Reflex Limiter

A free, lightweight limiter you can use anywhere

The Reflex Limiter is designed to transparently control the peaks in your signal, while remaining light enough on CPU that you can use it multiple times in your project.

The plugin employs a fast-acting look-ahead compressor followed by a clipper. The compressor alone does not provide brickwall limiting, but it reduces workload for the clipper and allows for a cleaner sound.

The device can also be pushed hard and made to produce crunchy distortion on individual tracks or buses.

Features

• -6db to +18db Pre-Gain
• With Matched LUFS activated, the Pre-Gain dial can be turned gently without the output loudness changing—helping you to determine how hard the signal can be pushed before breaking up
• Auto Ceiling option changes the Ceiling dial to directly control how many decibels are removed from peaks
• Compressor and clipper can be independently deactivated (note that signal peaks may exceed the threshold if clipping is inactive)
• "O/S" button activates 2x linear-phase oversampling
  

How to use

• To A/B test, click "Matched" in the LUFS display, then click the waveform display to toggle Bypass mode
• Hover the mouse over the plugin window to show peak input and output signal voltage over last 3 seconds, as well as estimated CPU usage
• Double-click to reset a dial to its default value, or hold <CTRL>/<CMD> to fine-tune
  
• Consider pairing with the Reflex Pre-Limiter plugin for a more heavy-duty limiting experience

Technical notes

• Available in VST3, AAX & AU formats for Windows and MacOS
• Requires a compatible Digital Audio Workstation or other plugin host
• Left & Right channel processing is 100% unlinked
• 0-16ms latency, depending on settings

See here for information about versions and changes.