Hi everyone! Does a real multiband limiter with adjustable treshold per band exist? L3 or melda has 1 treshold for every bands. Pro mb and others offers high ratios but I don't hear the same effect of a limiter even at fastest response times.

I searched and can't find a proper plugin for that! Thank you for your knowledge

 

You may wanna check DMG Audio Limitless. Not sure if it can give you everything your ask for, but it is an excellent MBL - in my personal opinion it is the best MBL out there.

 

Last edited: Oct 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM

DMG - LIMITLESS
McDSP ML8000
Eventide - Newfangled Audio Elevate
Blue Cat's MB-5 Dynamix

You can use "Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer" and put your favorite LIMITER on each band.

 

I would test it to see if it meets your expectations:

DMG Audio - Limitless --> https://dmgaudio.com/products_limitless.php#

 

If you are on Studio One, you can use the splitter to create a multiband with any plugin you want, the downside is that you need to load more than one instance of the plugin for each band you want to process.

 

IK Multimedia T-Racks 6 Quad Lim
https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trquadlim

I use it myself in my projects sometimes, and I love it.
It has 4 adjustable Bands, and each band has a threshold, attack, release and gain knob.

 

I tried DMG and the treshold it's not independent but one treshold only

 

Waves - L3 Multimaximizer

- 5-band dynamics control with linear-phase crossover
- Multiband peak limiter
- with look-ahead function for maximum loudness

www.waves.com/plugins/l3-multimaximizer
www.thomann.de/de/waves_l3_multimaximizer.htm

 

Last edited: Oct 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM

It has two stages. A multiband stage and a wideband stage. As any limiter like this should honestly. You haven't tried it properly.
The per-band thresholds are controlled via the EQ-like interface in the middle.

 

This is the concept I'm looking for! Is this the only plugin doing it?

 

It would be extremely shocking to me if you can't build your own using Melda's MXXX.

 

Maybe this one: https://www.meldaproduction.com/MLimiterMB
Did not try it myself, but I always read/hear good things about Melda products!

 

Reaxcomp. Free
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