# Voidseer 2.5.0 Release Notes

Released 2026-10-16. Windows x64, VST3 + standalone. Unsigned installer (see guide.html for SmartScreen).

## Versions
- FATHOM II 2.5.0 (new features and smoother controls; same plugin ID, so your projects and rigs open as before)
- NETHERBASS 0.8.1, IMPACT 0.6.2, SIGNAL 0.6.2, WRAITH 0.5.2, TERMINUS 0.5.2, FORGE 0.5.2 (unchanged from 2.4.2)

## Changes in FATHOM II 2.5.0
- Smoother knobs: turning or automating GAIN, BASS, MID, TREBLE, PRESENCE, RESONANCE, TIGHT and MASTER no longer clicks or makes zipper noise. The same goes for the delay TONE knob and ALIGN B on the CABINETS page.
- Quality modes: a QUALITY selector in the bottom bar offers ECO, STD and HQ. ECO uses the least CPU, STD is the familiar 2.4 sound, and HQ is the cleanest and uses the most CPU. Switching modes does not change the plugin's latency.
- HQ RENDER (ADVANCED page, on for new instances): when you bounce or export offline, FATHOM II renders in HQ, whatever QUALITY is set to for playing.
- MATCH BYPASS (next to BYPASS, off by default): level-matched bypass (set when engaged). While bypassed, your clean DI is turned up or down, by up to 12 dB, towards the level the rig has been playing at, so an A/B compares tone rather than volume. It learns the level gradually while the rig plays. With MATCH off, bypass stays at the DI's own level.
- DOUBLER (CABINETS page): a built-in double-tracked feel, with DOUBLE WIDTH for how wide it spreads and DOUBLE TIME for how tight or loose the second take feels. It stays clean when your mix is folded to mono.
- FIZZ and FIZZ FREQ (EQUALIZER page): tame harsh amp fizz at the frequency you choose. FIZZ cuts more when the fizz is strongest. At 0 it is off.
- RIFF GATE (PEDALS page): a noise gate that listens to your clean DI, so it opens and closes with your picking even at high gain and stays open through fast tremolo picking.
  - THRESH sets where it opens. GATE BAND chooses FULL for dead-silent stops, or HIGHS to remove only hiss while low notes ring out.
  - Delay and reverb tails are never gated.
  - It adds 1 ms of latency while it is on.
- OD TIGHT and OD BODY (PEDALS page): OD TIGHT trims low end before the overdrive for tighter palm mutes. OD BODY adds weight back after it, so a tightened boost doesn't go thin. Both are off at 0.
- 10 new factory rigs: black and death metal starting points at moderate gain, for E and D standard tuning (for example "2.5 BM Tremolo (E)", "2.5 OSDM Chainsaw (D)" and "2.5 Tampa Death (E)"). They come after the existing rigs.
- LOCKS (next to UNDO/REDO): choose sections such as gate, pedals, amp, cabinets, EQ or effects to keep when you change factory rigs or load a rig file. As before, input/output, bypass, MONO DI and the tuner are always kept.
- Easier cabinet IRs: drop a WAV or AIFF file onto a cabinet slot to load it, and use the < > buttons to step through the IRs in the same folder.
- Tuner in the bottom bar: a small tuner readout is visible on every page.
- DI setup: the first time FATHOM II opens on a computer, a short DI setup helps you set your interface level. Projects you already have are not interrupted.
  - A guide under the DI INPUT meter shows the target level.
  - A warning appears if your DI is too hot.
  - CALIBRATE DI now suggests an INPUT setting and only changes it when you click APPLY. Undo puts the old setting back.
- The bottom bar shows the current quality mode, the latency and the version.

## Upgrade notes
- Close your DAW before installing. Licences, trial state, presets and projects are kept, and an update does not restart a trial.
- Projects and rigs saved with earlier versions open at STD quality, with HQ RENDER, MATCH BYPASS, DOUBLER and RIFF GATE off, so they sound the same as before.
- The other six plugins are the same files as in 2.4.2. The Complete and Trial installers include FATHOM II 2.5.0.