The Bettermaker Darthlimiter is a limited-edition, turbocharged version of Bettermaker’s acclaimed stereo Mastering Limiter with an upgraded audio path for lower noise and better dynamic range, a new capacitive touchscreen with improved contrast and viewing angles, and wicked blackout cosmetics that’ll look great in your control room! Like the Mastering Limiter, Darthlimiter rocks a pure analog signal path — plus full digital recall. You have 399 cells for your own presets, which you can recall instantly with one touch. You can save your settings to the internal memory, and (here’s where Bettermaker really breaks away from the pack) in your DAW project. That’s right: Darthlimiter’s USB link lets you use it just as you would use a plug-in! Darthlimiter is equipped with manual and intelligent release modes, variable coloration, and an innovative, intuitive touchscreen to control it all. There are only 200 Bettermaker Darthlimiter units available worldwide!

Variable Color:

Darthlimiter’s two color modules can be internally equalized so you can, for instance, punch up the odd-order harmonics in the low end, and sweeten the high end with airy even-order harmonics. Add in a 31-band FFT analyzer and cutting-edge touchscreen metering, and you’ve got what many Sweetwater engineers consider their desert-island mastering tool. Take it from us: if you want "radio-ready" mixes, the Bettermaker Darthlimiter is essential kit.

Modern, high-spec components:

Modern, high-spec components — including a Burr-Brown OPA1656 op-amp in audio path — were selected for long-term reliability and to help maintain transient response and the low noise floor required for today’s recording practices. Where possible, they increased gain resolution and frequency response to ensure maximum flexibility. Subjective listening tests played a big part in the development of this amazing limiter. And the results speak for themselves.

Bettermaker Darth Limiter Features:

• Limited edition of only 200 units
• Wicked blackout front-panel cosmetics
• New capacitive touchscreen with improved contrast and viewing angles
• Improved pure analog signal path with for lower noise and better dynamic range
• Modern, high-spec components, including Burr-Brown OPA1656 in audio path
• Manual and intelligent release modes
• Variable mixing between limiting and clipping; clipping section defeat
• 2 variable color modules may be used simultaneously
• Color 1: majority of odd-order harmonics
• Color 2: majority of even-order harmonics
• Both color sections may be internally equalized
• Touchscreen Metering for control over limiter functions and operational status
• Input, output and reduction metering; VU: full screen, scaled RMS
• LUFS metering (short term, integral, loudness range, view in time); K metering
• 31 Band FFT analyzer; goniometer; correlation meter
• USB link lets you use Darth Limiter just as you would use a plug-in (including automation)
• 2 points of measurement: Limiter output or plug-in

Mastering Limiter Description:

For over 7 years the Bettermaker Mastering Limiter has dominated the pro audio Mastering industry becoming an essential tool for Grammy winning Mix and Mastering engineers. It became a signature sound of Billboard hits as well as festival anthems being the last piece in the chain of the biggest artists in the world.

After countless hours of research in Bettermaker laboratories, it’s time for the next step. The modern legend has gotten even better, more powerful and more intuitive.

New mastering features, totally redesigned control screen and plugin, and presets from pro audio legends, the Limiter 2.0 is the ultimate tool to bring your music the final touch that it became famous for, but with extra kick.

Now, let’s look closer at what is new:

• New improved Limiting Engine
• New intuitive GUI and DAW plugin
• Wide angle, high contrast screen
• Limiter gain reduction range
• Faster release time
• Input/Output link
• Redesigned color section with color MS matrix
• Limiter sidechain with highpass filter and high frequency emphasis
• New, redesigned Clipper section

The sound of the Limiter 2.0 is of course based on the quality of its hardware design but all the control and user interactions are performed in the digital domain.

This allows us to incorporate options and possibilities not found in any standard analog limiter:

• Save and recall presets
• Instant reset of all parameters
• Rapid, precise and repeatable adjustments
• Precisely linked stereo operation with the ease of a single control
• DAW automation
• Comprehensive metering operations based on high quality A/D conversion and DSP

Main features

The digital section of the Mastering Limiter is based around two high speed, 32- bit micro-controllers, with dedicated Main features

The Limiter has 3 functionalities that are essential to make a perfect master.

All of them are recallable by the internal memory and a plugin that also handles automation.

Analog Mastering Limiter 2.0:

• 100% analog signal path
• intelligent, manual and BPM release
• new sidechain mode with HPF and MID Boost section
• variable mix between limiting and clipping
• new redesigned clipper section with 2 independent clipper sections and trim
• flexible link mode for compensating input and output level

Color section

• New redesigned color section with MS matrix
• Two color modules introducing different saturation that can be used simultaneously
• Color 1 with Majority of odd harmonics
• Color 2 with Majority of even harmonics
• Both color sections can be internally EQed so for example you can present more odd harmonics in the low end to give the mix more bite and sweeten the highs with the even harmonics at the top end.

Metering

An additional screen in your studio. As it’s a touchscreen it also utilizes control functions of the Mastering Limiter. You can view your favourite set of stats.

• Input, output and reduction
• Analog style meters (VU, PPM, RMS, Peak with peak hold functionality)
• LUFS (Short term, Integral, Loudness Range, view in time)
• K metering
• 30 Band FFT analyzer
• Goniometer
• Correlation meter
• Two points of measurement, the output of the Limiter or the plugin

and more…

DAW integration

The Bettermaker Mastering Limiter 2.0 got brand new DAW plugin for all major platforms.Unit can communicate with your DAW via USB connection. The unit appear as a HID device and can be managed via Bettermaker Mastering Limiter Plugin.

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

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