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If you decide you don't want your order, you can return it within 14 days of receiving it. Provided your product hasn't been activated in that time, you can exchange it for a different product, or get a refund.
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This does not affect your statutory rights.
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If you decide your order isn't suitable for any reason you can return it - just let us know within 30 days of receiving it. Please keep hold of all the original packaging until you're sure you want to keep the order.
Eligibility for Money Back Guarantee
For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered."
Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions.
Products include:
- Monitors and Headphones
- Earplugs and Ear Protection
- Reeds and mouthpieces for woodwind and brass instruments
- Mouth and Lip-Care Products
- CDs, DVDs and Software
We can collect your return for a small fee, or you can send it back to us yourself. The collection fee can be found in the returns information on each product's page on Gear4music.
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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
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Key Features
The Naturl Audio AL-1 is a premium limiter plugin mixing that delivers transparent, musical peak control. Rather than relying on traditional limiting methods, the AL-1 uses an original zero look-ahead circuit that maintains weight, articulation, and extremely low latency while keeping processing minimally invasive. Its non-brickwall architecture avoids hard clipping and wave shaping, helping preserve natural dynamics, stereo depth, and fine detail, even under demanding limiting conditions. Correlation-based stereo linking keeps the centre image locked in place without narrowing your mix, while the Optimizer section combines upward compression with adaptive release-based makeup gain to lift quieter details and increase perceived loudness without introducing colour. Paired with professional LUFS, VU, and Peak metering, the AL-1 provides a streamlined workflow that lets you focus on your mix while maintaining confident control over dynamics.
Product Ref: 387039
The AL-1 takes a different approach to limiting by replacing conventional look-ahead processing with an original low-latency circuit. Instead of relying on predictive processing, it reacts in a way that keeps limiting subtle while maintaining the character of your source material. The result is greater weight, improved articulation, and a more faithful representation of your mix, even when reducing peaks. This approach also keeps latency exceptionally low, making the plugin equally useful during production, mixing, and mastering when responsive performance is important.
Many limiters rely on clipping or wave-shaping stages to achieve a hard output ceiling. The AL-1 avoids this approach with a non-brickwall architecture designed to retain the natural movement of your audio. Dynamics remain more intact, stereo depth is preserved, and fine details stay audible even during heavier limiting. Rather than flattening transients or reducing dimensionality, the AL-1 delivers controlled peak reduction while helping your mix maintain its openness and musical balance.
The AL-1's Mode and Window controls provide detailed control over how the limiter responds to incoming material. Its custom envelope follower offers a wide range of dynamic behaviours, allowing you to tailor the limiter's response to suit different sources. Meanwhile, the Window control uses retroactive sample reshaping around peaks to improve fidelity under pressure. This helps retain low-end energy, keeps transient attacks clear, and produces natural-sounding releases, even when pushing overall loudness.
The AL-1 is designed with a straightforward left-to-right workflow that keeps essential controls within easy reach. Correlation-based stereo linking maintains a solid centre image without sacrificing stereo width or impact, making it well suited to complex mixes. The Optimizer section uses upward compression alongside intelligent release-based makeup gain to raise quieter details while avoiding unnecessary colouration. Professional LUFS, VU, and Peak metering completes the package, giving you accurate visual feedback to monitor loudness targets and maintain dynamic integrity throughout your mastering chain.
