Editing Limiter (section)

==Types==
Limiting can refer to a range of treatments designed to limit the maximum level of a signal. Treatments in order of decreasing severity range from [[clipping (signal processing)|clipping]], in which a signal is passed through normally but sheared off when it would normally exceed a certain threshold; soft clipping which squashes peaks instead of shearing them; a hard limiter, a type of variable-gain [[audio level compression]], in which the gain of an amplifier is changed very quickly to prevent the signal from going over a certain amplitude or a soft limiter which reduces maximum output through [[gain compression]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/limiter.html |title=Limiter |access-date=2018-05-22 |publisher=Audacity Team}}</ref>