LAAL - Lookahead Analogue Limiter

Опубликовано: 01 Март 2026
на канале: Dan Worrall
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In which I ask the question, why do we need a Lookahead Analogue Limiter, when brickwall limiting only makes sense in a digital context? And then the follow up question, why do we need a digital emulation of an analogue lookahead limiter when we have very good digital limiters already?

0:00 intro
0:29 ROFLAAL
13:01 video starts here
13:31 oversampling?
15:11 Plugin Doctor
17:23 test mix, FabFilter limiter
19:15 LAAL plugin, same gain
22:07 AB comparison
23:45 Dynamic Transient
24:56 mid / side limiting
25:56 oversampling test
28:07 LOUD test
29:21 why this is the wrong place to add deliberate distortion (IMO)
32:22 the optimal use for the LAAL?
33:19 about the music, and the cover art by Marko Voutilainen

Music: Soixante Nerf by Dan Worrall
Bandcamp link:
https://dan-worrall.bandcamp.com/trac...