Tone Projects Limiter Uni-L
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- KVRist
- 94 posts since 19 May, 2024
I tested the demo and I think this plugin is too complicated for a hobbyist but for a sound enginner. Of course, there are presets but I like to use a plugin to its full possibilities. There are knobs spread across the UI which interact each other and I got a headhacke trying to understand the logic behind this. I watch some vids on YouTube, it is so tough to understand this plug in, that a video is 40 mn long ! I have been interested in UNI-L because low, mid and high frequencies are processed individually, which could be an advantage over L2 which saturates when you send too many subs frequencies (60-80 hz) for techno rumble kicks.
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- KVRian
- 887 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
Not sure this is a direct comparison. Unlike most of their previous releases, Pulsar's marketing is completely obscure about what's going on in this unit. The best I can tell from reading up on the 'Spacey' forum is that it's kind of like Gullfoss and a limiter had a baby. I'm not really a big fan of broadband Gullfoss/Teote dynamic EQs, so wasn't interested in demoing.Kretch wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 9:12 am Would anyone here feel that the P21 Atlas sounds significantly better than the Uni-L?
Would be interested to hear people's thoughts if they've tested it.
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- KVRist
- 94 posts since 19 May, 2024
Good question ! Perhaps a better sub basses processing ?axb312 wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2026 6:02 pm What are the reasons for a hobbyist/ someone honing their chops to change from Pro L-2 to this?
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- KVRist
- 244 posts since 4 Oct, 2021
I took a bit of a punt and bought this a few weeks ago even though I wasn't really convinced because it was so hard to test properly.
I have just used it for the first time on a real session as I was having difficulty getting my old style limiting to sound the way I wanted so I thought I'd promote this into the session and give it a go even though I wasn't quite ready for the switch.
My first (real) impressions are that I'm hugely impressed. Firstly, it remains cleaner when pushed harder so even if you're not looking for loudness (I'm not) you can explore the audio envelope without having to worry so much about distortion, artefacts and the like. Secondly, although I mainly just used the presets and quick launch menu I felt far more in control and had a better understanding of what was happening sonically than I did with the limiter I've been using for the past 4 years! I'm nowhere near being able to tweak the parameters to get exactly what I want but the "big knobs" made sense in that I could twist them, hear what was happening and it made sense in relation to what they were meant to be doing.
So, no buyers remorse here and I'm not expecting it further down the line as I dig in with this more as its now in my template.
However, I just have to say once again that the demo restrictions are simply awful. I nearly passed on this because I couldn't use it in a real session but it would probably have taken me just a few days with a fully working version to have concluded that it was a definite buy.
Rune, if you're reading this, I think this really matters!
I have just used it for the first time on a real session as I was having difficulty getting my old style limiting to sound the way I wanted so I thought I'd promote this into the session and give it a go even though I wasn't quite ready for the switch.
My first (real) impressions are that I'm hugely impressed. Firstly, it remains cleaner when pushed harder so even if you're not looking for loudness (I'm not) you can explore the audio envelope without having to worry so much about distortion, artefacts and the like. Secondly, although I mainly just used the presets and quick launch menu I felt far more in control and had a better understanding of what was happening sonically than I did with the limiter I've been using for the past 4 years! I'm nowhere near being able to tweak the parameters to get exactly what I want but the "big knobs" made sense in that I could twist them, hear what was happening and it made sense in relation to what they were meant to be doing.
So, no buyers remorse here and I'm not expecting it further down the line as I dig in with this more as its now in my template.
However, I just have to say once again that the demo restrictions are simply awful. I nearly passed on this because I couldn't use it in a real session but it would probably have taken me just a few days with a fully working version to have concluded that it was a definite buy.
Rune, if you're reading this, I think this really matters!