The Brickwall Limiter opens up Play it safe when it comes to exceeding levels. This guarantees namely NO levels above the specified threshold. Through a delay line analyzed the Brickwall Limiter the incoming signal, before he spends it and then regulates this down accordingly. Because of this delay in the reproduction of the signal the Brickwall Limiter is more suitable in the studio than in the live area. The risk that the musicians will lose themselves due to the delay is simply too great.
A limiter is an important tool in audio editing of music. Especially when the song should reach a certain loudness as possible, there is no getting around regulating level peaks.