# Waves AI Limiter (using tech from Curves Equator & AQ)
**URL:** https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-ai-limiter-using-tech-from-curves-equator-aq/12064
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [August 23, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-ai-limiter-using-tech-from-curves-equator-aq/12064 "2025-08-23T09:17:48Z")
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### Author:  [@JunkyardSam](https://forum.waves.com/u/JunkyardSam)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-ai-limiter-using-tech-from-curves-equator-aq/12064/1 "2025-08-23T09:17:49Z")
[Curves Equator](https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-equator) & [Curves](https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-aq) AQ are awesome entries to this plugin genre… But it has been a long time since Waves has offered a new, modern limiter.
Using tech from [Curves Equator](https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-equator) & AQ in a “Waves [Curves](https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-aq) Limiter” is a natural next-step. There is a well regarded competitor product like this – but Waves’s autoEQ code is superior (particularly with how AQ gives multiple [curves](https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-aq) to choose from. That is unique.)
I understand there’s a TruePeak limiter built in to [Curves Equator](https://www.waves.com/plugins/curves-equator) & AQ – but it doesn’t seem like its intended for ‘final limiter’ use. For one, you can’t set the output level (it’s forced to -0.1), but also it doesn’t seem to be working correctly. (I irregularly get TruePeak overshoots. Sometimes it works, sometimes it goes over. But that’s a separate issue that could be fixed.)
My real point is – Waves could use this tech to make an awesome competitor to Smart:Limit.
And if you do – please include good metering. At the minimum, we need LUFS-I which has option to auto-reset every time you hit play, and LUFS-S, current and maximum.
I know about [WLM](https://www.waves.com/plugins/wlm-loudness-meter) Plus, and that I could technically stack these tools together… But [WLM](https://www.waves.com/plugins/wlm-loudness-meter) Plus is feeling a little dated at this point — and in the new modern era, it’s all about moving FAST.
Getting these tools into a single plugin would be awesome – and Waves already has the critical code to make it happen. It just needs to be put together into a single product!
Please consider it. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@simon.a.billington](https://forum.waves.com/u/simon.a.billington)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/waves-ai-limiter-using-tech-from-curves-equator-aq/12064/2 "2025-08-26T11:30:57Z")
Yeah, I think you’re right. Or even just the next L1 with some modern features would be appreciated. Things like True Peak, some modern metering perhaps.