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Bus PEAK is a limiter effect that lets you add the final polishes to your mix and ensure optimal loudness while preserving detail.
Blending precision peak control with advanced metering: Bus PEAK is an essential mastering tool for any audio engineer and producer. Whether you're taming erratic sonic crests or preserving the natural dynamics of your mix, Bus PEAK lets you achieve a big, loud, and full sound while maintaining control of your transients.
Versatile Sonic Limiter
Add some energy to your entire mix for a polished, professional sound or get creative and apply Bus PEAK to an instrument track, like a vocal or lead guitar, to add some gentle warmth or top-end sizzle, or help it sit prominently without getting lost in the mix.
Professional Metering
Bus PEAK provides industry-standard loudness metering and True Peak control to ensure your audio conforms precisely to your needs.
Loud and Clear
Increase the overall volume of your mix without introducing unwanted distortion or sacrificing clarity. Bus PEAK ensures a sound that remains clear and defined, even at higher volumes.
Results in Seconds
The user-friendly interface, available in light or dark themes, allows you to make adjustments with ease and understand the impact of your changes in real time. Combined with Bus PEAK’s wealth of presets, you can enhance your mix in a few simple clicks.
Features
- Pro-grade Limiter with state-of-the-art algorithms
- 5 Modules
- Bass Tone Control
- Treble Tone Control
- Clipper
- Limiter
- True Peak Limiter
- Flexible Clipper to quickly control transients
- Powerful, 3-stage Limiter with simple control scheme
- Complete Metering section with Peak and Loudness Meters
- Tone Control section for increasing density, pre-controlling transients and dynamics in the bass and treble ranges
- Large signal Visualiser with Gain Reduction graphs
- 4 Engine quality modes designed for different use cases, each balancing the precision of the algorithms against CPU consumption and latency
- Tracking
- Mixing
- Mastering
- Render
- 34 Expertly designed presets covering practical templates for mixing and mastering, along with creative uses
- Delta listen option for all modules, allowing you to listen to the affected part of the signal
- Equal Loudness setting to dynamically level the output to match the input, for easier comparison
- Light and Dark GUI themes
System Requirements
Required configuration
- Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS* (64-bit DAWs only).
Windows
- Win 10+ (64bit)
- 4 GB RAM
- 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
- 50GB free hard disk space
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Apple
- Mac OS 10.13+
- 4 GB RAM
- 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or Apple Silicon CPU
- 50GB free hard disk space
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
Registration
1. Go to the Arturia login page. You will be prompted to create an account or log in (if you already have an Arturia account, please log in and skip to Step 4 of the registration process).

2. Click 'Create an account'.

3. Enter your details and click 'I'm not a robot'. Choose your marketing preferences and then click 'Create'.

4. You should have received an email to activate your account. Click the link that has been sent to you and login into your account by entering your personal details.

5. You will be redirected to your Arturia account area, where you can click the 'Register New Product' option.

6. Enter the Serial Number from your Plugin Boutique account (the 16-digit code that consists of 16 numbers), e.g. 1234-5678-9012-0000 and then enter your Unlock Code (the 8-digit code that consists of letters and numbers), e.g. C5GM00N9 > Click 'Register'.

Please note: Your Arturia codes will either be separated by a comma, e.g. 1234-5678-9012-0000,C5GM00N9 or by the letters 'Uc:', e.g. 1234-5678-9012-0000 Uc:C5GM00N9.
Your product is now registered!

Mac Installation
Note: Pigments is used as an example.
1. Go to https://www.arturia.com/support/downloads&manuals > Click the download icon to download the installer for the Arturia Software Center.

2. Open the installer for the Arturia Software Center > then click 'Continue'.

3. Click 'Continue'.

4. Read the software licence agreement > then click 'Continue'.

5. If you are happy with the terms of the software licence agreement click 'Agree'.

6. Click 'Install'.

7. Enter your login credentials and click 'Install Software' (or tap your fingerprint) to install the Arturia Software Center.

8. The Arturia Software Center is now installed > click 'Close'.

9. Open the Arturia Software Center and log into your Arturia account.

10. Your purchase will now be in your account > click 'Activate' to authorise the product on your system.

11. Click 'Install' to download and install the software onto your computer system.

Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW.

Windows Installation
Note: Pigments is used as an example.
1. Go to https://www.arturia.com/support/downloads&manuals > Click the download icon to download the installer for the Arturia Software Center.

2. Open the installer for the Arturia Software Center > then click 'Yes'.

3. Click 'Next'.

4. Click 'Next'.

5. Click 'Install'.

6. Click 'Finish'.

7. Open the Arturia Software Center > click 'Yes'.

8. Sign in to your Arturia account.

9. Click 'Next'.

10. Click 'Next' or install the software to your preferred custom VST folder(s).

11. If you are asked about sharing your anonymous data with Arturia's team, click 'Yes, I agree' or 'No, thanks' to proceed.
12. The software will now be in your Arturia account > click 'Activate' to authorise the product on your computer system.

13. Click 'Install'.

14. Your software will now download and install.

Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW.
