Hodor Limiter

Opens a dialog to pick the delivery target, then captures 10 s of input and computes a full paramID → value proposal. Measurements + proposal + overlay serialise into the session, so a reopened project recalls everything with no re-analysis.

Appear in the header only while a proposal is pending. ACCEPT applies the ghosts; REJECT discards them. Nothing changes audio until you Accept - tweaking any single control resolves that one ghost in place.

Choosing a different target re-proposes from the existing measurements - no second Analyse pass needed.

Input Gain (−30…+30 dB) drives the limiter. Auto Gain level-matches the output so a louder-driven setting stays fair to A/B against a quieter one.

Adds harmonics before limiting, so the limiter catches them - loudness + character without overs. Amount 0–100% (0 = clean bypass), Character Odd/Even/Both, Tone a ±6 dB tilt around a selectable Pivot (250 Hz–5 kHz), Stage ACTIVE/BYPASS to A/B its contribution.

Attack = how fast it clamps (faster cleaner but can pump). Release + Auto (adapts fast for transients, slow for sustained).

Clean (minimal), Smooth (longer), Punchy (fast with a brief hold to keep transient snap).

Transparent (cleanest), Punchy (keeps snap), Aggressive (soft-clips before the peak stage for maximum loudness). Also scales Attack for you.

Lookahead 0–5 ms (cleaner, adds reported latency). Oversampling Auto / 2× / 4× / 8× / 16× for true-peak catching - a factor change is an index swap (no audio-thread alloc) and re-reports latency to the host.

The output limit (−3…0 dB, default −1 dB - lossy codecs rebound by up to a decibel, so the headroom is deliberate). What holds it is the true-peak trim before the dither, not the safety clip after it: a clip bounds the sample peak and is what creates the high frequencies whose inter-sample peaks overshoot. At 2× oversampling and above the true-peak output stays under the ceiling; at Off it sits on the line.

Link 0–100% (100% moves both channels together; lower lets them limit independently). Basis L/R or M/S (limits Mid and Side separately, for mastering). M/S is never applied automatically - Analyse only proposes it.

Off / TPDF / noise-shaped at a 16- or 24-bit target, with a safety clip after it.

GR gain reduction (peak-hold). True Peak Out with an over indicator (CLEAR resets). LUFS Momentary/Short/Integrated (BS.1770-4) with the target shown (RESET restarts integration). PSR real-time dynamics (peak vs short-term loudness).