HybridEQ 1.6.13

HybridEQ 1.6.13

A console-style channel strip from OpenGrid: six-band EQ, four preamp circuits (Brit, N-Type, FSF, A-Type), harmonic saturation and mid/side processing, with versatile oversampling and analogue filter options.

What's new

• Direct Toggle Controls:
  • Slope, Mid/Side, Band Type, and Preamp Pad keys now toggle directly on left-click (cycleNext()) for fast hardware-style operation. Right-click continues to open the full popup menu for instant direct selection.
• Preamp Type Menu:
  • Retains convenient dropdown menu operation, reordered with Off first on the list and Brit as the initial default.
• 2x Oversampling:
  • Added 2x as a direct user-selectable oversampling option alongside 1x, 4x, and 8x.
• Selectable Anti-Aliasing Filter Mode:
  • Added FILTER key in the Global section allowing instant selection between:
    • IIR (Min): Minimum-phase polyphase IIR filter (zero latency, analog-style phase characteristics, no pre-ringing).
    • FIR (Lin): Linear-phase equiripple FIR filter (preserves exact phase relationships).
  • Filter mode is active for all oversampling rates above Nyquist (2x, 4x, 8x).
• Interface & Documentation:
  • Cleaned up control labeling and updated comprehensive preview captures and documentation.

Included

• Universal Mac VST3, Audio Unit, CLAP, LV2 and standalone app, in one signed and notarized installer.
• Built with JUCE 9.0.3. AAX is built locally only and is not part of the downloads.
• Licenses: the DMG contains LICENSE.txt and a Licenses folder with every third-party license text. The same files are installed to /Library/Application Support/OpenGrid/HybridEQ/Licenses and sit inside each plug-in bundle. The binaries are freeware (BINARY_LICENSE.txt); the source is MIT.

Practical limits

Changing between modes or oversampling choices can change the plug-in's processing rate while it runs. The reported latency is set when the host prepares the plug-in, so after switching to or from Circuit HQ at 1x, stop and restart playback for sample-accurate alignment. The Circuit mode is a preview model that has not been fully validated against the HQ solver.

Trademark notice: Neve, 1073, Focusrite, Solid State Logic (SSL), API and 512 are trademarks of their respective owners. HybridEQ is an independent project; those companies are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed or sponsored, Marcos Deida, the OpenGrid Project or this plug-in. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

HybridEQ 1.6.12

HybridEQ 1.6.12

A console-style channel strip from OpenGrid: six-band EQ, four preamp circuits (Brit, N-Type, FSF, A-Type), harmonic saturation and mid/side processing, now with three ways to run the preamp.

What's new

• Three preamp modes on one key. The CIRCUIT key steps through them on each click.

  

  • Standard (key unlit): light static models with ADAA anti-aliasing.
  • Circuit (key lit): a reduced circuit model that is light enough for 1x, with no latency.
  • Circuit HQ: the full component-level solver. It raises oversampling to a 2x minimum; 4x and 8x stay available.
  • Sessions saved before 1.6.12 with Circuit on open as Circuit HQ, and sound as before.

• New interface rendering. Shaded, fluted 3D knobs, recessed rocker switches and an upgraded VU meter.

  

• Universal binary. Apple silicon and Intel in one installer, macOS 11 or later.

• Includes 1.6.11: the Oversample key shows the factor that is really running, the KNOBS style picker is developer-only again, and the Spectrum key takes the title bar's colour.

Included

• Universal Mac VST3, Audio Unit, CLAP, LV2 and standalone app, in one signed and notarized installer.
• Built with JUCE 9.0.3. AAX is built locally only and is not part of the downloads.
• Licenses: the DMG contains LICENSE.txt and a Licenses folder with every third-party license text. The same files are installed to /Library/Application Support/OpenGrid/HybridEQ/Licenses and sit inside each plug-in bundle. The binaries are freeware (BINARY_LICENSE.txt); the source is MIT.

Practical limits

Changing between modes or oversampling choices can change the plug-in's processing rate while it runs. The reported latency is set when the host prepares the plug-in, so after switching to or from Circuit HQ at 1x, stop and restart playback for sample-accurate alignment. The Circuit mode is a preview model that has not been fully validated against the HQ solver.

Trademark notice: Neve, 1073, Focusrite, Solid State Logic (SSL), API and 512 are trademarks of their respective owners. HybridEQ is an independent project; those companies are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed or sponsored, Marcos Deida, the OpenGrid Project or this plug-in. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

HybridEQ 1.6.11

HybridEQ 1.6.11 (OpenGrid), macOS Apple silicon. Signed and notarized installer: VST3, Audio Unit, CLAP, LV2 and the standalone app.

• Fixed the Oversample key: it now shows the factor that is really running, no stray * when your own choice is in use, and it keeps updating (with Circuit on at 1x it reads 2x*).
• The KNOBS style picker is developer-only again and no longer appears in release builds.
• The Spectrum key in the title bar takes the title bar's colour.
• Includes 1.6.10: ADAA on the Circuit-off preamp models and a 2x oversampling floor for Circuit (4x and 8x remain available).
• Built with JUCE 9.0.3.
• Licenses: the DMG contains LICENSE.txt and a Licenses folder with every third-party license text; the same files are installed to /Library/Application Support/OpenGrid/HybridEQ/Licenses and sit inside each plug-in bundle. The binaries are freeware (BINARY_LICENSE.txt); the source is MIT.

Trademark notice: Neve, 1073, Focusrite, Solid State Logic (SSL), API and 512 are trademarks of their respective owners. HybridEQ is an independent project; those companies are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed or sponsored, Marcos Deida, the OpenGrid Project or this plug-in. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

HybridEQ 1.6.10

HybridEQ 1.6.10 (OpenGrid), macOS Apple silicon. Signed and notarized installer: VST3, Audio Unit, CLAP, LV2 and the standalone app.

• ADAA on the preamp with Circuit off. The Brit, N-Type, FSF and A-Type static models use first-order antiderivative anti-aliasing, so the harmonics they create fold back less, even at 1x (measured 5 to 14 dB lower aliasing on hard-driven tones). Quiet signals keep their level at every frequency; no added latency.
• Circuit needs only 2x. Turning "Preamp Circuit" on now raises oversampling to a 2x minimum (it was 4x). The Oversample control still offers 1x, 4x and 8x.
• Cramping-free EQ (1.6.9). The High Cut, High shelf and bells follow the analog curve near Nyquist without forcing oversampling, using least-squares biquad fits. With Oversample at 1x and Circuit off the plug-in has no latency.
• Reported latency is now set from prepareToPlay.
• Built with JUCE 9.0.3.
• Licenses: the DMG contains LICENSE.txt and a Licenses folder with every third-party license text; the same files are installed to /Library/Application Support/OpenGrid/HybridEQ/Licenses and sit inside each plug-in bundle. The binaries are freeware (BINARY_LICENSE.txt); the source is MIT.

Trademark notice: Neve, 1073, Focusrite, Solid State Logic (SSL), API and 512 are trademarks of their respective owners. HybridEQ is an independent project; those companies are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed or sponsored, Marcos Deida, the OpenGrid Project or this plug-in. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

HybridEQ 1.6.8

HybridEQ 1.6.8 (OpenGrid), macOS Apple silicon. Signed and notarized installer: VST3, Audio Unit, CLAP, LV2 and the standalone app.

• Built with JUCE 9.0.3.
• Installer includes CLAP (/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP) and LV2 (/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2).
• Preamps: Brit, N-Type, FSF and A-Type run as circuit simulations when "Preamp Circuit" is on (CPU-heavy; forces 4x oversampling).
• Licenses: the DMG contains LICENSE.txt and a Licenses folder with every third-party license text; the same files are installed to /Library/Application Support/OpenGrid/HybridEQ/Licenses and sit inside each plug-in bundle. The binaries are freeware (BINARY_LICENSE.txt); the source is MIT.

Trademark notice: Neve, 1073, Focusrite, Solid State Logic (SSL), API and 512 are trademarks of their respective owners. HybridEQ is an independent project; those companies are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed or sponsored, Marcos Deida, the OpenGrid Project or this plug-in. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

HybridEQ 1.6.7

HybridEQ 1.6.7 (OpenGrid), macOS Apple silicon. Signed and notarized installer: VST3, Audio Unit, CLAP, LV2 and the standalone app.

• Built with JUCE 8.0.15. Its bundled VST3 SDK is MIT licensed.
• Installer includes CLAP (/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP) and LV2 (/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2).
• Preamps: Brit, N-Type, FSF and A-Type run as circuit simulations when "Preamp Circuit" is on (CPU-heavy; forces 4x oversampling).
• Licenses: the DMG contains LICENSE.txt and a Licenses folder with every third-party license text; the same files are installed to /Library/Application Support/OpenGrid/HybridEQ/Licenses and sit inside each plug-in bundle. The binaries are freeware (BINARY_LICENSE.txt); the source is MIT.
• Linux builds (VST3, LV2, CLAP, standalone) are produced by the "Linux build" workflow.

Trademark notice: Neve, 1073, Focusrite, Solid State Logic (SSL), API and 512 are trademarks of their respective owners. HybridEQ is an independent project; those companies are not affiliated with, and have not endorsed or sponsored, Marcos Deida, the OpenGrid Project or this plug-in. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

HybridEQ 1.6.0

Console edition

• Generated console knobs with coloured caps, physical choice keys, and recessed readouts.
• Proportional window resizing and embedded CSV interface design.
• Development-only visual inspector, excluded from Release builds.
• GoodLookinUI toolkit included as source and independently MIT licensed.
• HybridEQ source remains MIT licensed. Official binaries are proprietary freeware, built under the publisher's JUCE commercial license.
• Binary bundles include the source/component MIT notices and separate freeware terms.

Downloads

The ZIP contains VST3, Audio Unit, and Standalone builds for macOS Apple Silicon, plus licensing documents. Extract it and copy the VST3 to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3, the AU to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, and the app to Applications. These builds are not Developer ID signed or notarized.

Standalone, VST3, and AU Release builds verified on Apple Silicon/macOS. DAW audio and automation testing remain outstanding. AAX is excluded; Windows, Linux, and LV2 validation remain future work.

HybridEQ 1.5.3

macOS (Apple Silicon) build. Includes VST3, Audio Unit, and Standalone app. AAX (Pro Tools) is not included — see README/LICENSE for why. Unsigned/not notarized: right-click > Open on first launch if Gatekeeper blocks it.