Wave Arts has introduced FinalPlug (Mac/Win), a peak limiter and volume maximizer plug-in featuring bit-depth truncation (from 4 to 24 bits) and a variety of dithering options. The plug-in's features include support for 192 kHz sampling rates, TPDF dithering, mono-to-mono or stereo-to-stereo operation, and presets for CD and DVD-Audio mastering and track compression.

On the Mac, FinalPlug supports AU, MAS, VST, and RTAS in OS X, and MAS, VST, and RTAS in OS 9. On Windows systems it supports DX and VST. A free 30-day demo is available from the manufacturers Web site. http://www.wavearts.com