Bus PEAK is a limiter plugin by Arturia for mixing and mastering. It combines a clipper, a three-stage limiter, tone controls and loudness metering in one effect.
Bus PEAK is an effects plugin from Arturia that focuses on final level control. Its modules cover transient clipping, True Peak limiting and bass and treble tone shaping, with peak and loudness meters for monitoring the result. Four engine quality modes let you trade precision against CPU load and latency, from tracking to render. The plugin ships with 34 presets covering mixing and mastering templates along with more creative uses.
Bus PEAK chains a flexible clipper with a powerful three-stage limiter. The clipper handles transients quickly, while the limiter manages overall level with a simple control scheme.
The Tone Control section adds separate bass and treble controls for increasing density and pre-controlling dynamics in those ranges before the limiter stage.
The metering section includes Peak and Loudness meters, and a large signal visualiser shows gain reduction graphs. Delta listen lets you hear only the part of the signal each module affects.
The Equal Loudness setting levels the output to match the input, which makes before-and-after comparisons easier. Light and Dark GUI themes are included.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Arturia |
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| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Limiter |
| Formats | VST2, AU, AAX, Standalone |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Bus PEAK is available in VST2, AU, AAX and Standalone formats. It runs on Windows and macOS and is 64-bit.
On Windows, you need Windows 10 or later (64-bit), 4 GB RAM, a 4-core CPU at 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost), 50 GB of free disk space and an OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU. On macOS, you need macOS 10.13 or later, 4 GB RAM, a 4-core CPU at 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or an Apple Silicon CPU, 50 GB of free disk space and an OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU.
Yes. Arturia describes it as suitable for applying to individual tracks such as a vocal or lead guitar to add warmth, top-end sizzle or prominence in the mix.
The four modes (Tracking, Mixing, Mastering and Render) each balance the precision of the algorithms against CPU consumption and latency, so you can pick the one that fits the task.
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