Review - Frontier by D16 group

Frontier

Manufacture : D16 Group (http://d16.pl/frontier)

Category : Limiter

Format : VST 2.4, Audio Unit, AAX native

Price : Free

This is a FREE limiter plug-in from D16 Group. It’s my favorite on-the-go limiter, very useful for all kind of things from simple maximizing to master limiting.

Overview : Very intuitive GUI, it’s very easy to use!

- Threshold : 

you can control compression amount with this knob

- Output Volume : 

you can set the output level of result

- Control Input : 

you can choose which channel would be the reference for dynamic process 

(L,R or Mid – I would say Mono rather than Mid)

- Release : 

Compression release Time

-Soft Clip : 

Soft clipping On/Off

Setup Menu : 

You can open the setup menu by clicking on the 'Options'.

You can setup default Online and Offline Quality value and default MIDI CC mapping.

Quality Menu : 

You can setup Online and Offline quality of opened plug-in (If you open an another one, these are NOT conserved)

Midi CC : 

You can right-click on any knob to assign a MIDI controller. 

Once you got your assignment, you can save it with MIDI menu on the down right side, you can load it down there as well. And You can also use saved MIDI mapping as a default mapping in the setup menu.

Preset : 

There is NO factory presets. 



But you can save it by command (Ctrl for Windows) + clicking on save button.














You can open the preset browser with the same button without pressing command(Ctrl) key on your keyboard.

*Every underlined menu opens with command(Ctrl) click

Conclusion : 

It is definitely something worth to have it. 
Very easy to use, sounds very good, and the BEST point – it’s FREE!