[Killahurts]

Seems like the lament about the software maximizer/limiters is that when you get them really loud, they ruin the music. But when you use them lightly, they seem to do a lot better, less damage to the music, albeit it's not as loud...

Does it help to use them lightly, like say shaving just a couple dB and printing, and then at some step along the way, reprocess that file with more limiting/crushing? Maybe even do some EQ, or other processing in between multiple limiting "stages".

It's like you could keep getting it louder in each stage, constantly correcting the damage the limiter does after each "layer".

And I guess if it helped in the digital domain, no reason it couldn't be applied to the analog world too?


P.S. I am definitely not a ME, so be gentle.