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Originally posted by Lucidity Limiter not Limited

lol well spotted

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teh maximazier in reason is alteast a limiter with a gain knob before and after so yeah if your source is low it can be maximized, if its too high it can be limited to what u want. and it adds distortion in a nice way. it can also delay the sound 10ms which is nice to use at some drums so the dont conflict too much and sound more live too, the 10ms delay is realy to give the device time to analize the input but i dont realy hear the diference other than the actual delay. what a maximizer usualy does i dont know caus i only know reason.

I'm curious how many people actually use a limiter or compressor on the main channel. I find no matter how low I set it - it ALWAYS is throwing off the sounds and taking the natural "bounce" from the db meter which I never liked.

I only use them on individual channels and notice its just a matter of stablizing the channel levels seperately rather than as a whole.

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I'm curious how many people actually use a limiter or compressor on the main channel. I find no matter how low I set it - it ALWAYS is throwing off the sounds and taking the natural "bounce" from the db meter which I never liked.

Each person has their own way of working - as long as the end result is excellent, it doesn't matter whether you work with a limiter on the master channel or not. I use one, but the mix has to be well balanced, with or without the limiter. If the balance is way out, a limiter will definitely do strange things. If the balance is correct, then you could in theory smash the #@$! out of it and it wouldn't affect the balance too drastically.

There are many individual decisions - same goes for eqs on the master channel. Some people rarely/never use them, some people often/always use them - if the end result is a beautiful song, it'll be hard to argue against it.