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Killahurts · 22nd March 2006

Thanks for the replies guys. Kiwiburger, you made some really good points - if you're going to hurt it, hurt it once bad, and get it over with.

But still, I wonder if some of those plug limiters I've tried have a threshold of severity, after which it begins to sound exponentially more like shit with every .1 dB more...

I guess if I were a real Mastering engineer, I would probably have some sort of multiple limiter/compressor setup, but only in real time.

22nd March 2006	#4
Killahurts Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,751 Thread Starter	Thanks for the replies guys. Kiwiburger, you made some really good points - if you're going to hurt it, hurt it once bad, and get it over with. But still, I wonder if some of those plug limiters I've tried have a threshold of severity, after which it begins to sound exponentially more like shit with every .1 dB more... I guess if I were a real Mastering engineer, I would probably have some sort of multiple limiter/compressor setup, but only in real time. __________________ Analog is the new black