Limiter

Audio

Brickwall lookahead limiter with smooth release.

Prevents the signal from exceeding the ceiling level using lookahead peak detection for transparent limiting. Attack is instant; release smoothly returns to unity gain.

Source operators/audio/limiter/limiter.cpp

Parameters

Name	Type	Range	Default	Description
ceiling				Maximum output level in dB. -0.3 dB is a safe default.
lookahead				Anticipation time in ms. Longer catches faster transients but adds latency.

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