Summary

Squeezer is a flexible, general-purpose audio compressor designed with a unique approach to user controls and compression techniques. It aims to provide both ease of use with preset step controls and detailed optimization with continuous adjustments.

Features

• Stepped knobs for quick fine-tuning preset values, with the option to toggle to continuous values for detailed adjustments.
• Supports feed-forward and feed-back compression designs.
• Offers multiple release stage modes: linear, logarithmic, and smooth.
• Includes optical and FET detector models.
• Peak and RMS level sensing options.
• Selectable hard, medium, and soft compression knees.
• Flexible side-chain configuration and parallel compression capabilities.

Additional Information

Squeezer was developed as a learning project to deeply understand audio compression, resulting in a versatile compressor appreciated by its creator as a go-to tool. It is distributed under the GPL-3.0 open-source license. The software requires SSE2 processor instruction support and may need additional redistributables on Windows. It is primarily distributed as VST2 and VST3 plugins, with LV2 support discontinued after version 2.5.3.

Note that the standalone version may have limited support, and some hosts may have issues with VST2 side-chain functionality; using VST3 is recommended where possible.

License

The software is free and open source under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.