diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b7758e..8225baa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ License
 -------
 
 exhale is being made available under an open-source license which is
-similar to the 3-clause BSD license but modified to address specific
+based on the 3-clause BSD license but modified to address particular
 aspects dictated by the nature and the output of this application.
 
-The license text and release notes for the current version 1.1RC can
+The license text and release notes for the current version 1.1.0 can
 be found in the `include` subdirectory of the exhale distribution.
 
 
diff --git a/include/Release.htm b/include/Release.htm
index 9a2d9cb..82085f2 100644
--- a/include/Release.htm
+++ b/include/Release.htm
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 <td valign="top">
 
 <h1><br><span class="pink">exhale</span> - <span class="pink">e</span>codis e<span class="pink">x</span>tended <span class="pink">h</span>igh-efficiency <span class="pink">a</span>nd <span class="pink">l</span>ow-complexity <span class="pink">e</span>ncoder<br><span class="gray"><sup><br>Software Release Notes, Version History, Known Issues, Upcoming Feature Roadmap</sup></span><br><br></h1>
-<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;The version of this distribution of the &laquo;exhale&raquo; software release is <b>1.1RC</b> (preliminary pub&shy;lic major release) from Nov. 2020. Please check <a href="http://www.ecodis.de/audio.htm#mpeg">www.ecodis.de</a> regularly for new versions of this software. A summary of each version up to this release, a list of known issues with this release, and a roadmap of additional functionality are provided below.</h3>
+<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;The version of this distribution of the &laquo;exhale&raquo; software release is <b>1.1.0</b> (official pub&shy;lic major release) from Nov. 2020. Please check <a href="http://www.ecodis.de/audio.htm#mpeg">www.ecodis.de</a> regularly for new versions of this software. A summary of each version up to this release, a list of known issues with this release, and a roadmap of additional functionality are provided below.</h3>
 <h3><br><b>Chronological Version History</b></h3>
-<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;Version <b>1.1RC <span class="gray">Nov. 2020, this release</span></b></h3>
+<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;Version <b>1.1.0 <span class="gray">&nbsp;Nov. 2020, this release</span></b></h3>
 <ul>
  <li><h3>addition of basic SBR functionality for lower-rate coding down to 18 kbps/channel</h3></li>
  <li><h3>exhaleApp: add support for CVBR modes a&#x2014;g for encoding with SBR functionality</h3></li>
@@ -112,13 +112,14 @@
 <h3><br><b>Roadmap of Upcoming Features</b></h3>
 <h3>&nbsp; &nbsp;If you are in need of an additional library or application feature <b>not</b> mentioned below, please contact ecodis or a contributor with a request, and we will see what we can do.</h3>
 <ul>
+ <li><h3>calculate<sup> </sup>/<sup> </sup>code SBR envelope values at higher frequency resolution, version 1.1.x</h3></li>
  <li><h3>support for coding with a core coder frame length of 768 samples, no version plan</h3></li>
  <li><h3>exhaleLib: complete integration of predictive joint-channel coding, no version plan</h3></li>
  <li><h3>exhaleLib: finalization of support for 5.1&#x2013;7.1 multichannel coding, no version plan</h3></li>
  <li><h3>exhaleLib: speed-ups and further quality tuning for difficult signals, as necessary.</h3></li>
 </ul>
 <h3><br></h3>
-<h4><span class="gray">Written by C. R. Helmrich for exhale 1.1RC, Nov. 2020. Available at www.ecodis.de/exhale/release.htm.</span><br><br></h4>
+<h4><span class="gray">Written by C. R. Helmrich for exhale 1.1.0, Nov. 2020. Available at www.ecodis.de/exhale/release.htm.</span><br><br></h4>
 
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 <td valign="top" colspan="2">
diff --git a/include/version.h b/include/version.h
index 62d9a9b..b31977e 100644
--- a/include/version.h
+++ b/include/version.h
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # define EXHALELIB_VERSION_MINOR "1"
 #endif
 #ifndef EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX
-# define EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX "RC" // "RC" or ".0", ".1", ...
+# define EXHALELIB_VERSION_BUGFIX ".0" // "RC" or ".0", ".1", ...
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp b/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp
index 0b1b21e..13bca10 100644
--- a/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/bitAllocation.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ unsigned BitAllocator::imprSfbStepSizes (const SfbGroupData* const groupData[USA
     const SfbGroupData& grpData = *groupData[ch];
     const uint32_t maxSfbInCh = __min (MAX_NUM_SWB_LONG, grpData.sfbsPerGroup);
     const bool    eightShorts = (grpData.numWindowGroups != 1);
-    const bool  lowRateTuning = (samplingRate >= 27713) && (sfm[ch] <= (SCHAR_MAX >> 1));
+    const bool  lowRateTuning = (samplingRate >= 25495) && (sfm[ch] <= (SCHAR_MAX >> 1));
     const uint32_t*   rms = grpData.sfbRmsValues;
     uint32_t*   stepSizes = &sfbStepSizes[ch * numSwbShort * NUM_WINDOW_GROUPS];
 
diff --git a/src/lib/entropyCoding.cpp b/src/lib/entropyCoding.cpp
index d0a61ee..f11decf 100644
--- a/src/lib/entropyCoding.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/entropyCoding.cpp
@@ -282,8 +282,11 @@ static inline unsigned arithGetPkIndex (const unsigned ctx) // cumul. frequency
 
 static inline unsigned writeSymbol (OutputStream* const stream, const bool leadingBitIs1, const uint16_t trailingBits)
 {
+  const uint8_t lowBits = trailingBits & 0x1F;
+
   stream->write (leadingBitIs1 ? 1 : 0, 1);
-  stream->write (leadingBitIs1 ? 0 : (1u << trailingBits) - 1, (uint8_t) trailingBits);
+  stream->write (leadingBitIs1 ? 0 : UINT_MAX, trailingBits & 0x20);
+  stream->write (leadingBitIs1 ? 0 : (1u << lowBits) - 1u, lowBits);
 
   return trailingBits + 1; // count
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp b/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
index 999e7f9..35959a4 100644
--- a/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static const uint8_t tnsScaleFactorBandLimit[2 /*long/short*/][USAC_NUM_FREQ_TAB
 #endif
 };
 
-static const uint8_t sbrRateOffset[10] = {8, 6, 6, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8}; // used for scaleSBR
+static const uint8_t sbrRateOffset[10] = {7, 6, 6, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8}; // used for scaleSBR
 
 // scale_factor_grouping map
 // group lengths based on transient location:  1133, 1115, 2114, 3113, 4112, 5111, 3311, 1331
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ unsigned ExhaleEncoder::psychBitAllocation () // perceptual bit-allocation via s
   const uint16_t scaleSBR        = (m_shiftValSBR > 0 || m_nonMpegExt ? sbrRateOffset[m_bitRateMode] : 0); // -25% rate
   const uint64_t scaleSr         = (samplingRate < 27713 ? (samplingRate < 23004 ? 32 : 34) - __min (3 << m_shiftValSBR, m_bitRateMode)
                                                          : (samplingRate < 37566 && m_bitRateMode != 3u ? 36 : 37)) - (nChannels >> 1);
-  const uint64_t scaleBr         = (m_bitRateMode == 0 ? __min (32, 3 + (samplingRate >> 10) + (samplingRate >> 13) - (nChannels >> 1))
+  const uint64_t scaleBr         = (m_bitRateMode == 0 ? __min (32, 17u + (((samplingRate + (1 << 11)) >> 12) << 1) - (nChannels >> 1))
                                    : scaleSr - eightTimesSqrt256Minus[256 - m_bitRateMode] - __min (3, (m_bitRateMode - 1) >> 1)) + scaleSBR;
   uint32_t* sfbStepSizes = (uint32_t*) m_tempIntBuf;
   uint8_t  meanSpecFlat[USAC_MAX_NUM_CHANNELS];
diff --git a/src/lib/exhaleLibPch.cpp b/src/lib/exhaleLibPch.cpp
index 4a8ca09..4b1e21f 100644
--- a/src/lib/exhaleLibPch.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/exhaleLibPch.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void OutputStream::reset () // clear writer states and byte buffer
 
 void OutputStream::write (const uint32_t bitChunk, const uint8_t bitCount)
 {
-  if (bitCount > 32) return; // only a maximum of 32 bits is writable at once
+  if (bitCount == 0) return; // nothing to do for length 0, max. length is 32
 
   const uint8_t totalBitCount   = bitCount + heldBitCount;
   const uint8_t totalByteCount  = totalBitCount >> 3;  // to be written