Hard limiter premiere

1. What does hard limiter do in Premiere?
2. What is hard limiter?

What does hard limiter do in Premiere?

The Amplitude And Compression > Hard Limiter effect greatly attenuates audio that rises above a specified threshold.

What is hard limiter?

A limiter in a circuit, such as an amplifier or line driver, that has an overall gain that (a) occurs between (i) the input to the circuit and (ii) the output of the limiter and (b) is severely reduced for large input-signal excursions in high-level input signals so that it provides a sudden, sharp limit or maximum at ...