2.1.15. Guard mode

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The guard mode combo-box allows you to choose how Loudness Leveler protects against unwanted gain artifacts during transients and tails.

• Disabled turns off all guard processing.
• Tail Guard detects loudness decay (tails) and anchors the gain to prevent the leveler from boosting into silence or reverb tails.
• Transient Guard detects sudden loudness rises and anchors the gain to prevent the leveler from cutting into transient attacks.
• Dual Guard enables both Tail Guard and Transient Guard simultaneously.

Use tail threshold and transient threshold to set the fast-loudness distance that triggers guarding, and guard window to set the look-back window for current-to-window min/max checks.