Signum Audio BUTE Limiter -

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BUTE Limiter is a High Fidelity, Ultra-Transparent True Peak Brickwall Limiting plug-in designed for a professional sound with a comprehensive yet flexible UI.

Ultra-Transparent Limiting

BUTE Limiter 2 delivers high fidelity, ultra-transparent True Peak Brickwall limiting with a streamlined and sleek user interface. BUTE’s focus is on eliminating distortion while retaining the characteristics of your audio in a natural way.

Support for multiple workflows

BUTE Limiter 2 includes a Pre Gain to push or reduce the incoming signal’s volume before Limiting as well as Post Gain that will be applied after limiting.

The plugin can be configured to highlight either the limiter output or the overall output, that is limiter output with applied Post Gain. So whether you like to push the limiter via Pre Gain like a Maximiser to boost overall loudness without sacrificing dynamics or clarity, or limit your signal and then use Post Gain to make up for the change in volume – BUTE Limiter 2 provides you with a streamlined display for your workflow.

Comprehensive yet flexible UI

Get an in-depth analysis or a compact read-out. BUTE Limiter 2 features an interactive history view for examining True Peak, Gain Reduction, Threshold, and output readings – choose to see an overview or zoom in to a particular part. If any True Peak overshoots are introduced via the Post-Gain functionality, BUTE Limiter 2 will flag them up in the history with warnings. The history view also supports re-metering via automatic DAW sync and will update the readings when the limiter settings are altered, showing how the new settings will affect your audio.

BUTE Limiter Feature List:

Ultra transparent true peak limiting using Signum Audios novel overshoot proof brick wall limiting algorithm
Highest quality linear phase upsampling
Advanced adaptive auto release
5 Different release curves
PreGain, Post-Gain, and automatic Max Target functionality
Three different layouts: Resizable History View, Vertical Metering View, and compact Horizontal Control View.
Automatic DAW sync and re-metering to reflect adjustments.
History for True Peak, True Peak Output, Threshold and Gain Reduction.
Warning system for Post-Gain overshoots
In-depth history analysis
Up to 10 channel Surround
Compatible with Mac (10.9 or higher), Windows (8.1 or higher), and 64-bit VST / AU / AAX
Included with the BUTE Loudness Suite

What they’re saying about BUTE

Gain reduction graph, automatic re-metering, and the most transparent and reliable True Peak Limiter I have used. This Bute plugin has been such a useful tool with my daily radio production for SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Very intuitive!
Bryan Apple
Director of Creative Radio Imaging at SiriusXM (including LL Cool J’s Rock The Bells Radio, Eminem’s Shade45, Pitbull’s Globalization, and more)
Rockstar Games Music/Radio Producer (Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA-IV and GTA-V)

This is one of the most intuitive, informative and transparent limiters around.
Computer Music Magazine

The Bute Loudness Suite has become the most essential plugin in my Arsenal of tricks! It’s one of the most accurate and transparent plugins I’ve come across!
Denzil Lacey
Group Production Director – Wireless Group, Ireland / SiriusXM Satellite Radio

Overall, the Bute analyser plug-in is a very welcome addition to the field, and quite reasonably priced…. The Bute Loudness Suite is more expensive than the analyser, of course, but not excessively so, and the extra cost is easily justified by the inclusion of a very effective and genuinely transparent real-time brickwall limiter.
Hugh Robjohns

I would heartily recommend this plug-in whether you are mixing music, commercials, television or long-form as Signum Audio have produced a really clever but clear interface which will really help you manage the dynamics and loudness of your content.
Alan Sallabank
Re-recording Mixer and Sound Designer, Pro Tools Expert Post Production Specialist

Windows 8.1 or higher
Mac 10.9 or higher
All of our plugins are compatible with 64-bit VST / AU / AAX.
Available in 2 versions: Stereo or Surround. Surround adds additional multi-channel support for up to 10 channel Atmos.
Pro Tools 12.6 or higher

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