Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Creating new bands in the EQ is currently bothersome: you have to select the filter from the dropdown menu at the bottom.

Describe the solution you'd like
A modern approach to creating new bands: filter creation depending on where you click.
For example: clicking on the graph between 0 to 30 Hz creates a highpass filter, 30-100 Hz a low shelf, 100-7k a bell, 7k to 15k a high shelf, 15k+ a lowpass.

Describe the bug
When adding the ChowMultiTool to Reaper as insert FX no spectrum is shown on the display. The tool does processing of audio but shows no frequencies as spectrum.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add ChowMultiTool to a track as FX
2. See that the spectrum analyser shows no frequencies moving up and down

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS 11.7.7.
• DAW: Reaper 6.80

In the EQ when I would like to adjust the Q parameter with the Ctrl+Left click way using the circles on the display then it first always resets to a default value and I can't adjust it starting from the point I set before.

Via email:

• 4-band crossover option
• Option to type in crossover frequencies

Additional context
Apparently this functionality will help make the band-splitter compatible with Plogue Bidule in some way? Still waiting for details on that.

I observed that this plugin gets 2 inputs and 8 outputs in Ardour by default, and it sets the master bus into 8 channel mode.

It looks like this on a 4ch master bus:

Is this a problem with this plugin or with Ardour?

Hello there! I downloaded ChowMultiTool, and it's a great all-round tool for many, many, many applications. And it's so nice to have a Chow-quality plugin for that!

I mainly use it for setting up parallel filter sends. Like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hGBYs10ZAU&t=527s&pp=ygUPcGFyYWxsZWwgd29ycmFs

All I've been lacking is a proper band pass. I mean, I can make it happen by combining a high pass and low pass... but then if I want to tune the frequency, I have to fine-tune two filters one after the other.

Is there any possibility of implementing a bandpass?

Thanks for everything you do :)

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I can't see the frequency accurately when I'm working on band splitter or brickwall like in other tools

Describe the solution you'd like
Just like in other tools we can have small label that says "Freq: XXX"

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If you have used REAPER's ReaEQ then you might have tried all pass mode. It changes phase at frequencies you as a user decide.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would love having this in this tool that I already use quite a lot.

Additional context
Thank you for this tool!

Idea: it would be cool if the user could "draw in" a frequency response for the EQ, and the EQ could generate some EQ parameters to try to match the hand-drawn frequency response.

Let's say we have some hand-drawn frequency response $H_D (s)$. The EQ has (up to) 8 filters, all of which are first or second order. The parameters for each EQ band are: Type (e.g. High-Shelf, Notch, etc), Frequency, Q, and Gain. From these parameters we can get an s-domain transfer function for each filter: $$H(s) = \frac{b_2 s^2 + b_1 s + b_0}{a_2 s^2 + a_1 s + a_0}$$

We can combine the frequency response for all the filters in series $H_{TOT} (s)$, and then compare that to the hand-drawn frequency response $H_D (s)$ at a given set of frequencies (log-spaced) to get some error term. From there, we just need to minimize the error!

Sketch:
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1vwI2c-_eXymQQKT-sxKL_4mApA0l2Kp4TIoqgbTWNvw/edit?usp=sharing

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: [e.g. Windows 10, MacOS]
• DAW [e.g. Ableton Live, FL Studio, Audacity]
• Version [e.g. 2.3]
• 32/64 bit (Windows only)

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Only the .lv2 scans successfully, and it says failed to load when I try to load it on to a track. The clap and vst3 completely fail to even scan.

Hi Jatin, thank you for your great plugins. Jatin, could you please remove the dependencies as they are appearing in the IDE pane and in the IDE build schemes? Thanks again.

Describe the bug
When using the ChowMultiTool inside plugin doctor and checking the "performance" tab in plugin doctor, plugin doctor and the plugin crash. I am not sure this is a bug in ChowMultiTool (using different buffer sizes), but all my other plugins don't crash on this test from plugin doctor.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open plugin doctor
2. Load ChowMultiTool
3. Go to "performance" tab in plugin doctor
4. bummer

Expected behavior
No crash

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• DAW: plugin doctor
• Version ChowMultiTool 1.0.0
• 64 bit

Describe the bug
DAW becomes unresponsible, when ChowMultiTool 1.1.0 is automated with LFO. Tested both in Renoise and Reaper.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

In Renoise:

1. Add LFO on the effects panel
2. Add ChowMultiTool on the effects panel
3. Choose from presets: "Chow -> Analog EQ -> Excite"
4. In LFO dest. select "VST3: chowdsp: ChowMultiTool" and "Analog EQ Treble Cut Frequency" (actually any Analog EQ parameter will do)
5. Now DAW is unresponsible, and eats 15-20% CPU

In REAPER

1. Right-click on left panel -> Insert new track
2. Press FX button
3. Add plugin: All Plugins -> Select ChowMultiTool -> Press "Add" button
4. Choose from presets: "Chow -> Analog EQ -> Excite"
5. Right-click on "Treble boost" dot -> "Analog EQ Treble Boost Frequency" (actually any Analog EQ parameter will do) -> "Show in track controls"
6. A knob with that parameter will be created on current track on the left panel
7. Right-click on this knob, select "Modulate"
8. Tick the LFO checkbox.
9. Play abit with "speed" and "strength" sliders
10. Now DAW is unresponsible, and eats 15-20% CPU

Expected behavior
DAW is responsive and automation not breaking anything

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F
• RAM: 64GB DDR4
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
• Main SSD: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB
• DAW: Renoise 3.4.4, Reaper 7.16
• 64 bit