Loudness and limiter

To start, a ready example: gain 9.0 dB. Press Play, then “Level match”, and switch Bypass. The graph marks what the limiter did.

Loudness−18.0 → −10.1 LUFSHeadroom before overload12.1 → 9.2 dBOn the platform−14.0 LUFS

The wheel zooms the waveform, dragging moves it.

before the limitermastergain reductionon the platform

Mix

Gain +9.0 dB

Ceiling −1.0 dB

Release 100 ms

What pushes the peaks down