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Korneff Audio uses a software-based licensing system. No USB or hardware dongles, no special drivers are needed.
Louder, more defined, with ease
A familiar interface with even more features.
The El Juan Limiter brings a wealth of features designed to maximize loudness, shape audio tones and provide creative control over your audio loudness. Drawing inspiration from a pioneering audio plugin that has left an indelible mark on the industry, the EJL pays homage to an iconic plugin by incorporating a range of new features and enhancements. Our El Juan captures the clarity and ease of the original, and then goes beyond with expanded options for stereo processing, versatile release settings, waveshapers, customizable tone shaping curves, oversampling, and dithering capabilities.
Whether you’re an expert mastering engineer, a mix engineer ready to give your tracks that last bit of shine, or a producer shaping your sounds, the El Juan Limiter is here for you to dive into some cool new audio adventures. Packed with awesome features, it works with your creative touch to take your sound to the next level.
$29.99
- Windows, Mac and Linux Compatible
- VST3, AU, AAX, LV2
- Proprietary licensing system
- Licenses include all future upgrades—you purchase once, forever.
- Win the loudness wars: boost up the LUFS without making your mixes dull and pumpy.
- Instantly add professional polish and presence with easy-to-understand controls.
- Brickwall limit marginal, spiky tracks: set it and forget it.
- Create bitcrush style effects by experimenting with resolution and dither.
An intuitive, familiar front panel
Set the ceiling, pull down the threshold, and you’re in business.
El Juan makes your mixes loud and rich, with simple, highly effective controls and scalable metering. El Juan’s limiting algorithm is smooth and intelligent, reducing audible artifacts and maintaining high sound quality at all but the most crushing of settings.
Limiting and Gain
Ceiling
Slide this down to set the high limit on the El Juan’s output. Start with −1 dB.
Threshold
Bring this down to increase gain through El Juan, using the gain reduction meters.
Input
Fine tune and balance your signal for even limiting.
Controlling Release
Manual
Sets the limiter release time.
Auto
Sets the release according to the signal feeding El Juan.
Sync
Locks the release to the tempo of your music.
Stereo, Dual Mono and M/S
Stereo modes
Select different stereo outputs depending on your signal.
Mid / Side
Adjustable emphasis allows for precise limiting of either channel.
Enhanced features for more creativity and versatility
Click Punchy and Hype and see what happens!
Click the Korneff nameplate to go to the back panel for more tonal shaping.
Input waveshaping and emphasis controls add preprocessing to El Juan, allowing for a wide range of tonal options before there’s any limiting.
Dithering controls allow for special effects and creative destruction.
Shape the input
Flat
No additional processing — what goes in is what comes out.
Round
Adds harmonics for warmer, more musical content.
Punchy
Increases perceived loudness and punch before the limiter section.
EQ and emphasize
Flat
Leaves the frequency response unchanged.
Thick
Enhances low-frequency content for a fat, warm sound.
Presence
Boosts midrange for articulation in the 2k–5k region.
Bright
Emphasizes high-frequency content for sparkle and air.
Hype
An exaggerated character at the top and bottom for energy and punch.
Dither as a creative tool
24 / 16 bit
Standard dithering options for uncolored, high-resolution processing.
Low res
A slider explores dithering down to 4 bits — from a touch of lo-fi to vintage samplers to outright bit-crushing.
The El Juan Limiter works with all DAWs
Software Requirements El Juan Limiter
Current Version: 1.0.6
Minimum System
Requirements
- Intel, AMD or Apple Silicon i5 quad core processor
- 4GB of RAM
- Mac OSX 10.14 or later
- Windows 7 & Above
- Linux minimum: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or equivalent (x86-64)
- Linux recommended: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later, Debian 11+, Fedora 36+, or any modern distribution using glibc ≥ 2.28
- Screen res: 1024 x 768 or higher
Supported Plugin
Formats
- Mac 64bit: VST3, AU, AAX
- Windows 64bit: VST3, AAX
- Linux 64bit: VST3, LV2
Korneff Plugin Licensing
Four Activations
Our plugins can be activated on up to four (4) machines at the same time.
Connections
An internet connection is required to activate our software. Internet connection required for all demos.
Real customer reviews El Juan Limiter
It works great, sounds great, and looks great!
This is a great upgrade to the other dynamics processor with a similar name. So easy to use and abuse. A little goes a long way. A lot adds magic!
good for punch
Great sound! Using it
So much better than the un-named counterpart from W****. The extra features make it a killer.
I love it! EL Juan Limiter gives tracks, or the whole mix, that natural analog touch that is hard to achieve in the digital ecosystem. I almost always use it on guitars to give them a touch of analog dirt.
the tempo sync and stereo un-link are amazing features that should be standard on EVERY limiter. This is great!
facil de usar y limitacion limpia
Superb…
Amazing plugin! It has all the modern features one would want and it SOUNDS AMAZING. It's my new go to limiter.
Better than any Limiter in Pro Tools or LogicPro!!!!!! I am so grateful to have found an awesome Limiter and it is EL Juan Limiter by Korneff Audio!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Epic Enki
EXCELENT PLUGIN VERY USABLE SHAPER AND TONE PARAMETERS ARE SO USEFULL.
Slapped it in the stereobus, balanced my tracks a bit into them, adjusted the two big sliders in seconds and it sounded done! Big smile.
It an Amazing tool
I have a love hate relationship with this limiter… I love the features, especially after the update, but I hate that it works so well on some material, but on others, it really, really does not.
Still, I'm very glad to have it in my plugin locker and definitely use it, especially on more EDM and "dancy" style material.
One feature that could be nice in the future would be an "amount" or "blend" knob for the input shape and tone options, separately. Sometimes, I like what they are doing, but it feels too much. To be able to dial it in to taste could go a long way in making this plugin indispensable and even a great sonn*x infl*ter alternative.
Overall, really great job on this one, and I'm sure it will just get better and better!
Korneff Audio strikes again! El Juan filled a hole and gave a lot of extra functions on top of that. Simply the best!
This is the best Limiter I've ever used! Korneff Audio constantly blow my mind with the quality of each release. I have all the plug-ins so far and I use them all every day in my mixes. I can't believe the other companies are so far behind what Korneff are bringing to the table. The sonics are unbelievable.I actually don't use any other plug ins anymore, I'm using solely Korneff Audio on everything and I highly recommend anybody serious about audio getsa look into these products asap and starts enjoying them as much as I Do! Dan and Team keep up the fantastic work!
This is a great plugin. I use it on my master bus for every mix. Highly recommend.
Hello, the brilliant Korneff team and happy owners of the El Juan limiter! El Juan instantly found its place in my creative life. He can appear in the most unexpected place.) I can’t even begin to describe where… Everywhere!!!!
I am grateful to my colleague who introduced me to
Korneff Audio! I have all your plugins in my kit.
With gratitude and best wishes! Thank you!
Love love love this thing. Use it on every mix.
easy to use.flexible in use.range from clean to saturated.i like it and actually use it
In a sea of limiters, this one stands out as one of the best!!
Love this plugin. Sounds to me like a Limiter with an analog vibe.
Crushing the competition. It crushed my tracks. Just get it I’ll stop with the tropes.
I've been doing this for about 20 years now and the El Juan is one of the best limiters I've used.
Very flexible, clever features, some really cool presets. The El Juan is turning up in all sorts of places on my mixes.
Thanks Korneff!
The Korneff "El Juan" is a very powerful problem-solver. I use it in every mix, BUT NOT on every channel!
You can bring nearly any channel upfront and centre in that way everybody is used to listen to. So if your vocals are allmost ready to print, but still lack that last 5% of commitment – El Juan can do the job and level up.
The same result on guitars or horns. But you do have to decide which channel should be upfront over others. Then you will be very happy with this "Don Juan" on your channel…
El Juan is fantastic.
It's my new "go-to" on instrument tracks.
The extra options are just what i need.
Mid-Side, input saturation and coloration, drywet… perfect match for any sound you want to control or squash!
El Juan Limiter works as advertised and is a joy to use!
I have been asked to leave a review for El Juan, Well I can say I am a fan of the plugin, I would describe it as a character plug in for what I like it for, it has a certain "sound" that I like, I use it very sparingly , just to tickle a bit of level off in conjunction with other limiters, it's not very good at stopping overs(peaks) so it's definately not true peak or brickwall, also at the version I on now (1.0.0) I find it somewhat fiddly to change values, it would be handy if you could double click and then change the values numerically on the keyboard instead of fiddling with the faders for a whole minute to get the setting. the dithering and oversampling are 1st class. Overall excellent plugin, one of my goto's. Cheers.
Why use anything else? Extreme ‘WOW’ factor. The EJL works great in any channel setting albeit summoned or mixing. It’s second to none and extremely versatile. Korneff Audio steps up to plate and knocks it out of the park.