Year/Release Date: 06/09/2025
Version: 1.0 Build 15
Developer: Apogee
Developer’s website: apogeedigital.com/products/plugins/soft-limit
Format: VST, VST3, AAX, AU
Bit depth: 64bit
Tablet: not required
System requirements: macOS
10.12.6 and above
Windows
10 20H2 and above
- 160.6 MB
Description: Soft Limit was originally developed as a tape emulation circuit to be placed in front of the A/D converter in the Apogee AD-500. The resulting sound was so popular with the public that since then this circuit has been built into almost all Apogee converters.
Additional information:
The plugin has an adjustable threshold (as opposed to the fixed one in the original), as well as an Auto Makeup function to increase the output signal level as the threshold decreases. The output signal can also be adjusted manually by ±18 dB, while the ±18 dB Drive control at the limiter input allows you to influence the sound coloration. Soft Limit also offers up to 16x oversampling to help combat aliasing. Apogee also claims that the plugin is able to efficiently use the computer’s processor power, which allows it to work with low latency at any setting. Additional convenience is provided by the Input, Soft Limit and Output indicators, which clearly show how the plugin affects the incoming signal.
