The legendary Loudness Maximizer!
The plugin that started it all: Look-ahead peak limiting, level maximization, and high resolution re-quantization in one powerful plugin. Ideal for any audio application from multimedia to mastering, the L1 is world-renowned for its transparency and punch.
- Peak limiter / level maximizer plugin
- 2 components: L1 Ultramaximizer and L1 Ultramaximizer+
- IDR™ Increased Digital Resolution dither with noise shaping filter
- Double precision bit resolution processing
Mac:
- macOS Ventura 13, Sonoma 14, Sequoia 15, Tahoe 26
- Intel or Silicon Architecture
- RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended)
- 1024x768 or higher display resolution
Windows:
- Windows 10 / 11
- 64 bit
- X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU
- RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended)
- 1024x768 or higher display resolution
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