BRICKWALL HD - Master Limiter

BRICKWALL HD NATIVE

Mastering Brickwall Limiter

Over the past two decades, as the Loudness-Wars have raged, it has become clear that the abuse of "loudness maximizers" in mastering can significantly reduce the audio quality for the listener.

Sophisticated Transparency

Designed to be an ultra-transparent master limiter, BRICKWALL HD protects your audio without ever sacrificing sonic impact. With its studio-grade algorithm built on the foundation of the original Brickwall Limiter from System 6000, it lets you increase the apparent loudness of your mix without losing audio quality.

Brick by Brick

As a supplement to the classic, transparent limiter BRICKWALL HD sports a modern take on limiting. The loudness limiter safeguards your sonics for easy delivery to streaming services. So, if you want your music make a lasting impression with casual listeners and audiophiles alike, this is the solution.

Last Line of Defense

Unlike most limiters that stop at 0 DBFS, BRICKWALL HD identifies the ever important inter-sample peaks and eliminates the risk of down-stream audio clipping. A premium ISP limiting algorithm ensures clean and predictable results every time, and with the adaptive content-optimised limiter profiles you are guaranteed maximum sonic transparency.

Analog Character

With BRICKWALL HD you get to pick between the best classic and modern limiting algorithms, and add spice to taste with the built-in soft clipping curves. Specialized for use in the critical mastering phase, the soft clipping in BRICKWALL HD provides you with versatile performance and analog character without off-setting the balance of your mix.

The limiters in the BRICKWALL HD are designed to:

• Continually measure if your signal contains 0 dBFS+ peaks
• Then gently remove them

The BRICKWALL HD is a transparent and upsampling True-Peak Limiter that is tightly based on the award-winning BW2 algorithm from TC's System 6000. This is an algorithm that for the last 2 decades has proven its worth on countless high-profile records, feature-films etc.

In the BRICKWALL HD, TC Electronic have:

• Refined the workflow to include modern music streaming targets
• Developed more options on Softclipping
• And not least, added a new History view that gives in-depth information and assists you in making the crucial master track decisions.

Two alternative types of Limiter are provided in one:

• The conventional Master Limiter
• The novel Loudness Limiter

The Master Limiter is a typical approach, with Input Gain to set the amount of limiting, and Ceiling to set the amount of headroom in the exported file.

The Loudness Limiter is an all-new approach, enabling a workflow suitable for modern streaming services like Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music. Here you set a desired, resulting loudness level, which the BRICKWALL HD will automatically aim for after listening to your track.

Both Limiter types include a flexible and delicate SoftClipper that has three available options from soft, smooth, to hard.

The BRICKWALL HD's combination of True-Peak and Loudness numerical information (STATS), provides the best possible support for making optimal decisions of dynamics, head-room and loudness level in your precious mix or master. As a further aid, Loudness Range (LRA) and Peak-to-Loudness (PLR) read-outs provide a tangible indication of how much dynamic compression and limiting you are applying prior to, and with, the Limiter.

Features

• Ultra-transparent master limiter designed to preserve audio quality
• Built on the renowned Brickwall Limiter algorithm from System 6000
• Includes both a conventional Master Limiter and a Loudness Limiter for modern streaming targets
• True-Peak limiting with inter-sample peak detection to prevent downstream clipping
• Adaptive limiter profiles ensure maximum transparency and sonic clarity
• Flexible soft clipping with three modes for added analog character
• Modern workflow refinements, including a new History view for in-depth mastering decisions
• STATS display provides real-time True-Peak, Loudness Range (LRA), and Peak-to-Loudness (PLR) readouts
• Optimized for mastering, ensuring consistent loudness across platforms like Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music

System Requirements

Operating systems

• macOS 10.14 (Mojave) through 15.x (Sequoia), Intel and Mx hardware
• Windows 7 or above

Plugin formats (64bit)

• AAX-native
• Audio Units
• VST3

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