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Limiter
Limiter is an Audio effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Nothing comes out louder than the Ceiling. The detector hears the sound a Lookahead ahead of the output, so the gain is down before a peak arrives, and the layer’s sound is placed that much earlier.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceiling | Slider | -24 to 0 | -0.3 | - |
| Input | Slider | -12 to 24 | 0 | - |
| Lookahead | Slider | 0 to 20 | 5 | - |
| Release | Slider | 1 to 1000 | 100 | - |
| True peak | Slider, whole numbers | 0 to 1 | 0 | - |
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Ceiling: the loudest the output may be, in dB.
- Input: gain into the limiter, in dB.
- Lookahead: how far ahead it hears, in milliseconds.
- Release: how fast it lets go once the loud part has gone, in milliseconds.
- True peak: 1 measures between the samples, at four times the rate. 0 measures the samples.