FlickSwitch Audio – Liminal Readme

Version: 1.1.0
Build date: October 5, 2026

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What is Liminal?
Liminal is a professional dynamics processor plug-in featuring high-quality sound, advanced amplitude-based processing, flexible routing and control options, creative compression behaviour, and a modern, intuitive user interface.
For more information, visit the FlickSwitch Audio website or refer to the Introduction chapter in the Liminal help file.

What's New in 1.1.0
8-band Output EQ per lane: the OutputEQ tab in the visualizer panel replaces the old low-cut/high-cut pair with eight bands per lane. The EQ shapes each lane before it is gated and sent to the FX chain, and it starts switched off; turning on the OutputEQ tab gives you the default 30 Hz low cut and 16 kHz high cut. Band 1 is a Low Cut or Low Shelf, bands 2–7 are Bell or Notch, and band 8 is a High Cut or High Shelf. Cut bands offer slopes from 6 to 96 dB/oct plus Brickwall. Click a band tab to select it and switch it on, and click the selected tab again to switch it off. Click the ▾ caret on a tab to change that band's filter type. Drag a handle to set frequency and gain (or Q for cuts and notches), use the mouse wheel over a handle to set Q, double-click a handle to reset its gain (or Q), and double-click empty space to add a band there. The control strip below the display edits the selected band's frequency, gain and Q, plus the slope for cut bands. Init EQ resets all eight bands of the lane. Sessions and presets saved with earlier versions keep their low-cut/high-cut settings, which are moved onto bands 1 and 8.
LIMINAL Instrument – MultiOut (AU and VST3): a second plug-in that takes its audio from a sidechain input and sends each part to its own output so you can mix them on separate DAW tracks. Outputs: Output (full mix, identical to the LIMINAL effect), Lane 1 Pre-FX, Lane 2 Pre-FX, Lane 3 Pre-FX and FX Bus (the wet output of the shared FX chain). Lane outputs always carry the lane before FX; a lane that sends to the FX chain is heard processed on the FX Bus output. Presets sound the same in both plug-ins. MultiOut is not available as AAX or Standalone. To use it, load it as an instrument, route the source track into its sidechain input, then route its auxiliary outputs to separate tracks.
Update notifications: when a newer version is available, the "?" button shows a green badge and the help panel shows an "Update available" button that opens the download page.
Input EQ accuracy: the 6, 18 and 30 dB/oct slopes on the InputEQ filters now match the drawn curve exactly, including near the top of the frequency range.
Licensing: the free trial is now 14 days, and each license can be activated on up to 3 computers.

Windows Installation
Double-click the downloaded file to install Liminal.
The installer (64-bit Windows only) contains the VST 3 and AAX plug-ins, plus the optional MultiOut instrument VST 3.
The plug-ins will be installed at:
VST 3: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
AAX: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins
Factory presets are installed to your Music\FlickSwitch\LIMINAL\Presets folder.
macOS Installation
Double-click the downloaded disk image and then double-click the installer package it contains to install the VST 3, AU and AAX versions of Liminal and the MultiOut instrument (AU and VST 3), 64-bit only.
The plug-ins will be installed at:
AU: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
VST 3: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
AAX: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins
Factory presets are installed to ~/Music/FlickSwitch/LIMINAL/Presets.

Purchasing Liminal
If you have downloaded a copy of Liminal to try, you must purchase a license to continue using the plug-in after the 14-day trial.
Visit the FlickSwitch Audio shop and complete your purchase: https://www.flickswitchaudio.com/product/liminal

Support
Visit the Support section of the FlickSwitch Audio website for documentation, updates, and assistance. The full manual is at https://www.flickswitchaudio.com/manuals (also available from the "?" button in the plug-in).
For technical support, you may also contact us directly via email:
support@flickswitchaudio.com
