Raising Jake Studios Pristine Peaks

Pristine Peaks is an outstanding ultra - low distortion peak limiter for both mixing and mastering. It offers transparent peak control, ensuring a clean and undistorted sound even with high gain reduction. Instead of saturating or clipping waveform peaks, it applies gain changes to the whole waveform, resulting in extremely low THD that doesn't increase with gain reduction. Key features include less than 0.005% THD (20Hz - 20kHz, ISP on), no aliasing, oversampling option, 4 dither choices, linear phase input high pass filter, up to 20dB limiter drive gain, and more. It's perfect for music and post - production where high - quality limiting without source saturation or clipping is needed. Note that it has significant latency, so it's not suitable for live or tracking applications.

Using Pristine Peaks is straightforward. First, decide whether you're using it in a mono or stereo setup for your mixing or mastering project. Adjust the gain controls like the limiter drive gain and ceiling range according to your audio needs. You can choose different dither options for better audio quality. When it comes to the release slope shapes, pick the one that suits your sound. For monitoring, use the gain comp control to listen at unity gain and the attenuation delta control to see what the limiter is removing. Keep in mind that this product has a lot of latency, so don't use it for live or tracking applications. As for maintenance, make sure your system meets the software requirements. Keep the software updated to get the best performance and new features.