Waves L1 Limiter

From the original l1 ultramaximizer to the 16 band l3 16 multimaximizer all in one mastering plugin waves peak limiter plugins ensure that your sound comes through loud and clear.

Waves l1 limiter. Instead they have. L1 maximizes both the level of the digital signal and the resolution of the final file. Just as there are multiband compressors modern mastering tools also include multiband limiters such as the l3 multimaximizer and the l3 16 multimaximizer these offer multiple frequency bands five in the case of the l3 multimaximizer a whopping 16 in the case of the l3 16 but do not consist of independent limiters operating separately. Maybe multiband maybe multiple.

This means that if you set 50ms release in the limiter it will actually yield with 150ms standard rt60 release time. Because a typical music signal contains many high intensity short duration peaks simple normalization of the file may result in a low average signal level. Imho if you are finding that much difference in limiters then you are probably overdoing it with them. Get l1 limiter by waves and learn how to use the plugin with ableton live logic garageband and fl studio for free.

It offers superb re quantization for all bit depths including 24 20 16 12 and 8 bit outputs. L1 can significantly increase the average signal level of an audio file without introducing audible side effects. The full mastering plug in with limiter and all idr options. As for limiters i used to use the l1 all the time and it works fine.

Its look ahead peak limiter enables you to increase sound file resolution and production master levels with precise control and dithering options. We like this new look but if you prefer you may continue to work with the classic. L1 s limiter section is capable of a very fast overshoot free response. Waves l1 famous limiter and thus w1 for compatibility reasons uses three times longer actual release time than standard rt60 metric.

I only use them to catch peaks not to make things loud so most decent limiters will do just fine.