Looking for a TRUE brickwall limiter that works in Equalizer APO (zero attack, controllable release)

[MichaelDunn]

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a VST2 64-bit limiter that actually works inside Equalizer APO and has a user-controllable release time.
My use case is not mastering or loudness maximization. I need something that behaves like an old driver-level protection limiter:
What I need:
Works in Equalizer APO (minimal VST host)
True zero attack (no lookahead / no pre-fade)
User-set release in real milliseconds (ideally up to ~100 ms)
Can tolerate very large upstream gain without muting or “holes”
Simple peak limiting, not program-dependent loudness control
What I’ve already tried (and why they failed):
ReaComp / ReaLimit – not true VSTs for APO. Standalone plugin is not very good.
Limiter No.6 – GUI/host issues, parameters don’t behave in APO
LoudMax – survives huge gain but release is internally adaptive and far too long (creates audible holes)
SN5G – fails to load in APO
Various compressors – not suitable (I need a limiter, not ratio-based compression)
Basically, I’m looking for:
“Peak happens → clamp immediately → release when I say so”
If anyone knows a boring, old-school brickwall limiter that behaves well in APO, I’d really appreciate recommendations.
Thanks!

[Benedict]

Whatever Fruity Loops used is wonderful for this. A HD Video DJ company I worked for replaced all their hardware compressors with this after I suggested it. No one knew it was there, and that thing could soak up stupid levels and still function like nothing was happening.

I will Q tho if a (Soft) Clipper after whatever Limiter you have is not the solution here. A good Clipper is as good as Gandalf.