Adaptive Limiting.
Unlike conventional single or multi-band limiters, our adaptive limiters use our unique, Emmy® winning algorithm called CEDAR Spectral Limiting.
Instead of being limited to frequency bands, CEDAR Spectral Limiting calculates continuously varying EQ profiles across the three dimensions of frequency, level and time.
This enables it to approach the mix as a whole without crossover filter issues that can result in phase and distortion, yielding unprecedented transparency and musicality...
..and this means that our limiters achieve a far greater level of detail, providing beautifully transparent, precise and highly musical limiting that retains the integrity and depth of your audio soundstage.
Adaptive Limiter 2 or APEX?
Here we will highlight the similarities and differences between our two Adaptive Limiters, helping you to decide which one best suits your needs.
What do they have in common?
Spectral and Temporal controls at the heart of both limiters can be dialled in to taste, and very much decide the ‘flavour’ of the sound.
Prior to this, simply pushing signal into either limiter will give you beautiful, musical results.
SPECTRAL CONTROL
Both Adaptive Limiter 2 and APEX have a Spectral control at their core. This lets you choose the degree of targeted attenuation that the algorithm is applying to your input signal.
Low
If we turn it all the way to the left, adjacent frequencies are attenuated together more often, enabling the limiter to behave almost like a single-band limiter, applying a more uniform gain-reduction which sounds great for ‘gluing’ a mix together.
High
If we turn it all the way to the right, the limiter can apply different, frequency-specific attenuation with absolute precision across the entire frequency spectrum, effectively sculpting the perfect spectral balance for your audio.
The limiter is free to intelligently attenuate where it best sees fit, preserving a clean sound, targeting peaks with precision and preserving the integrity of your audio with no unwanted artefacts or audible pumping.
TEMPORAL CONTROLS
The temporal control changes how the algorithm adapts in the temporal domain.
Experiment with both and dial in to taste!
Key differences between APEX and Adaptive Limiter 2
Apex also lets you choose the degree to which left and right channels are mastered together or separately with a “Link Control”.
