Arturia Bus Peak

Bus Peak

Pro-Grade Limiter

Bus Peak is a limiter effect that combines Tone Control, Clipper and Limiter features alongside comprehensive metering - add the final polishes to your mix and ensure optimal loudness while preserving detail.

Ultimate Loudness Control

Maximize the loudness of your mix, control the energy of your Drum bus or make your low-end sound fuller and more powerful.

Blending precision Peak control with advanced metering: Bus Peak is an essential mastering tool for any audio engineer and producer. Whether you're taming erratic sonic crests or preserving the natural dynamics of your mix, Bus Peak lets you achieve a big, loud, and full sound while maintaining control of your transients.

Versatile Sonic Limiter

Add some energy to your entire mix for a polished, professional sound or get creative and apply Bus Peak to an instrument track, like a vocal or lead guitar, to add some gentle warmth or top-end sizzle, or help it sit prominently without getting lost in the mix.

Loud and Clear

Increase the overall volume of your mix without introducing unwanted distortion or sacrificing clarity. Bus Peak ensures a sound that remains clear and defined, even at higher volumes.

Professional Metering

Bus Peak provides industry-standard loudness metering and True Peak control to ensure your audio conforms precisely to your needs.

Results In Seconds

The user-friendly interface, available in light or dark themes, allows you to make adjustments with ease and understand the impact of your changes in real time. Combined with Bus Peak’s wealth of presets, you can enhance your mix in a few simple clicks.

Instant Results

Whether you need to enhance the cohesive balance between a group of sounds, add some lo-fi character or instant impact - Bus Peak comes loaded with 39 specialized presets, from Bus processing to style-specific mixing and mastering algorithms.

A Closer Look

Whether fine-tuning a home studio production or professionally mastering the next hit release, Bus Peak is your go-to tool for shaping audio dynamics. With its intuitive interface and advanced settings, effortlessly fine-tune signal loudness and limiter processing.

Multi-Stage Processing

The Clipper and Limiter modules work synergistically to optimize audio dynamics and ensure Peak control. Get instant results with one of Bus Peak’s specialized presets or find your own configuration to enhance the presence and impact of your sound, or creatively introduce distortion.

Clipper

The Clipper module trims audio Peaks to manage dynamics, freeing up headroom for enhanced loudness. It can either transparently manage Peaks or introduce warmth, color, and distortion based on its settings.

Limiter

Positioned after the Clipper, the Limiter module controls Peaks to keep output levels within set parameters while maintaining clarity. It can either transparently control Peaks to preserve the natural sound or apply more aggressive limiting for a tighter, more controlled output, depending on its settings.

Limit Your Way

Whether you're looking to refine the subtleties of your mix or apply more aggressive techniques, these tips will help you get started, manage transients effectively, and use specific settings to handle various musical scenarios.

General Limiting

Set the Limiter Character at 50% and adjust the Release for longer events. Fine-tune the Character for desired loudness or gentleness. This approach can be used to improve the mix balance, maintain natural dynamics and ensure compliance with loudness standards.

Aggressive Limiting

Set the Limiter Character to 100% and adjust Release to taste. This can be used to add punch and impact, maximize loudness and maintain volume consistency throughout a track. Aggressive limiting will help to achieve even greater loudness, but may also lead to some audible distortion, and is therefore generally only recommended on very dense mixes (such as with Metal music).

Creative Tone Control

Use the Bass limiter to pre-limit loud kicks, allowing more aggressive settings on the Clipper or Limiter for a more transparent sound. Once the kick Peaks are under control, you can push the volume higher and achieve greater loudness.

Essential Mastering Tool

The art of limiters lies in a delicate balance between enhancing audio clarity and maintaining natural dynamics. Whether hardening a kick or tightening a vocal, a well-applied limiter can transform a mix, adding punch and fullness without introducing distortion or compromising the integrity of the original sound. But that’s not all, limiters can also be creatively employed to introduce controlled levels of distortion, warmth and texture.