Help with limiter on master track

[eoats]

I use at least one peak limiter;
0.1 on the master buss can be helpful, but 1200ms seems like too slow for my taste.

One on each buss too; the dialog busses*, set at maybe -12db fs. Exact setting depends on what is to be delivered. Then FX buss might be at -1.0 or -0.5. Rarely, do I find the need for peak limiter on the music.

*On documentaries I quite often have 3 dialog sub groups: Narration/VO, A dialog (interviews) & B dialog (verite or other language B-roll....).

[asterix2k10]

When should I or should I not use a -0.1dB / 1000msg release limiter on the master track?
I want the limiter to be transparent thats why I have a slower release time. What would a better release time be, in your opinion?

[ggegan]

Originally Posted by asterix2k10

When should I or should I not use a -0.1dB / 1000msg release limiter on the master track?
I want the limiter to be transparent thats why I have a slower release time. What would a better release time be, in your opinion?

OdBFS is very hot. On action features, I set the limiter threshold at -2dBFS or lower with very fast attack and release times so that, as much as is possible, only the actual transients are being limited. IMO, if you are hearing objectionable artifacts with the threshold set at -2dBFS or even -3dBFS when working at 85dB SPL, then it's either not a very good limiter or you are hitting it way too hard, in which case you are working at levels that are likely to result in hearing damage.

For TV it is a moot point, given that the highest True Peak specs I have ever seen are a maximum of -2dBFS, and often -6dBFS.

[asterix2k10]

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