I like the sound quality of the L2.
I want a + version for L2, just like the + version for L1.
I would like L2 to have the non-quantize setting and intersample peak limiter that L1+ has.
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Great suggestion. I think this is quite reasonable and should prove to be useful too many. Hoping Waves does something similar to what you suggest.
I just found this thread while searching to see if the L2 has the ability to completely disable bit depth reduction or truncation.
The L2 does have great sound quality, but it really needs a modern update. The absence of a feature to disable the dithering process is a significant oversight. Having the option to set the output to the internal 32-bit/64-bit float bit depth would be incredibly useful, especially when using the plugin not as the final step and when opting for a different dithering method.
If Waves were to release a + version of the L2, similar to the L1+, with additional oversampling options and unlink feature it would be a huge release.
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Hi, I want to second your post — Waves is really overdue for an update to their limiters. Even L1+ needs a resettable LUFS-I reading, and a realtime LUFS-S reading.
But you’re right, L2 is even behind that – which is weird, because a lot of people still have a special love for L2.
I don’t want to go off topic, but another great limiter no one ever talks about is Waves L316. The problem is people dig in too deep and don’t like how it changes their tonal balance… But the better way to use L316 is before your final limiter. So L316 catches peaks on a band-specific basis, and then your final limiter operates more smoothly because the L316 already caught some of the inaudible transients.
Anyhow, I want to see a LUFS reading added to all their limiters, and your other suggestions are good too. I thought if I set the Dithering to “None” that it wasn’t truncating 32/64bit, but if you’re right then removing that would make these tools more useful for internal limiting on submixes, etc.
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