Sessionwire Presents
AL-1 LIMITER

Loudness with a minimal footprint.

A live walkthrough and demo of the AL-1 — a premium mastering limiter built on a fundamentally new approach to peak control. Featuring Craig Bauer, Andrew from naturl.audio, and Brendan Lyons.

April 16, 2026
10:00 AMPT1:00 PMET7:00 PMCET
Virtual Event · Sessionwire Studio

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.

Join Craig Bauer and Andrew from naturl.audio — hosted by Brendan Lyons — for a live walkthrough inside Sessionwire Studio — with real-world mastering workflows, before/after comparisons, and a Q&A.

What You'll See

Live walkthrough of the AL-1's zero look-ahead limiting engine
Real-world mastering workflow with before/after comparisons
Deep dive into the Optimizer — upward compression and intelligent makeup gain
Stereo linking and how the AL-1 preserves your image under pressure
Live Q&A with Craig, Andrew, and Brendan

Reserve Your Spot

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How It Works

Do I need a Sessionwire account to attend?

No. You'll receive a unique link by email before the event. Click it and you're in — no account, no download, nothing to install.

What browser do I need?

Any Chromium-based browser — Chrome, Edge, Opera, Arc, or Brave. Safari and Firefox are not supported.

Will I be on camera?

No. Attendees are invisible — only the presenters are on screen. You watch, listen, and participate through chat.

Can I ask questions during the event?

Yes. Sessionwire Studio has built-in chat. Ask questions or react to what you're hearing in real time.

What should I use to listen?

Headphones or studio monitors on a computer — highly recommended. You're about to hear a mastering limiter demoed in HQ Audio. Your phone speaker won't do it justice.

Meet the Presenters

Craig Bauer

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.

Photo

Andrew Rynhard

Founder and Developer · naturl.audio

Bio coming soon.

Brendan Lyons

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.

What Engineers Are Saying

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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.

Craig Bauer
Mixer · Lupe Fiasco, Justin Timberlake, Ed Sheeran
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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.

Nicolas de Porcel
Chief Mastering Engineer at Million Dollar Snare · Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, Future, SZA
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The AL-1 is like no other limiter I own! It adds excitement and brings transients to life in a unique and musical way.

Adam Ayan
Chief Mastering Engineer at Ayan Mastering · Shakira, Father John Misty, Lana Del Rey

About

Sessionwire

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

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.

© 2026 Sessionwire Communications Inc.

© 2026 Sessionwire Communications Inc.

© 2026 Sessionwire Communications Inc.