tonydude
This looks like a good addition to Sonar. 
 
I like iZotope Ozone a lot as well, but not everyone has Ozone (and it's expensive).
 
It's the sign of a good idea if a similar feature is implemented by several companies. So I'm pleased to see Cakewalk add this and I'll be using it.

That's how i feel about it too. These new engineering series plugins are great. 
 
I see Bob Currie (who was in charge of the CA2A) posted in this forum the other day when I thought he had left Cakewalk. Hopefully this means we may see more cool VSTs in future :) 

This is a great add to Sonar. I'll be comparing to Ozone, which I use.

I love Ozone 7 - it's the only plugin I always use when "mastering".   However, given my PC specs I just can't add it to a live project.   Adaptive Limiter seems like a great way to get me closer to that end goal without bouncing down to a stereo track > importing into a simple project > listening > then rinsing and repeating as needed.   Less time watching the progress bar, more time actually using SONAR.    I likes.  

 

Anderton
Check out the MP3 functionality in the Adaptive Limiter - you can preview what the MP3 will sound like at different bit rates, as well as audition what's taken out during the data omission process (which is pretty revealing). It's almost like having an extra application built in to the Adaptive Limiter. 

Good day all,
 
Looks like a "whole lotta bakin been going on" for this update, anxious to try out limiter, and ripple editing also, usually I wait till sometime after official release to update, but my curiosity may overwhelm me this time, LOL.
 
Is there anyway to access documentation on limiter without actually doing the pre-release update? 
 
Cheers
 

Awesome!  Yes - I own some heavy mastering stuff here - but I think this is a GREAT addition to the camp Great Job Cakewalk!!

I thought all fiio players accepted flac. It's my main format. Quality over quantity. Sorry read your statement wrong.

interpolated
I thought all fiio players accepted flac. It's my main format. Quality over quantity. Sorry read your statement wrong.

You are probably right.  This is the first Fiio I have owned.  I like it a lot.  I use it in small venues for background music, connected to the Samson XL800, which is really a great little system with Bluetooth receiver built in.
http://www.samash.com/expedition-xp800---800-watt-portable-pa--sxp800xxx-p
 
Even though it uses 8" speakers (plus a HF driver) it really has a very nice balanced sound.  I do have a 12" subwoofer I will add in if it is a little larger room.  And the XPD1 wireless mic at $80 integrates right into this system.  That's great sound quality for $80.  I know this is off topic, but I thought it was worth a mention for anybody who needs a very compact system with good sound quality, and loads of power.
 
Having said all that, everything I have loaded to the Fiio is MP3 because that's the source.  There is no point in converting MP3s to FLAC.  The horse has already left the barn.
 
It seems that iTunes supports FLAC but Amazon does not:
https://www.amazon.com/Why-not-lossless/forum/Fx3UK3J1FANZLQ9/Tx33D3DWUY99M8Z/7/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg7?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B002QD2PNY
 
But I wonder about iTunes because I think they still allow artists to upload material in MP3.

I get your point, truly I do, but I always feel this is a little bit of a LAME argument.
 
 
 
 
 
 
...I'll get my coat.

Jon Downing [Cakewalk]
Suppose you upload your mixed and mastered .wav file to some service which uses MP3 for hosting/playback. As a user, you can't be sure what LAME parameter settings are being used for encoding/decoding behind the scenes. For this reason, we decided to err on the side of "default" as opposed to "ideal" encoding parameters, so you can expect your final rendered MP3 to sound "at least as good" as the preview given in the Adaptive Limiter.

That seems like a..."sound" engineering decision 

I suspect the Cake limiter is amplifying the MP3 artifacts in order to make them easier to hear.  That would not necessarily be a bad thing, but if that is happening, it should be explained so that people will understand that the fidelity loss is exaggerated.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Its not exaggerated. As Jon explained above its showing the encoding behavior at the default MP3 encoding settings.

I see.  It does seem a bit misleading.  I'm not saying that the Cakewalk implementation is misleading by design.  I'm just saying the effect is a bit stronger than what people would normally experience with MP3 compression.  I don't suppose you would consider adding the faster/slower option.  (Maybe that would do more harm than good, if it eats too much CPU.)

bitflipper
The lesson: don't put much stock in anyone's artifact-revealer tool. Although it has some educational value, it yields very little in the way of actionable information, regardless of implementation.

 
Some material handles data omission better than others; listening to the artifacts can help determine what you can get away with if minimum memory/fastest streaming is a priority.