TrackLimit
Simply Louder
TrackLimit is a fully featured wideband limiter with intelligent dual-stage handling of transients and dynamics.
Just click and drag the threshold to hear your sound come alive.
Simplicity and great sound: download the demo.
Features
- State-of-the-art peak limiter with low latency and low CPU usage.
- Dual-stage dynamic handling separates transients and dynamics.
- Beautiful, minimalist user interface.
- Inter-sample (True-) peak suppression.
- Quick and easy limiting that sounds great, for tracks, busses and premasters.
- Windows VST, VST3 and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
- Mac VST, VST3, AU and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
Sound
- Dual-stage limiting to separate dynamics and transients.
- Style menu provides quick access to useful limiting characters.
- Variable stereo linkage.
- Full gain staging on input, limiter threshold and output ceiling.
Vision
- Simple, streamlined interface.
- Mac Retina support.
- Gain-lock to protect gain staging whilst auditioning presets.
- Zoomable PPM and GR meters.
Windows System Requirements
- Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
- 32bit or 64bit
- ProTools 7 or newer. (RTAS and AAX Native)
- A host that supports VST or VST3, such as:
- Steinberg Cubase
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Steinberg Wavelab
- Sony ACID Pro
- Ableton Live
- Cockos Reaper
- Magix Sequoia
- Magix Samplitude
- AudioMulch
Mac OS System Requirements
- OS X 10.7 or newer, including Catalina (10.15) and Big Sur (11)
- Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
- ProTools 7 or newer. (RTAS and AAX Native)
- A host that supports VST, AU or VST3, such as:
- Apple Logic (32bit or 64bit)
- Apple Garageband
- Steinberg Cubase
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Ableton Live
Specifically not supported (might work, but I can't test/support these platforms): Windows 95/98/XP, OS X 10.0,10.1,10.2,10.3,10.4,10.5,10.6
1.06 -> 1.07
- Fix plugin not processing automation during silence when VST3 "suspend in silence" option is enabled in Cubase/Nuendo.
- Fix UI sizing on Windows when application is set to override DPI scaling.
- Fix click on switching bypass state.
- Fix updating of track controls assigned to MIDI CCs in Reaper with VST3 version.
- Fix potential crash when instancing VST3 version in Harrison Mixbus.
- Update to new style load/save dialogs on Windows and fix initial path.
- Fix background colour of meters.
- Fix incorrect VST2 plugin window size with DPI scaling on Windows if host uses effEditGetRect flag (e.g. Tracktion Waveform and Max/MSP).
- Peak readouts are now sample accurate.
- Fix text entry box position when zoomed in Logic.
1.05 -> 1.06
- Fix potential crash when using different plugin formats in the same project.
1.04 -> 1.05
- Freely resizable UI.
- Fix potential crash when double-clicking to enter value as text.
- Fix potential crash when closing window whilst resuming playback.
- GR meter zoom state stored with preset/session.
- Fix MIDI learn in VST3 version.
1.03 -> 1.04
- Improved HiDPI support
- Support VST2 getEffectName for some rare hosts
1.02 -> 1.03
- Fix AU validation in old not-really-supported versions of Logic
- Reaper key entry improvements
- HiDPI support in Cubase and Studio One on Windows
- Improvements with discrete parameters drag/mousewheel
1.01 -> 1.02
- Mac build now requires 10.7 or later
- Improve menu position when opening a menu would cause it to appear offscreen
- AAX Mac window focus improved
- Fix potential crash when file saving fails
- Fix crash when closing UI with text box open
- Fix crash with text entry on touchbar MacBook Pro
- Fix potential crash when closing UI
- Support for mono->stereo AU
- Installer searches for existing VST plugins folder for 64-bit plugins on Windows if run for first time
- Correctly sign Windows installers with Codesigning cert
- Improve text and layout for Windows installers
- Improve install descriptions and logo for Mac installers
1.00 -> 1.01
- OpenGL improvements
- Reduce graphics overheads
- Improve text editing on 64bit mac
- Fix bug with rare crash when MIDI learning
- Improve VST3 automation
- Add check for AU mono case.
- Improve calliper sliders.
- Improve preset handling
- Improve Zoomed GR scaling
- Improve mousewheel handling on windows
- Accept ',' as well as '.' for numeric entry
- Improve preset extension handling on windows
- Improve keyboard handling
- Support VST3 GR metering in Studio One
- Improve automation resolution in Logic X
- Fix VST3 double-precision sidechaining in Wavelab 9
- New improved ISP algorithm
- Optimisations
TrackLimit
Our design goal was invisible limiting that could cover all bases, with low latency and low CPU.
You can use it to transparently snip a few dB of peak of a channel that's triggering a bus compressor when it oughtn't, or you can use it to render out an awesome-sounding premaster.
We reworked the Limitless engine into a wideband format, and then went to work reducing CPU and latency; the end result is great limiting that's simple, quick, and won't tax your CPU.
