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Originally posted by ArchDook - ok so next time I turn off loudness maximiser -not sure what margin and threshold are, ive seen them...but what they do is beyond me. Will look into tom to figure this out. - Ive never got the "clear sound" I wanted maybe this is the problem. Again help is kickass, ive been at this a year, and haven't seeked advice till now because before the tracks were so bad there was no point.

No, I didn't mean that. The loudness maximiser is a limiter, and it has its limits (OK, bad pun). You want to use the effect for what it was designed to do - to reduce peaks - not degrade the dynamics of the sound.

The threshold sets the point where the limiter begins to work; anything higher than this will be reduced in level, basically to the point set by the threhsold. The margin sets the point just below 0 dB (full volume) where the final output will be set. Usually you want this to be around -0.2 dB, but I only suggested you to reduce this because it would enable you to hear the damage you're doing to the sound at a comfortable level. It's always wise to bring both the threshold and margin down at the same time while you find the right threshold value, then bring the margin up to -0.2 dB.

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