Bettermaker Mastering Limiter 2.0

For over 7 years the Bettermaker Mastering Limiter has dominated the pro audio Mastering industry becoming an essential tool for Grammy winning Mix and Mastering engineers. It became a signature sound of Billboard hits as well as festival anthems being the last piece in the chain of the biggest artists in the world.

After countless hours of research in Bettermaker laboratories, it's time for the next step. The modern legend has gotten even better, more powerful and more intuitive. New mastering features, totally redesigned control screen and plugin, and presets from pro audio legends, the Limiter 2.0 is the ultimate tool to bring your music the final touch that it became famous for, but with extra kick.

Now, let's look closer at what is new:

New improoved Limiting Engine

New intuitive GUI and DAW plugin

Wide angle, high contrast screen

Limiter gain reduction range

Faster release time

Input/Output link

Redesigned color section with color MS matrix

Limiter sidechain with highpass filter and high frequency emphasis

New, redesigned Clipper section

The sound of the Limiter 2.0 is of course based on the quality of its hardware design but all the control and user interactions are performed in the digital domain.

This allows us to incorporate options and possibilities not found in any standard analog limiter:

Save and recall presets

Instant reset of all parameters

Rapid, precise and repeatable adjustments

Precisely linked stereo operation with the ease of a single control

DAW automation

Comprehensive metering operations based on high quality A/D conversion and DSP

Main features The digital section of the Mastering Limiter is based around two high speed, 32- bit micro-controllers, with dedicated Main features

The Limiter has 3 functionalities that are essential to make a perfect master. All of them are recallable by the internal memory and a plugin that also handles automation.

Analog Mastering Limiter 2.0:

100% analog signal path

Intelligent, manual and BPM release

New sidechain mode with HPF and MID Boost section

Variable mix between limiting and clipping

New redesigned clipper section with 2 independent clipper sections and trim

Flexible link mode for compensating input and output level

Color section

New redesigned color section with MS matrix

Two color modules introducing different saturation that can be used simultaneously

Color 1 with Majority of odd harmonics

Color 2 with Majority of even harmonics

Both color sections can be internally EQed so for example you can present more odd harmonics in the low end to give the mix more bite and sweeten the highs with the even harmonics at the top end.

Metering Metering, an additional screen in your studio. As it's a touchscreen it also utilizes control functions of the Mastering Limiter. You can view your favourite set of stats.

Input, output and reduction

Analog style meters (VU, PPM, RMS, Peak with peak hold functionality)

LUFS (Short term, Integral, Loudness Range, view in time)

K metering

30 Band FFT analyzer

Goniometer

Correlation meter

Two points of measurement, the output of the Limiter or the plugin

and more...

DAW integration The Bettermaker Mastering Limiter 2.0 got brand new DAW plugin for all major platforms.Unit can communicate with your DAW via USB connection. The unit appear as a HID device and can be managed via Bettermaker Mastering Limiter Plugin.

• New improoved Limiting Engine

• New intuitive GUI and DAW plugin

• Wide angle, high contrast screen

• Limiter gain reduction range

• Faster release time

• Input/Output link

• Redesigned color section with color MS matrix

• Limiter sidechain with highpass filter and high frequency emphasis

• New, redesigned Clipper section

Maximum gain reduction: 20 dB

Input adjust range: 0..+20dB

Output adjust range: -10..+12dB

Makeup gain: automatic with trim (-/+8dB range; only available with clipper enabled)

Attack time: 0.1 - 250ms

Release time: 2ms - 2s + IREL (intelligent release)

sidechain HPF: off or 20-200Hz (2nd order)

sidechain mid boost: off or 8dB @ 2kHz or 7kHz

metering ADC range: 70dB

power saving mode available

mid/side mode available, true bypass (relays) available

connection: balanced XLR (audio), USB type B (PC/MAC), 5.5/2.1 center positive 12V only socket

Maximum input level: +24 dBu (balanced with 48kΩ input impedance)

Maximum output level: +27 dBu (balanced with 50Ω + 50Ω output impedance)

Nominal audio level: +4 dBu

Frequency response: 6 Hz - 27kHz (-0.5 dB, ISO-R40 sweep)

Frequency flatness: +/- 0.1 dB (20Hz - 20kHz, ISO-R40 sweep)

Dynamic range: 107 dB (20kHz bandwidth, +24dBu)

THD+N ratio: 0.05 % (20kHz bandwidth, +4dBu, 1kHz)

THD ratio: 0.03 % (+4dBu, 1kHz)

CMRR: > 80dB (20Hz - 20kHz, IEC 60268-3)

Crosstalk: > 76dB (20Hz - 20kHz, +18dBu, channel to channel)

AC power consumption: max 25W (<2W in standby, with included 100-240VAC power adapter)

2U enclosure, 230mm deep

Shipping weight and size: 5kg, 62x37x21cm