For all of your loudness control needs, look no further at the APEX Adaptive Limiter from CEDAR Audio. Utilizing Emmy-winning technology, this limiter gives you a set of advanced features for clean, transparent, and precise loudness. While most conventional limiters control loudness by suppressing peak amplitudes when they would otherwise exceed thresholds, APEX calculates continuous variable equalizer profiles for each channel of audio. In return, the signal's amplitude is constrained while retaining the original footprint of the incoming signal.
At the heart of APEX are controls for adaptive spectral limiting. The spectral control provides engineers with a wide range of sound, from rich, weightier sounds at higher settings, to brighter or smoother sounds at lower ones. Temporal LF/HF controls determine the rate at which the sonic profile is permitted to change at low and high frequencies. The powerful Link control can push your soundstage to new limits ranging from independent channel limiting to linked gain reduction.
Other advanced features include true-peak protection, oversampling for efficient peak detection, and integrated metering to ensure your work conforms to various loudness standards. This plug-in is compatible for both Mac OS and Windows.
- Spectral Control
- Temporal LF/HF Controls
- Link Control
- Gain—Drive the input signal for maximum loudness before hitting the limiting circuit.
- Ceiling—Set the absolute output level for platform compliance.
- Oversampling—Detect and control intersample peaks with incredibly high accuracy.
- True Peak—When oversampling is enabled, true-peak limiting protects the signal from having any extraneous peaks going above the designated ceiling.
- Quantisation—Choose from different bit depths to apply final noise shaping for delivery.