What's NEW
- limited front panel with black frame and knobs
- new capacitive touchscreen with improved contrast and viewing angle
- improved audio path for lower noise and better dynamic range (Burr-Brown(TM) OPA1656 in audio path)

The sound of the limiter is of course based on the quality of its hardware design. But all the control and user interactions are performed in the digital domain. This allows us to incorporate options and possibilities not found in any standard analog limiter:
- Save and recall presets
- Instant reset of all parameters
- Rapid, precise and repeatable adjustments
- Precisely linked stereo operation with the ease of a single control
- DAW automation
- Comprehensive metering operations based on high quality A/D conversion and DSP

Great care and thought went into the development and implementation of the analog section of the Bettermaker Darthlimiter. High quality capacitors and low noise op-amps are used in the analog path. Relays were used, whenever creating the shortest path for the audio signal was necessary.
All these modules are controlled by the digital section of the Bettermaker Darthlimiter, so no mechanical switches or knobs are required to adjust any of the parameters.

Digital Section
The digital section of the Bettermaker Darthlimiter is based around two high speed, 32- bit micro-controllers, with dedicated firmware programmed into their memory (with the possibility of updating the firmware via USB connection). One of them is responsible for controlling the VCA limiter, when the other watches over the user interface, presets management, audio measurement, USB connectivity and other Bettermaker Darthlimiter functions.

The use of separate ground planes for analog and digital section results in perfect noise isolation between these two worlds. The linear power supply was used instead the switching one to improve the sonic qualities even further.

Bettermaker Darthlimiter has 3 functionalities that are essential to make a perfect master. All of them are recallable by the internal memory and a plugin that also handles automation.
Analog Bettermaker Darthlimiter:
- 100% analog signal path
- intelligent and manual release
- variable mix between limiting and clipping
-possibility to turn off the clipping section, so you can clip with you favorite AD or other.
Color, for giving that special flavor to your mix:
- Two color modules introducing different saturation that can be used simultaneously
- Color 1 with Majority of odd harmonics
- Color 2 with Majority of even harmonics
- Both color sections can be internally EQed so for example you can present more odd harmonics in the low end to give the mix more bite and sweeten the highs with the even harmonics at the top end.

Maximum input level: +21,5 dBu (balanced)

Maximum output level: +23 dBu (THD < 0.1%)

Operating Level: +4dBu

Maximum gain reduction: 20 dB

Makeup gain: automatic

Attack time: 0.1 - 250ms

Release time: 0.01 - 1.3s + IREL (intelligent release)

Input impedance (differential): 48k (for balanced signal)

Output Impedance: 50 + 50 (electronically balanced)

Frequency response 5Hz to 30kHz; +/- 0.1dB

Dynamic range: 107 dB @ +21 dBu, 20 kHz BW

THD+N: <0.03%, +4 dBu, unity gain, 20 kHz BW

CMRR: max 80 dB @ 3 kHz, min 55 dB @ 50Hz, 20 kHz BW

Crosstalk: min -90 dB @ 1KHz, max -57 dB @ 30Hz, +18 dBu, 20 kHz BW

Maximum power consumption: 30W (uses 630mA slow blow fuse)

Shipping weight: 5.5 kg