headroom

name = "quiet-hours"

description = "More aggressive than night: very low ceiling and narrow dynamics for sleeping households."

# pulls everything to a low target with a fast loop so nothing escapes upward

[agc]

enabled = true

target_lufs = -24.0

attack_ms = 800.0

release_ms = 350.0

silence_threshold_lufs = -70.0

max_boost_db = 20.0

max_cut_db = 6.0

# hard fast peak compression so a sudden effect can't carry next door

[compressor]

enabled = true

detector = "peak"

threshold_db = -30.0

ratio = 6.0

knee_db = 8.0

attack_ms = 4.0

release_ms = 50.0

makeup_db = "auto"

# drastically reduced ceiling — the defining knob; even a true over stays low

[limiter]

ceiling_dbtp = -6.0

lookahead_ms = 3.0

release_ms = 60.0

hold_ms = 5.0

oversample = 4

link = "stereo"

# extremely tight psr cap (~5 dB crest) — transients flattened

[limiter.soft]

max_psr_db = 5.0

static_ceiling_dbtp = -14.0

attack_ms = 2.0

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"