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Apr 20, 2026

1.2.0 release - New engine, Tahoe ready and improved Crossfeed

The audio pipeline has been redesigned from the ground up. The Crossfeed filter has been updated with a low-frequency shelf compensation and a new Settings window!

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Apr 18, 2026

crossfeed - headphones with a sense of space

I've been wanting a proper crossfeed stage in Zenteek since the first day I started the project. Tonight it finally landed. There are four presets in Output Tools covering different

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Apr 18, 2026

winamp flashbacks, in a window

A weekend detour: Zenteek now has a full-screen Milkdrop visualizer. ProjectM-4 under the hood, classic Winamp-era presets reacting to whatever is playing.

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Apr 8, 2026

FLAC, ALAC, WAV - Does the Container Actually Matter?

Every few months someone asks me which lossless format they should rip their CDs into. FLAC, ALAC, or WAV. For the audio, it does not matter. All three decode to

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Apr 6, 2026

a crash, a toggle, and some tahoe cleanup

The Stereoize DSP I was so happy about yesterday turned out to have a nasty bug - it crashed on hi-res material. Which is, you know ... bad.

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Apr 5, 2026

waking up old mono recordings

I have a lot of mono recordings. Early jazz, a handful of fifties blues sides, some classical records from before stereo was a thing. They sound wonderful on a single

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Apr 3, 2026

oversampling and better drive knobs

I couldn't leave the preamp alone. Yesterday's release went out and I immediately started hearing the places where the saturation was being a little too aggressive on high transients -

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Apr 3, 2026

four preamps and a proper output stage

Today I jumped a minor version because this one actually earns it. The signal chain got two significant additions, both things I'd been sketching out in a notebook for weeks.

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Apr 2, 2026

fine-tuning the little things

This one was all about the corners. The artwork-based color detection I put in yesterday worked, but there were edge cases.

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Mar 22, 2026

The Loudness War and Your Music Library

If you compare a well-mastered jazz record from 1962 to a pop album from 2010, the newer record will probably sound louder through the same speakers at the same volume

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Mar 15, 2026

Why I Still Use a Local Music Library in 2026

There is something streaming services cannot give me, and I have been trying to articulate it for years. Every few months someone I respect tells me they have moved fully

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