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Oxford Limiter V3

Sonnox

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Oxford Limiter V3 is a professional limiter plugin designed for precise loudness control and peak management in mastering and mixing workflows. It combines logarithmic side-chain processing with adaptive timing and an enhancement stage that preserves transient detail while preventing digital overloads. Its distinctive feature is the ability to achieve transparent level control, loudness maximization, or aggressive peak limiting without the typical loss of dynamic information associated with conventional limiters.

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Key Features

01Look-ahead detection with logarithmic side-chain processing
02Enhancement section with overshoot control (0-125% range)
03True Peak Reconstruction metering (ITU-R BS.1770 compliant)
04Automatic inter-sample peak correction (AUTO COMP)
05Variable Soft Knee from 0 dB (hard limiting) to 10 dB (soft limiting)
06Auto Gain function for long-term gain scaling
07Dithering with 4 noise-shaping curves (Types 1-4) and variable depth control (0-100%)
08Safe Mode for absolute peak control without excessive enhancer action

Things to Try

  • 01Use slower attack times (midway setting) with Enhance at 100% or above in Normal Mode or with Safe Mode enabled to retain transient detail while preventing output overloads, potentially yielding 3-5 dB loudness increase
  • 02Combine fast Attack and Release times near minimum settings with Safe Mode On and Enhance fader at 0% for brick-wall limiting without distortion
  • 03Set Auto Gain On to manage large level changes while allowing fast peak modeling over shorter ranges using Attack and Release controls
  • 04Apply noise shaping only at final mastering stage immediately before release; use minimum necessary depth (0-100%) to render noise inaudible without making the signal fragile for further processing
Formats
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