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There is a surprising number of free limiter plugins available online in VST and AU formats, and even some in AAX format for Pro Tools.

They come with varying levels of features. Some are brickwall limiters, some are soft limiters, and some add extra clipping and compression features.

Some of the free limiters are exceptional, and have a better reputation than paid commercial gear.

Limiter #6 from vladgsound is one of the most popular free options.

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There’s a clone of a Waves L1 limiter that is also quite popular.

Most DAWs include a limiter plugin as well, but they are can be fairly basic or not as transparent as some of the plugins below.

Paid limiter plugins can cost upwards of a few hundred dollars each, like Waves’ Limiter plugins. But you can get pretty good results from these free options as well.

Best Free Limiter Plugins

Limiter No6

Limiter #6 is a mastering plugin that includes five modules: RMS compressor, peak limiter, high-frequency limiter, clipper, true peak limiter.

It has brickwall and soft limiting features with different timing settings, M/S and multiband modes, 4x oversampling, and more.

Limiter #6 is available in VST and AU formats for Mac and PC in 32 and 64 bit. There are 3 different GUIs (here’s the page with all three downloads).

LoudMax

LoudMax is a look-ahead brickwall limiter plugin designed to be a clean and transparent loudness maximizer that retains as much of the original sound of the music as possible. It’s a low latency, low CPU usage plugin with an easy to understand interface.

LoudMax is available to download in VST and AU formats in 32 and 64 bit. It works with Windows and Mac OS 10.5 and higher.

George Yohngs W1 Limiter

W1 Limiter is an easy-to-use plugin that was cloned from a Waves L1 limiter and boasts identical output. It also features an approximation of Waves L2 with adaptive release enabled.

W1 Limiter is available in VST, AU, and RTAS formats for windows and Mac (OS X) and it comes in both 32 and 64 bit.

EasyLimiter

EasyLimiter is a free, donationware VST limiter for Windows that features look-ahead peak detection, stereo link, and a number of other features. Its claim to fame is that it uses less CPU than other limiters.

EasyLimiter comes in VST format only and works with Windows 32 and 64 bit systems.

ClipShifter

ClipShifter is a clipping style limiter that can go from transparent compression to hard clipping distortion. It offers controls for clip shaping and harmonics, it has a waveform display, and is low on CPU usage.

There are free and paid versions of ClipShifter. Dell 7010 sm bus controller driver. The free version is fully-function; the paid version adds extra features like mid/side processing, oversampling, independent frequency clipping, etc.

ClipShifter is available in AU, VST, VST3, RTAS, and AAX formats for Windows and Mac, both 32 and 64 bit.

Xhip Limiter

According to the website description, Xhip Limiter is designed for maximal sustain and minimal distortion, and aims to be as transparent as possible in terms of timbre.

The Xhip Limiter plugin is available for Windows only, both 32 and 64 bit.

Faraday Limiter

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The Faraday Limiter from Goodhertz is described as having colorful dynamics with warm, tape-like saturation. It features advanced stereo linking, variable L/R or M/S linking, adjustable ratios, and a gain reduction history meter.

Goodhertz plugins are only available in AU and AAX formats for 64-bit Macs with OS X 10.7 and up.

L2007 Mastering Limiter

According to the description, the L2007 is a mastering-grade look-ahead brickwall limiter. It’s made by Massey Plugins and is offered free with Massey’s other plugins but the free versions have limited features.

However, this one of the few free limiters that is available in AAX format for Pro Tools. Both Mac and PC are supported.

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Maxwell Smart

Maxwell Smart is simple limiter plugin that claims to be a true transparent peak limiter and loudness maximizer with look-ahead functionality designed to increase loudness while maintaining transients without audible distortion.

The plugin features 3 modes to control the sound: smooth, normal and loud, and the compensated latency is 4ms. It’s available for Windows and is 32 bit only.

/free-horn-section-vst.html. Whether you want to crank the last drops of gain out of your track or just want to control a few loud peaks, a Limiter can be the weapon of choice.

By looking a little bit into the future, a limiter can make sure your signal never goes louder than you want it to without distorting or destroying transients. Even with the knob turned to 11.

In gain knob

Gain to apply to the input signal before limiting.

Out gain knob

Gain to apply to the input signal after limiting.

Threshold knob

The maximum allowed volume.

Release knob

The release adjust how quickly the limiter returns the volume back to normal after limiting it due to a peak in the input volume.

VU Meter

Displays the current input level, the selected threshold, and the limiter's current attenuation.

Settings panel

Whenever you have your mouse cursor over a snapin there is a small arrow at the top right corner (not visible in screenshot). It opens a settings panel where you handle presets.
It also has a 'randomize' button that can be useful. I guess.

Enabled checkbox

The small checkbox to the left of the plugin name is a checkbox that bypasses the effect when disabled.

Resize handle

The bottom right corner of all Kilohearts plugins is a resize handle for scaling the UI to any size. This allows you to get a good view of the controls whatever the screen resolution, and also comes in handy if you need big controls, e.g. when using Limiter as a real-time effect on a touchscreen monitor during a live set. (This is not available when the snapin is used inside a snapin host.)

Limiter is a snapin

Kilohearts plugins work great together, and all the snapins can work double duty as modular components inside our snapin hosts. There are several different hosts that allow you to apply any number of snapins in various contexts, like to each individual band in the band-splitter Multipass, or add your full effects chain right inside the preset of the synth Phase Plant.

Download and installation

With your confirmation email you will get a download link to the Kilohearts Installer (1.69 MB download, EXE/DMG installer). It will quickly help you with the setup and installation of the plugins you purchased, and any others you might like (like the other free ones). It is personalized for you, so no need to copy-paste any licenses.

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All Kilohearts plugins are available through the installer as 64-bit VST, AU and AAX plugins for Windows and Mac. Most of them are also available for Reason Studios Reason, but if you are a Reason user you have to get your plugin through the Reason Studios Shop.

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The snapins work best together and the Kilohearts Toolbox offers heavy bundle discounts. It is divided into tiers so you can start out with what suits you the best!

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