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default54w22gptk8xk
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Feb 20, 2025 2:42 AM UTC
Question

Dynamics limiter and hard limiter no longer working

ive recently noticed when using the dynamics limiter or hard limiter it doesnt do anything anymore. it worked a couple weeks ago but now doesnt. I usually have my voice limited to-9.40, but it still goes way past -3 and peaks. i have made sure the limiter is enabled. Ive released 2 projects with this setting not working before i noticed which is frustrating.

 

i started using the dynamics limiter as the hard limiter option stopped working for me many years ago. 

 

has anyone else had this issue or know how to fix it? 

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    hows-waldo
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    Oct 22, 2025 3:38 PM UTC

    Has a solution been found as of October 2025?

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    default54w22gptk8xkAuthor
    Known Participant
    Oct 23, 2025 2:54 AM UTC

    as far as i know there has been no fix with the hard limiter or dynamics limiter, i just stopped using the in software limiters entirely and tweak the volume using the match volume setting in the essental audio tab. then i adjust the volume of everything by Highlighting audio clips and pressing G. i then have to scroll through the whole video and make sure some clips arent to loud or quiet cause it does weird things to short or too quiet clips. which is exhausting but it actually works in the end . 

     

    lets hope adobe fixes this as its very annoying. currently my software is freezing like every 5 mins tho so even if it did work it wouldnt be that helpful for me anyway.

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    jenny_2046
    Participant
    Sep 24, 2025 9:42 PM UTC

    bumping. same issue, no fix anywhere. I have searched every forum, the pre-fader/post-fader trick does not solve it for me. Adobe has to step up. This is getting ridiculous. 

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      jack320896232lnd
      Participant
      Oct 6, 2025 8:59 PM UTC

      Same issue here in october, latest build. this is ridiculous.

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        jamieclarke
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        jamieclarkeCommunity Manager
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        Oct 6, 2025 9:19 PM UTC

        Hi all if you are having issues please send your project file to jamiec@adobe.com and I will take a look.

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        nicks89185422
        Participant
        Jul 5, 2025 3:08 PM UTC

        hard limiter not working for me. I set it to -6 for speech and surprise when people start yelling in the video it peaks past -6.

        not other track effects applied and the volume slider is also at the default 0

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        Brett274343077tys
        Participant
        May 28, 2025 2:00 PM UTC

        Replying with the exact same issue. Hard Limiter and the limiter in Dynamics aren't doing anything at all.

        Premiere Pro 2025 Build 73

         

        I'm going to have to export the audio separately and limit it and re-add it which is incredibly time consuming.

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        Aaron29953338epou
        Participant
        Jun 4, 2025 5:16 PM UTC

        I am also having this same issue. In fact my project was limiting fine yesterday and today it's not. I haven't updated anything or done any changes to my project. 

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        julian_5891
        Inspiring
        May 7, 2025 5:28 PM UTC

        Jumping in to say I've been having the same issue recently as well. Only noticed it in the past month or so. I haven't changed anything about my workflow except that I updated from AA 2022 to 2025. I always put a -3db limiter on my mix track but lately it's not actually limiting anything. 

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        NMRK9825
        Participant
        May 7, 2025 12:49 PM UTC

        Also having this issue..

         

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          jamieclarke
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          jamieclarkeCommunity Manager
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          Feb 28, 2025 1:11 PM UTC

          Hi @default54w22gptk8xk - Can you send the project that isn't working to jamiec@adobe.com 

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          default54w22gptk8xkAuthor
          Known Participant
          Mar 21, 2025 10:44 PM UTC

          would i need to send the refrence media as well? 

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          jamieclarke
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          jamieclarkeCommunity Manager
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          Mar 25, 2025 12:17 PM UTC

          Hi @default54w22gptk8xk -  I received your project, thanks for sharing! Your limiter settings look correct, but it seems that increasing the track volume is overriding the limiter.  Could you try setting the track volume back to zero and let us know if that resolves the issue?  It's the blue number right above the A1 in your track mixer panel.

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          default54w22gptk8xkAuthor
          Known Participant
          Feb 27, 2025 11:20 PM UTC

          bump, this still isnt working 

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          default54w22gptk8xkAuthor
          Known Participant
          Feb 21, 2025 9:15 PM UTC

          i appreciate the help, im unsure exactly what could be causing this still, hopefully the video showcased the issue well enough. i can send another video if needed and provide more info to help possibly fix this. also my bad if any of what ive said has came of rude, its nothing personal towards you, i appreciate your time and willingness to help. its just frustrating that this is happening out of nowhere. the same thing happened with the Hard limiter feature years ago so i switched to the dynamics limiter, and with it now being weird and not working im at a loss. 

           

          again thank you for your time jamie. and i hope we can somehow come to some sort of resoloution for this problem.  

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          default54w22gptk8xkAuthor
          Known Participant
          Feb 21, 2025 7:35 PM UTC

          Installing latest nvidia studio driver hasnt changed anything. 

          Holding shift and resetting app prefrences hasnt changed anything. same with turning default input to no input.

          i have attached a video showing the issue.  

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