The interface
The screenshot is the shipping interface, rendered by the shipping code. Press I in the plugin to toggle the same control descriptions as cursor tooltips.
User manual
A brickwall whose ceiling is a mathematical property, held in true peak.
Less Limiter's gain computer is built so the ceiling is a mathematical property of the chain, not a target it usually hits: release, sliding maximum, then smoothing, in that order. Say -1 dBTP and it is still -1 dBTP after the encoder.
Run the installer for your platform. On macOS the AU and VST3 versions install for all users; on Windows the VST3 installs under Common Files. Factory presets install into your user preset folder and are never overwritten: presets you save land in the same folder and stay yours.
| macOS presets | ~/Library/Application Support/MixLess/Presets/Less Limiter |
| Windows presets | %APPDATA%\MixLess\Presets\Less Limiter |
The screenshot is the shipping interface, rendered by the shipping code. Press I in the plugin to toggle the same control descriptions as cursor tooltips.
| GAIN | Gain: drive into the limiter. More gain = louder and more limiting |
| CEILING | Ceiling: the output never passes this level (-1 dBTP is a safe release value) |
| RELEASE | Release: how fast gain comes back after limiting. Too fast distorts lows |
| LOOKAHEAD | Lookahead: catches transients cleanly ahead of time. Adds that much latency |
| TRUE PEAK | TRUE PEAK: limit inter-sample (oversampled) peaks, not just sample peaks |
| TP RESET | Reset the output true-peak hold readout |
Set Ceiling to -1 dBTP with True Peak on. Raise Gain until the loudness sits where you want it; the ceiling holds, including after encoding.
Use the Transparent Catch preset. With the ceiling just below the peaks, only the loudest moments are touched; everything else passes unchanged, and a test asserts that on every build.
Raise Gain past the ceiling and listen as density grows. The release control trades punch against loudness; the meter shows exactly how much reduction you are buying.
| Formats | AU, VST3 |
| Lookahead | 2 ms, 96 samples at 48 kHz, reported |
| Detection | true peak per BS.1770, switchable |
| Factory presets | 4 |
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