M Media Audio’s mastering-grade true-peak limiter “Volume Dealer” and mix-bus channel strip “Violet Crown” are both available for free!
This article rounds up the distribution details and an overview of M Media Audio’s free plugins “Volume Dealer” and “Violet Crown.”
1. What is M Media Audio “Volume Dealer”?
Volume Dealer is a true-peak mastering limiter with a full BS.1770-compliant LUFS meter. Just drop it on the master bus, set a target LUFS, and click “Set Level” to apply the gain correction you need. It displays Integrated, Momentary, and Short-Term LUFS in real time, letting you dial in your target in a single move.
Key Features
- Target LUFS: enter a value by clicking the readout or adjust with the mouse wheel (-14 = streaming, -16 = podcast, -23 = EBU R128, etc.)
- Set Level: applies the corrective gain offset with one click (no more repeated manual trimming)
- Gain Applied display: shows the applied offset in dB
- Reset measurement: clears the Integrated LUFS accumulation to re-measure
- High Quality mode: 2x oversampling on export (IIR half-band polyphase filter) to catch inter-sample peaks exceeding 0 dBFS. Standard mode runs at native rate for low latency
- Full BS.1770 LUFS meter: Integrated LUFS, Momentary LUFS (switchable 400ms / 3000ms), Short-Term LUFS (3-second average)
- Switch between BS.1770-3 and BS.1770-4 standards without stopping measurement
- Analog-style dual VU meters (300ms ballistics)
- Edge Rounding (soft knee, 0-100%; 0% = hard brickwall, higher values begin gain reduction 6dB below the ceiling)
- Input Trim (-12 to +12 dB)
- Dither (Off / 24-bit / 16-bit noise shaping)
- True-peak brickwall limiter (fixed ceiling, no dedicated adjustment knob)
- Reports 250 samples of latency (look-ahead) to the host, starting gain reduction before peaks hit the ceiling
2. What is M Media Audio “Violet Crown”?
Violet Crown is a free stereo channel strip that combines a six-filter EQ section with an RMS bus compressor. Each of the three EQ bands has independent boost and cut filters with their own frequency selectors, allowing asymmetric EQ curves and two control points within a single band. The compressor uses RMS detection with auto-release.
Key Features
- Input Level: pre-EQ trim (-8 to +8 dB; applied pre-compressor depending on routing)
- 3-band EQ section with 6 filters total (each band has independent boost and cut filters plus individual frequency selectors)
- Low band: high-shelf / low-shelf, 20-100 Hz
- Mid band: peak (bell), 200 Hz-5 kHz (Boost / Cut share the Q value)
- High band: high-shelf / low-shelf, 800 Hz-16 kHz
- EQ / Comp routing switch (EQ -> Comp or Comp -> EQ)
- Compressor: Threshold -60 to 0 dB (RMS detection), Harder / Softer ratio 1.5:1 to 8:1, Attack 1-200 ms
- Release: program-dependent auto-release or fixed value 50-2000 ms, Makeup Gain -10 to +10 dB
- Dual VU meters with independent L/R display (300ms ballistic RMS response)
- Hard bypass
3. How to Download and Install Volume Dealer / Violet Crown
For both products, visit the official page and enter the email address where you’d like the download link sent; the download link will be delivered there. Once downloaded, move the plugin file into a folder your DAW can read.
Windows
- VST folder: C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins
- VST3 folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
macOS
- VST folder: Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST/
- VST3 folder: Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3/
- AU folder: Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components/
Download Links
- M Media Audio Volume Dealer: Official Page
- M Media Audio Violet Crown: Official Page