On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 08:39:40AM +0200, Hermann Meyer wrote: > It provides two processing modes for different workflows: > > • Master Mode → Perfect linear-phase response with 128 samples latency for > precise mastering and critical processing. > • Live Mode → Zero-latency processing with slight phase deviation, optimized > for real-time use and live performance.
This is the sort of thing that causes Linux Audio to have a bad reputation. The marketing blabla and the actual performance seem to be completely unrelated. Linear-phase implies that the impulse response is symmetric. The IRs produced by this plugin are clearly not, not even when short enough to be causal with 256 samples latency. In fact the only difference between the two modes seems to be that 'master' has 256 samples latency and 'live' has 128. That is assuming that the mode indication in the GUI actually shows the one that is NOT currently active. The actual IR in both modes seem to be the same. And that's only the beginning. The actual EQ curves (I assume that is what is displayed by the blue line), even with 'Smooth' set to zero, are so weird and unphysical that I wonder how they are arrived at. Other problems: The 'Solo' and 'Mute' functions do not select or exclude one of the 12 bands as one would expect. Instead they seem to enable a brickwall bandpass or band reject filter based on the last band what was selected. This is completely useless. Depending on the selected mode, switching 'bypass' on and then off results in a latency of 24 ms. This remains so until the mode is changed again. What 'Dynamics' and 'Tone Bias' are doing remains entirely a mystery. Probably more weirdness would show up, but I stopped bothering. -- FA
