepared IR.
• Wet Level now resets on IR changes to reduce unexpected loudness jumps.
• Limiter behavior was clarified as a final safety stage without hidden makeup gain.

Randomization

• Improved randomization behavior across IR slots and Post / Sculpt.
• Added square icon-style Random buttons.
• Random theme button added for quick design inspiration.
• Randomization avoids surprising level changes where possible.
• Post randomization is designed to change tone/space while protecting level-sensitive controls.

UI and design

• Large visual redesign toward a cleaner, more premium plugin interface.
• Updated panels, headers, section frames, buttons, ComboBoxes, and text rendering.
• Added Sora UI font integration for a more modern interface.
• Removed cluttered value boxes and moved toward clean text-only value readouts.
• Improved header contrast across themes.
• Improved ComboBox readability and arrow contrast.
• Added subtle neomorphic depth to buttons and panels.
• Improved knob hover/click feedback.
• Improved theme consistency across dropdowns, options, about window, and design controls.
• Added more professional background gradient behavior.
• Improved stripe/reactive masthead styling.
• Improved layout alignment and spacing across the plugin.

Resizing and layout

• Improved scalable layout behavior.
• Top IR A / B / Morph boxes remain visually stable.
• Lower EQ / Edit / Out sections scale more usefully when the plugin window is enlarged.
• Fixed Out-section label positioning when resizing.
• Fixed overlapping value text and layout compression issues.
• Improved header and button alignment.

Controls and precision

• Added Shift fine adjustment support.
• Added Ctrl ultra-fine adjustment support for precision editing.
• Improved slider/knob dragging so values do not jump unexpectedly when clicked.
• Improved graph drag behavior for EQ Bells.
• Modifier behavior is intentionally sampled before dragging to avoid mid-drag snapping.

A / B / Morph workflow

• Added clearer A / B / Morph headers.
• Headers glow subtly when the section is selected.
• Header click behavior follows the selected section behavior.
• Improved A/B/Morph visual readability across themes.
• A→B Lerp workflow was improved so it can activate Morph/Lerp more directly.
• Morph and Curve dropdown styling was improved and made theme-safe.

Color and texture controls

• Added Color header reset behavior.
• Double-clicking Color resets Color and Texture depth for the matching slot.
• Improved text readability and theming for Color sections.
• Improved behavior around enabled/disabled Color and Texture controls.

About, licensing, and release safety

• Updated About/license information.
• Added Sora font license mention.
• Included license files for JUCE, VST3, and Sora.
• Strengthened commercial licensing flow.
• Signed-token licensing foundation was added for safer commercial distribution.
• Added release-candidate checklist and release notes files.
• Added release build preflight checks for public license key file, product/environment values, license files, required Sora font assets, and VST3 output presence.

Stability and polish

• Reduced confusing or redundant controls.
• Improved internal preview consistency.
• Improved IR display update consistency.
• Improved output safety and limiter behavior.
• Fixed multiple theme readability problems.
• Fixed several control range, reset, and layout edge cases.
• Preserved compatibility-sensitive legacy parameters where needed.

ImpulseAnvil_Windows_VST3

Impulse Response Morphing / Sculpting / Baking tool

Windows 10/11, VST3