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How to Set Up and Use FabFilter’s Pro-L 2 Limiter to Master Your Music

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Learn how to master your music using FabFilter’s Pro-L 2 limiter. Dial-in the Pro-L 2’s settings appropriately to produce better masters.

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LUFS Explained – Learn How Loud to Master Songs for Streaming Services: https://youtu.be/_rKCmXIoygg

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0:00 – Intro
0:35 – Unity Gain
1:50 – Adjusting Input Gain
2:08 – Choosing the Right Limiter Algorithm
2:49 – Setting the Lookahead Time
4:00 – The Attack and Release Knobs
5:19 – Linking/Unlinking Channels
6:45 – True Peak Limiting and Oversampling
7:55 – When to Apply Dither
9:35 – Finalizing Your Settings
10:30 – Target LUFS Levels and Output Levels
11:03 – Outro

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Demo Song: PRZM x Arkad3m x Sofocle – “Worth It”

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