Strangelight Audio

Limiter

Catches peaks above a set ceiling.

The limiter has no look-ahead. Fast transients can overshoot the Ceiling when Attack is above 0 ms.

Ceiling

Sets the maximum output level enforced by the limiter.

Lower values leave more headroom and make limiting begin at a lower output level.

Attack

Sets how quickly limiting responds. Longer settings let brief peaks pass above the Ceiling; 0 ms responds at once.

Short settings catch peaks more tightly; longer settings let more transient attack through.

Release

Sets how quickly gain reduction recovers after a peak.

Short settings recover level quickly; longer settings reduce rapid gain movement.

Makeup

Raises or lowers the level before limiting. Positive values drive the signal harder into the limiter.

Higher values push more signal into limiting and increase the amount of gain reduction.

True Peak

Detects peaks that can occur between digital samples when audio is reconstructed, helping catch peaks that ordinary sample detection misses.

When enabled, the detector also guards against peaks reconstructed between samples.