Limiter

Peak limiter that catches signals above the ceiling to prevent overshoot and clipping on the output. Configurable attack and smoothed release govern how tightly it clamps and recovers, inter-sample (true-peak) detection guards against reconstruction overshoots between samples, and an input makeup drive pushes level into the limiter for loudness. It runs without look-ahead delay, so it stays low-latency at the cost of the fastest transient catches.

Inputs

Audio In

Audio signal input

ID	audio
Signal	audio · audio rate · stereo
Unit	normalized
Range	-1 to 1 normalized
Default	0
Coercion	Implicit

Outputs

Audio Out

Audio signal output

ID	audio
Signal	audio · audio rate · stereo
Unit	normalized
Range	-1 to 1 normalized
Coercion	Implicit

Parameters

Ceiling

Sets the maximum output level enforced by the limiter.

ID	ceilingDb
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	-12 to 0 dB, step 0.1
Default	-0.3
Group	Limiter

Attack

Sets how quickly gain reduction begins; 0 ms is immediate.

ID	attackMs
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	0 to 50 ms, step 0.1
Default	0
Group	Limiter

Release

Sets how quickly gain reduction recovers after a peak.

ID	releaseMs
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	1 to 500 ms, step 1, log
Default	50
Group	Limiter

Makeup

Sets the input drive before limiting while preserving the output ceiling.

ID	makeupDb
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	-12 to 24 dB, step 0.1
Default	0
Group	Limiter

True Peak

Enables inter-sample peak detection instead of sample-peak limiting.

ID	truePeak
Type	float
Control	slider
Range or Options	0 to 1, step 1
Default	1
Group	Limiter

Details

Canonical ID	dyn.limiter
Category	effects
Runtime Surface	control
Runtime Targets	control-main-thread
JUCE Early Access	Supported
Early Access Note	Native-supported in the plugin for the current catalog/runtime support contract.
Audio Channel Behavior	Preserve (stereo in → stereo out, width unchanged)