UNFILTER Trial/Update Download

To download the latest version of UNFILTER, which will run as a fully functional, 30-day free trial if you have no license, please fill in the form below. You will then receive a download URL per email shortly. Required fields are marked with a red asterisk, all other fields are optional and serve only to help us improve our software. You can review our privacy policy here.  Please note that the email is sent from a database, and that some SPAM filters may mark it as SPAM - so please check your junk mail folder if you don't see the email within a minute or two.

Please Note: UNFILTER requires a free iLok.com account for activation, even for the trial version! You can activate the trial or the full version to your computer or to an optional iLok 2* USB device (not included). To activate to a computer, it will need to be connected to the internet. If using an iLok2, you can use a different computer (that has internet access) to activate to the iLok 2, then plug it into your production machine.

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Change Log

Version 1.5.0, December 15th, 2022:

  • UNFILTER now supports Apple Silicon natively on the Mac for AUVST 2VST 3 and AAX Native.
  • This update resolves VST 3 compatibility issues with various hosts, most notably Ableton Live 11.x, on Mac and Windows.
  • The plugin UI can now be zoomed 70...200%
  • Improved contrast and font size of UI
  • The macOS installer now allows choosing which plugin formats to install, and sports improved Dark Mode support.
  • The About screen now displays the CPU architecture (x64/Apple Silicon).
  • The latest version of the plugin ships as 64-bit only from now on. Previous versions with 32-bit support are of course still available. 
  • Fixed an issue that caused loading an IR to fail.

Version 1.4.0 (Mac only), November 1st, 2021:

  • UNFILTER is now compatible with macOS 12.x Monterey.
  • This version requires macOS 10.15.x or newer, and is 64-bit only. For 32-bit and compatibility to older macOS up to and including 10.14.x Mojave, please use the functionally identical previous version 1.3.3p.

Version 1.3.3 (Mac only), February 13th, 2020:

  • Fixed an issue where the UI would scale wrongly on Retina displays in some hosts.
  • Installer is now fully notarized, which fixes installer issues on macOS 10.14 Mojave and macOS 10.15 Catalina.

Version 1.3.2, August 8th, 2019:

  • Fixed an issue where rendering/bouncing audio to disk using a sample rate different from the project sample rate would reset the learned transfer curve resulting in an unusable rendered/bounced audio file.

Version 1.3.1 (Mac only), May 24th, 2019:

  • Fixed a bug in the AudioUnit plugin that caused Logic session recall to not function properly for sessions made using UNFILTER versions lower than v 1.3.0.

Version 1.3.0, May 22nd, 2019:

What's new in v1.3.0:

  • 154 new presets including sampled guitar amp transfer functions, sampled outboard gear filter functions, room-tone/ambience filters for noise, mixing tools, female speech characteristics "imprinters", odd filters, mastering, thru-wall/thru-door filtering, and more.
  • Updated preset manager now displays currently loaded preset name and features previous/next preset buttons.
  • Main parameters have their resolution increased to three digits after the decimal point when editing numerically.
  • Parameter values now displayed for controls that are being changed or that have the mouse over them.
  • HPF and GAIN slider length has been increased to match DCY and AVG sliders.
  • Fixed random preset sort order on APFS-formatted SSD volumes.
  • Updated to latest PACE components.
  • Updated Kitty framework to latest version.
  • Fixed AU sometimes not being seen before a system reboot on macOS High Sierra and newer.
  • Updated Pre-/Post-Install scripts.
  • Version number now displayed in macOS Finder's "Get Info" panel.

Version 1.2.4 (Mac only), August 2nd, 2017:

What's new in v1.2.4:

  • Updated Digital Signing Certificate.
Supports VST 2.x, VST 3.x, AU and AAX Native on Mac And PC.

Basic License Operations Guide

For a step-by-step guide on how to activate or de-activate your plugin, start a free trial, move an activation from one computer to a different one, as well as general copy protection info, please refer to this guide.

Current Version Number:

UNFILTER AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native:
1.5.0