About the Event
The AL-1 is a premium mastering limiter built on a fundamentally new approach to peak control. It abandons traditional look-ahead processing in favor of an original circuit designed to keep limiting minimally invasive — preserving transients, low-end weight, and dynamic detail even under heavy gain reduction.
Craig Bauer and Andrew from Naturl Audio — hosted by Brendan Lyons — walked through the AL-1 live inside Sessionwire Studio with real-world mastering workflows and a Q&A.
What Was Covered
What Engineers Are Saying
The AL-1 is the mix bus limiter I've been literally wanting for years. Totally transparent and distortion free limiting that does not add an unwanted 'sound' to my mix.
AL-1 has become my go-to limiter, because the developers actively took my feedback to make it better than everything else I was using.
The AL-1 is like no other limiter I own! It adds excitement and brings transients to life in a unique and musical way.
The Presenters
Craig Bauer
Mix Engineer
Craig Bauer is a GRAMMY Award-winning mixer, engineer, and music producer behind more than 30 GRAMMY-nominated projects—including two Album of the Year nominations for Kanye West’s multi-platinum albums Late Registration and Graduation. Craig has worked with Lupe Fiasco, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, among many other artists. As the founder of the renowned HINGE Studios in Chicago, Craig has spent decades shaping the sound of both industry icons and breakthrough independent artists across genres, from pop and electronica to singer-songwriter, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, country, and beyond. Today, he mixes from a Northward Acoustics-designed studio—one of the most acoustically advanced rooms in the world.
Andrew Rynhard
Founder · Naturl Audio
Andrew Rynhard is a mastering engineer based out of Austin, Texas. Combining his multi decade experience in both music and software, he founded Naturl Audio whose debut product, the AL-1, is taking the industry by storm. "Naturl Audio is my public pursuit of uncompromising sound quality. I hope to earn a permanent place in your audio toolkit, building original ideas that push the craft forward." - Andrew Rynhard.
Brendan Lyons
Managing Director · Sessionwire
2× CCMA Drummer of the Year nominee, 2x Country Music Alberta Drummer of the Year winner and Managing Director at Sessionwire. Brendan bridges the gap between the studio and the stage.
About
Sessionwire is a professional remote audio collaboration platform built for the music and audio industry. Used by 31,000+ engineers, producers, and studios worldwide for HD-quality virtual sessions, DAW integration, and secure file transfer.
Naturl Audio builds precision plugins crafted by ear — evolution, not emulation. Their debut product, the AL-1, is a premium mastering limiter validated through thousands of hours of blind testing and real-world feedback, designed for engineers who demand tools that respond musically.