Limiter - Apex Digital CloudPower Series Operation Manual

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To protect the connected loudspeakers from damage, each CloudPower™️ channel is equipped with
a dual-stage Limiter that includes an RMS stage which responds to the signal's average power, and a
Peak stage designed to react to fast signal spikes and transients.
The red meters show the selected channel's RMS and Peak
gain reduction in dB , while the green meter displays the
output level after limiting in dBFS.
Output (Vrms) and (Vpeak) serve as threshold controls that determine the signal level at which the limiter
engages. These thresholds can be adjusted within the range of -56 to +24 dBu.
It's important to ensure that the Peak threshold is set higher than the RMS threshold.
If not, the RMS limiter won't have an impact as the faster responding Peak limiter will eat its dinner.
Attack can only be set for the RMS stage and determines the speed at which the limiter responds when the
signal level surpasses the RMS threshold. It can be set between 0.1 and 6.000 ms.
The Peak limiter is naturally equipped with a very fast attack setting.
Release determines the time it takes for the limiter to recover once the signal falls back below the threshold.
Faster release settings might lead to audible distortion or a pumping effect, which can be smoothed by using
slower release times.
The range for the RMS stage is 5 to 10,000 ms.
The range for the Peak stage is 5 to 500 ms.
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Select the channel you want to control
IntelliCloud WebUI
Select the Limiter submenu
The calculators can be used
to calculate settings specific to
your speaker.