One Slider

LOUDER

One-Knob Loudness Maximizer

Download free Part of NULL JSFX 2.5: 113 plugins, free and open source (MIT). Easiest with NULL JSFX Hub.

Listen

The same music with the Gentle Lift preset and without the plugin. Switch while it plays.

Controls

Amount0 to 100 — Gain into the limiter: 0 is unity, 100 adds +12 dB; peaks are held under a -0.3 dBFS ceiling by a look-ahead limiter

Best uses

Quick loudness on a mix or stem
Makeup gain after quiet processing
Boost low-level recordings without clipping
Final ceiling on a bounce
Push a bus louder while catching peaks

Properties

Input → gain (0 to +12 dB) → stereo-linked look-ahead peak limiter (2 ms look-ahead with gain hold, 80 ms release, -0.3 dBFS ceiling) → safety clip at the ceiling → Output. 2 ms latency, reported to REAPER for compensation; at 0 only peaks above the ceiling are touched.

Formats

JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
VST3VST3 for any DAW
CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Gentle Lift · Stem Push · Demo Loudness · Quiet Recording

In the FX chains and Rack presets

Wide Lift

See every FX chain

Try it

Try it on orOS StudioAdd it to a track in your browser, with its own interface. Nothing to install.