Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to the user manual for Wave Breaker, a true-peak limiter plug-in developed by Press Play. This guide will walk you through using the plug-in and explain all its technical aspects in detail, ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow.
Wave Breaker was designed to provide high levels of transparency and instant visual feedback for a seamless workflow. It uses the design concepts and waveform display engine from Wave Observer to create a mixing and mastering tool for audio professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Getting Started
To get started, download the latest version of Wave Breaker from our website: https://pressplay-music.com/wave-breaker
You can find all the major updates for each release in the changelog.
What is Wave Breaker
Wave Breaker functions as a brickwall limiter, ensuring that the amplitudes of your audio signal never exceed the defined threshold level. It employs a sophisticated “look-ahead” mode to analyze the signal and apply a time-variable gain reduction function. Limiting an audio signal reduces its dynamic range, enabling you to increase the output gain without risking clipping and ultimately achieving higher overall loudness. Nevertheless, it’s important to manage distortion artifacts effectively. Wave Breaker simplifies this process by offering a fine balance between high gain reduction values and minimal distortion:
- Advanced distortion handling: Wave Breaker implements oversampling techniques to filter out aliasing and intermodulation distortion. Additionally, it takes true-peaks into account, ensuring sufficient headroom for audio signals after digital-to-analog conversion.
- Intuitive user interface: The user-friendly UI facilitates the correct setup of limiter parameters. The large input signal display makes it easy to find the right threshold level, while visualizations of gain reduction and output signals allow you to inspect the limiting result in real-time.
Controls
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