The Vienna Suite Limiter maximizes the apparent volume within the available dynamic range by reducing the distance between average program levels and their associated peaks. Too much limiting will make your signal sound unnatural. Just the right amount of maximization will make your signal seem loud without ever exceeding the available dynamic range. Processing at 64-bit floating point resolution, which provides the highest fidelity with no added noise, the comfort of a real-time input/output waveform display combined with an auto-mode for transparent maximization makes it very intuitive to operate.
Important
In spite of the Vienna Suite Limiter's excellent quality, exaggerated limiting will result in unnaturally sounding signals.
Threshold: Sets the point at which the limiter starts to affect the input signal. Lowering the threshold setting has the effect of raising the output gain of the signal. The average level of the signal is increased while the limiter assures that the signal will not exceed the ceiling level.
Release: Controls how long it takes for the limiter to recover from attenuating the signal after it has dropped below the threshold. Values: 10–5000 ms.
Auto: Disables the manual release slider and lets the limiter control the release time depending on the input signal, resulting in the most transparent limiting possible.
Waveform Data Display: Shows the input and output signals as well as the attenuation graph, which can be individually switched on and off with the buttons below. If you need to reduce CPU load a bit, you can switch off the entire waveform display.
Attenuation: Displays the current amount of limitation applied to the signal.
Ceiling: Sets the maximum output of the limiter.
Clicking on the numerical peak displays above the meters resets the peak values.