headroom

name = "commute"

description = "Listening in noise (earbuds/transit): heavy normalization and boost, kept loud."

# inverse of night: big boost, small cut — drag quiet passages up over noise

[agc]

enabled = true

target_lufs = -16.0

attack_ms = 800.0

release_ms = 300.0

silence_threshold_lufs = -65.0

max_boost_db = 20.0

max_cut_db = 6.0

# firm peak compression, intelligibility over fidelity

[compressor]

enabled = true

detector = "peak"

threshold_db = -22.0

ratio = 4.0

knee_db = 4.0

attack_ms = 5.0

release_ms = 80.0

makeup_db = "auto"

# hot ceiling — stay above traffic, not be quiet

[limiter]

ceiling_dbtp = -0.3

lookahead_ms = 2.0

release_ms = 60.0

hold_ms = 5.0

oversample = 4

link = "stereo"

# tight psr cap so nothing ducks below the noise floor

[limiter.soft]

max_psr_db = 8.0

static_ceiling_dbtp = -8.0

attack_ms = 3.0

release_ms = 120.0

[meters]

publish_hz = 20.0

[[rules]]

match = { process_binary = ["ardour", "reaper", "qpwgraph", "carla", "bitwig-studio"] }

route = "bypass"

[default_route]

route = "processed"