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UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 142 - Chapter 15: Precision Limiter
CHAPTER 15
Precision Limiter
Overview
The Universal Audio Precision Limiter™ is a single-band, look-ahead, brick-
wall limiter designed primarily for mastering with program material. The easy-
to-use Limiter achieves 100% attack within a 1.5ms look-ahead window,
which prevents clipping and guarantees zero overshoot performance. Both
the attack and release curves are optimized for mastering, which minimizes
aliasing.
Since the Precision Limiter is a colorless, transparent mastering limiter–no up-
sampling is used, nor does the UA Precision Limiter pass audio through any
filters–audio remains untouched unless the compressor is working, in which
case only gain is affected.
To really be considered a professional limiter, the metering needs to be su-
perb. The Precision Limiter features comprehensive, high-resolution metering
and conforms to the Bob Katz “K-System” metering specifications. This meter-
ing allows the user to see what is happening to audio with a great deal of ac-
curacy, with simultaneous RMS and Peak metering and adjustable Peak Hold.
And since we know how valuable good metering is, the plug-in can also be
bypassed and used strictly as a high-resolution meter.
Key features include user-adjustable Release or intelligent Auto Release,
which allows for fast recovery–minimizing distortion and pumping–and a
unique selectable Mode switch, which allows you to delicately tailor the at-
tack shape and control the “presentation” for different material. Mode A is the
default shape, suitable for most material, while Mode B can be particularly
useful on minimal and/or acoustic program material, yielding a more subtle
touch.
The Precision Limiter is yet another indispensable UAD tool for your audio ar-
senal.