Waves 25th Anniversary edition: You can now choose between the classic Legacy and the new Modern user interfaces. Both offer new plugin features, including:
- True Peak domain setting: Eliminates inter-sample clipping
- Automatic Release Control: Auto-adjusts release time
Renowned for its transparency and punch, L1 has been the standard tool used on countless hit recordings over the past couple of decades.
L1 maximizes both the level of the digital signal and the resolution of the final file. It offers superb re-quantization for all bit depths, including 24, 20, 16, 12, and 8-bit outputs. Its look-ahead peak limiter enables you to increase sound file resolution and production master levels with precise control and dithering options.
L1’s limiter section is capable of a very fast, overshoot-free response. Because a typical music signal contains many high-intensity, short-duration peaks, simple normalization of the file may result in a low average signal level. L1 can significantly increase the average signal level of an audio file without introducing audible side effects.
- Peak limiter / level maximizer plugin
- Industry standard for mastering & mixing music or multimedia
- Two components: L1 Limiter and L1+ Ultramaximizer
- Increased Digital Resolution™ dither with noise-shaping filter
- Double precision bit resolution processing
- 25th Anniversary edition includes Legacy and Modern interfaces
- NEW 25th Anniversary features: True Peak domain setting, Automatic Release Control
L1 Ultramaximizer (V11) – System Requirements
Intel Core i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon
Memory
8 GB RAM
8 GB free disk space on the system drive
Operating System
10.12.6 – 10.15
Screen Resolution
Minimum: 1024×768
Recommended: 1280×1024 / 1600×1024
USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
Intel Core i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon / AMD Quad-Core
Memory
8 GB RAM
8 GB free disk space on the system drive
Operating System
Windows 10 64 bit
Screen Resolution
Minimum: 1024×768
Recommended: 1280×1024 / 1600×1024
Waves L1 Ultramaximizer – Supported Platforms
Please note: V11 plugins are not supported in MultiRack, SoundGrid Studio, StudioRack, DiGiCo and Avid VENUE. V9 and V10 plugins are supported on all these platforms.
Plugin | Most Audio Hosts* | MultiRack | SuperRack | StudioRack | eMotion LV1 Mixer | eMotion ST Mixer | DiGiCo** | Avid VENUE 5.7 or later*** |
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L1 Ultramaximizer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
L1 Ultramaximizer (V11) – Sample Rate
All Waves plugins support 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz; most support higher sample rates.
Avid VENUE supports up to 48 kHz.
Plugin | Sample Rate |
---|---|
L1 Ultramaximizer | 192 kHz |
L1 Ultramaximizer (V11) – Channel Components
L1 Ultramaximizer (V11) – Latency
The table below indicates how much latency is produced by each plugin, in samples.
Not all plugins support all platforms (MultiRack, StudioRack, eMotion, Venue). Check the Supported Platforms tab for more info.
Native / SoundGrid | Venue TDM | |||||
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Plugin | 44.1 kHz – 48 kHz | 88.2 kHz – 96 kHz | 176.4 kHz – 192 kHz | 48 kHz | ||
L1 Ultramaximizer | 64 | 128 | 256 | 67 |