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The l3 16 Black Friday deal from Waves takes 79% off the L3-16 Multimaximizer, a multiband level maximizer that comes to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
The L3-16 is a limiter plugin for mastering that splits the signal into 16 virtual bands. The maker describes it as a fusion of paragraphic EQ and dynamics control.
The display draws three separate curves per band: attenuation, EQ and priority. You work it with a paragraphic EQ control set, so the layout will look familiar if you have used one before.
The maker says this lets you reshape a master beyond what ordinary dynamics control does. You rebalance level and frequency together instead of treating them as two separate jobs.
It maximizes level across multiple bands while aiming to keep the result transparent. Waves says it was engineered from the ground up for that job.
Crossover filtering is linear-phase, so the bands are not smeared in phase. The linear-phase design also reproduces transients cleanly, according to the maker.
The "Priority" option is there so key elements like vocals do not get masked by the rest of the mix.
On Mac, the plugin runs on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later and comes in VST and AAX formats.
If your master bus chain ends with a limiter, the L3-16 is built to sit at that spot, with dither and noise shaping available before you bounce.
Yes. The L3-16 Multimaximizer Black Friday deal takes 79% off, which brings the plugin to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
On Mac it comes as VST, AU and AAX, running on macOS Monterey 12 through Sequoia 15. On Windows 10 or later it comes as VST and AAX.
You get 16 virtual bands, 21 release characters, 3 band slopes and an auto-release mode. It also has dithering and noise-shaping options, plus 38 presets for different mastering applications.
Yes. Waves says its linear-phase crossover filtering avoids phase smearing between bands, and that the linear-phase design reproduces transients with clarity. Together with the maker's description of the plugin as transparent, that is the basis for its use in mastering.
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