Best Plug-In Mastering Limiter??

[bugscoe]

Originally Posted by piotr

Like FabFilter Pro-L which is my new favorite... ;-)

p.

My demo on this one just ended. I really liked this one and will be purchasing.

[tl32]

Originally Posted by fenderbender.

#1 = Voxengo Elephant ("Master's Punch")

The Elephant is able to decently reach up to -6 or -5 dBFS. Beyond that you need a Lavry...

I just tried the PSP Xenon. Sounds good, but not as good as the Elephant. Xenon has its moments; it seems to emphasize the mid's, and colors them with a nice distortion. But it kinda pumps the bass and makes the low end muddy. Too many artifacts when compared to Elephant.

I tried a bunch of limiters recently. Tonebooster's Barricade, and voxengo elephant could be pushed the furthest, but elephant keeps the bass way better. The barricade plugin sounds cold in comparison.

[Nev]

Originally Posted by bryan k

for the LONGEST time, i was really loving the Sonnox Limiter. Using that in conjunction with a soft clipper gave me loud masters with a decent sound (snare sounds intact and no noticeable harshness)

But when Slates FG-X came around, that replaced my typical "loudness" set up. That single plugin does what 3-4 different compressor/clippers/limiters did for me.

*The trick to a good clean loud master with FG-X is automating the ITP slider and LISTENING.

ty, I was wondering what the difference between Slate FG-X and Sonnonx Limiter would be. Sonnonx has always been my favorite, but I am looking for something bit more "new"

[TNM]

elephant and pro-l are just simply the best bar none.

[bugscoe]

Originally Posted by TNM

elephant and pro-l are just simply the best bar none.

Made it official and purchased Pro L today.

[TNM]

congrats and welcome to the club

[marchhare]

Bought and have been using the Pro-L for the last few weeks. Still love the
FGX, but once I got the hang of the Pro-L I found it to be cleaner and more
transparent than the FGX. 4x's oversampling on and dynamic setting, sounds
great.

[Nev]

Originally Posted by marchhare

Bought and have been using the Pro-L for the last few weeks. Still love the
FGX, but once I got the hang of the Pro-L I found it to be cleaner and more
transparent than the FGX. 4x's oversampling on and dynamic setting, sounds
great.

DLed the demo today, have not put it down yet. Very nice Limiter, not too fond of the gui though.

Was able to push it higher than some stock limiters without the harsh artifacts. Going to compare it with Sonnox Limiter tonight. but so far, I am really impressed.

[marchhare]

Originally Posted by Nev

DLed the demo today, have not put it down yet. Very nice Limiter, not too fond of the gui though.

Was able to push it higher than some stock limiters without the harsh artifacts. Going to compare it with Sonnox Limiter tonight. but so far, I am really impressed.

Not crazy about the gui, either, but love the way it sounds. The Sonnox sounds
like an MXR distortion plus when you push it.

[miro]

My vote: MeldaProduction MDynamicsLimiter, mastering brickwall limiter

[bee]

Is anyone using the Elysia Alpha comp?

[Kindred]

Originally Posted by bee

Is anyone using the Elysia Alpha comp?

yep I am - not really a mastering limiter though - more a bus compressor. I really like it - but use more as inserts on individual tracks

+1 on Pro L - trying out the demo now and getting extremely tempted - soundwise its on par with others like Elephant etc but the GUI & Controls are fantastic...

[Beatworld]

Originally Posted by bee

Is anyone using the Elysia Alpha comp?

Yes and I think it is really nice.

But, while it does a lot things, it is not a limiter.

+100 on Pro-L

[andivax]

Originally Posted by bee

Is anyone using the Elysia Alpha comp?

yes. the best mastering compressor for me. but i always use limiter/maximizer after it.

[Nev]

made it official and bought Pro-L, along with the rest of their mastering bundle, awesome deal right now for Pro-L, Pro-Q, and Pro-C

[JoleFIN]

Does anyone have an opinion about the Vengeance multiband compressor?

[andivax]

Originally Posted by JoleFIN

Does anyone have an opinion about the Vengeance multiband compressor?

sounds very dirty and aggressive to me.
uad precision multiband rules!