Overview

Warm, punchy, and ready to rock
When a certain vintage British limiter first hit the scene, it quickly became a fixture in broadcast production facilities around the world. But it was when rock and roll producers began to experiment with it that its reputation truly took off. Engineers discovered that when driven hard, its distinct compression and limiter circuits produced a warm, punchy character that added musical weight and energy to tracks and master busses alike.

Enhance the power of your drum buss
Lindell’s faithful emulation of this classic broadcast limiter provides several useful added features, including a wet/dry Mix knob and selectable slow and fast attack times. Sometimes, the secret to the sound you’re looking for simply involves using the right tool for the job. If you’re looking to turn a meek drum buss into bombs from Bonham, the 254E might just help do the trick.

Achieve a rich analog tone

The original vintage diode bridge compressor/limiter used a unique circuit design to apply gain reduction, producing a rich, analog tone that became highly sought-after across decades of music production. The Lindell Audio plugin version brings that same colorful, punchy sound into your DAW with stunning realism. Originally crafted for broadcast use, this style of limiter quickly found favor in rock and pop studios for its distinct harmonic character and ability to add musical energy to tracks and busses.

Features

  • Limiting and/or compression via separate circuits
  • Faithful emulation of a legendary compressor/limiter
  • Wet/dry mix knob
  • Selectable slow or fast attack times

Audio Examples

Industry Reviews

  • Dylan “3-D” Dresdow

    Dylan “3-D” Dresdow

    Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Usher, David Guetta, FloRida

    From the twacky knock of the compressor, to the schweet top end on the eq, you’ll be hard pressed to find tools in this price range that will expand your toolbox as much as these… Read More

Customer Reviews

  • Love It!

    ★★★★★
    by Nice1
    Love neve. Love this plugin. Yee-Haw! It's more rude and less polite than other plugins emulating this compressor, and that's accurate to the hardware, which has some nice rudeness.
  • 254E

    ★★★★★
    by Lucas
    excelente
  • Brilliant but buggy

    ★★★★☆
    by PMstudio
    Great sound but very buggy when oversampling is enabled - makes very loud high pitched noises (careful not to blow your tweeters -or even worse, your eardrums), sometimes mutes one channel… Read More
  • Round Warm thing

    ★★★★★
    by Eve Ripper
    I thought to try it as a limiter with a mix bus, but it shapes all other instruments so warmly that I forgot about it as a mix bus thing. I’ve tried it with spikey instruments and this thing gives… Read More
  • Great plugin!!!

    ★★★★★
    by Withajay
    This is still one of my favourite compressor/limiters! One of Plugin-Alliance's best pieces!

Specifications

Supported Plugin Formats
AAX Native, AU, VST2, VST3

Supported Operating Systems
macOS 15 down to macOS 12
Windows 11 down to Windows 10

Mac
Intel, or Apple Silicon

PC
x64-compatible CPU

System Requirements
Display resolution: 1440 × 900px or 1280 × 960px or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM

 

Downloads

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ChangeLog

254E

Lindell 254E - Changelog

Version 1.2.2 (Mar 23, 2023)
- Apple Silicon Support for AAX

Version 1.2.1 (Feb 24, 2023)
- Apple Silicon support for AU and VST2/3

Version 1.2 (Jan 18, 2016)
- Added toolbar
- Added A/B presets
- Added calibration level setup
- Added oversampling setup
- Added external sidechain support

Version 1.1 (Oct 26, 2015)
- Fixed behavior upon sample rate change
- Fixed RTAS compatibility issues on Windows
- Improved ICON mapping

Version 1.0 (Sep 1, 2015)
- Release version