Loud music, no effort.

Make everything louder and keep every peak under control.

VST3 CLAP VirtualDJ Windows app Command line

Download for Windows GitHub

Free and open source.

Memphis Black by GVASTE 0.0 dB reduction

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songs over the ceiling, even at −8 LUFS
−21.8dB

audible distortion at −8 LUFS · lowest of 5
1.29ms

delay · fine for live sets
698×

faster than real time · fastest of 5

Listen

Hear it on real songs.

Switch between the original and MINILOUD while it plays.

Memphis Black −17.3 → −9.7 LUFS Night Drive −16.4 → −8.2 LUFS Koto Accent −17.0 → −6.9 LUFS

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Auto A/B: each song as Original, then MINILOUD

Numbers for MINILOUD

Loudness: −9.7 LUFS
Highest peak: −1.04 dBTP
Drive: +9.0 dB

The plugin window, redrawn for the web. The meters follow the song; the controls only move.

Formats

Use it where you work.

The same limiter in every format. Windows 10 and 11 · 64-bit

VST3 and CLAP Every control and meter. Six presets, plus your own. See the window

VirtualDJ A native effect. Docks into the deck.

SourceD:\Music\January 202612 filesInclude subfolders

Export toD:\Music\January 2026\MINILOUDFLACdrive +9.0 dB

Arcade Smoke.mp3−12.6 → −6.8 LUFS
Koto Accent.mp3−14.2 → −7.3 LUFS
Liminal.mp3−15.4 → −8.2 LUFS
Memphis Black (stems).wavSkipped: 6 channels (mono and stereo only)
Night Drive.mp3−14.0 → −6.5 LUFS
Pls Come Back.mp3−15.0 → −7.4 LUFS
Rainy.mp342%
Shakaguschi.mp3Waiting
Slow.mp3Waiting
Stores.mp3Waiting
The Loop.mp3Waiting
Tunnel.mp3Waiting

7 of 12 0:31 · about 0:40 left Cancel

Windows app Live input to output. Batch whole folders; tags kept, lossless output.

PS> miniloud-cli analyze demo

MINILOUD 0.1.0 · analyze · 3 files
  file                  LUFS    dBTP    peak     PLR   length    rate  ch
  koto-accent.flac     -17.0    -7.3    -7.3     9.7     0:24   48000   2
  memphis-black.flac   -17.3    -4.0    -4.0    13.3     0:24   48000   2
  night-drive.flac     -16.4    -5.8    -5.8    10.6     0:24   48000   2
3 measured · 0:00

PS> miniloud-cli process demo\memphis-black.flac --drive 9 --out loud

MINILOUD 0.1.0 · process · 1 file
  → loud · Balanced · drive +9.0 dB · ceiling -1.0 dBTP
  memphis-black.flac   -17.3 →   -9.6 LUFS · -1.0 dBTP · max reduction 5.2 dB · drive +9.0 dB
1 done · 0:00

PS> miniloud-cli process demo\night-drive.flac --drive 10 --out loud

MINILOUD 0.1.0 · process · 1 file
  → loud · Balanced · drive +10.0 dB · ceiling -1.0 dBTP
  night-drive.flac   -16.4 →   -8.2 LUFS · -1.0 dBTP · max reduction 4.3 dB · drive +10.0 dB
1 done · 0:00

PS> miniloud-cli process demo\koto-accent.flac --drive 12 --out loud

MINILOUD 0.1.0 · process · 1 file
  → loud · Balanced · drive +12.0 dB · ceiling -1.0 dBTP
  koto-accent.flac   -17.0 →   -6.9 LUFS · -1.0 dBTP · max reduction 4.7 dB · drive +12.0 dB
1 done · 0:00

PS> miniloud-cli analyze loud

MINILOUD 0.1.0 · analyze · 3 files
  file                  LUFS    dBTP    peak     PLR   length    rate  ch
  koto-accent.flac      -6.9    -1.0    -1.0     5.8     0:24   48000   2
  night-drive.flac      -8.2    -1.0    -1.0     7.1     0:24   48000   2
  memphis-black.flac    -9.6    -1.0    -1.1     8.6     0:24   48000   2
3 measured · 0:00

PS>

Command line For scripts and AI agents. JSON output. An agent skill is included.

Benchmark

Tested against 4 free limiters.

Same 12 songs, same loudness, same −1 dB ceiling.

Benchmark results, 12 songs, ceiling −1 dBTP. Bold: the best value of each row.
Measure	MINILOUD	LoudMax	kHs Limiter	Wave Breaker	Limited-Z
Distortion you can hear at −8 LUFS (dB)	−21.8	−17.4	−13.1	−15.2	0.4
Distortion you can hear at −11 LUFS (dB)	−22.9	−21.8	−19.2	−20.3	−15.3
Songs over the ceiling at −8 LUFS (of 12)	0	3	8	8	11
Songs over the ceiling at −11 LUFS (of 12)	0	0	3	2	3
Songs it cannot make −8 LUFS loud (of 12)	0	3	3	3	2
Songs it cannot make −11 LUFS loud (of 12)	0	0	0	0	0
All distortion, audible or not, at −8 LUFS (dB)	−35.7	−33.5	−30.8	−32.8	−16.7
All distortion, audible or not, at −11 LUFS (dB)	−34.5	−34.7	−34.0	−35.0	−24.7
Delay (ms)	1.29	1.38	1.98	12.69	8.35
Speed (× real time, higher is better)	698	480	274	38	15

12 songs, 48 kHz, ceiling −1 dBTP. Each limiter runs with its maker's defaults; only drive, ceiling and true-peak mode are set. Bold: best in the row. LUFS: how loud it sounds. dBTP: the real top of the wave. How it is measured →

Download

Get MINILOUD.

For Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

Download installer (.exe)

Or get each format separately

Where each file goes on Windows

VST3C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
CLAPC:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\
VirtualDJDocuments\VirtualDJ\Plugins64\SoundEffect\
App and CLI, installerC:\Program Files\MINILOUD\
App and CLI, zip filesAny folder.

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