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Originally Posted by mgthefuture  Good looks Chris, imma try that on my next project and see how that limiter responds.
And why 2db reduction as the limit in comparison to some who say 3-6
Is it just to keep nothing from competing with the loudest sounds? |
Because I find that if you slam it to 3-6 it's going to sound squished and unnatural. I've been able to compete with the loudest stuff, hell I got a track to -6.5rms and it still sounded musical to my ears. I achieved it with the elysia mpressor plugin. The trick to loudness is really in the mix. You just have to mix with loudness in mind, meaning, compressing tracks, shaving bass at the right spots etc etc. It needs to be shown, it's hard to explain I find. Using other songs as reference is always the best way to achieving what you really want. You don't want to think that your mix is great and then A/B it and realize that you're missing bass, vox too far, not enough treble etc.