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Waves
Catch peaks before they clip with zero overshoot protection, then quantize to any bit depth while controlling noise floor with precise dither shaping.
Limiter is a dynamic processor designed primarily for mastering that prevents audio peaks from exceeding a threshold level. Unlike a compressor, it reduces any peak above the threshold to the exact threshold level, effectively creating a hard ceiling on output volume. It's typically applied as the final process in a mastering chain to raise overall loudness while preventing clipping.
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Catch peaks before they clip with zero overshoot protection, then quantize to any bit depth while controlling noise floor with precise dither shaping.
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