Is Ableton's Limiter device really *that* bad?

[CrystalWizard]

As others have said, it's a fine safety limiter - used as such, doesn't mess up the sound.

My use also, there it sits on the master, protecting my ears.

Same. Works fine for stopping gain overload.
I’m not that into loudness maximizing but when i want it i use PSP Xenon or ToneBoosters Barricade.

[revvy]

As others have said, it's a fine safety limiter - used as such, doesn't mess up the sound.

My use also, there it sits on the master, protecting my ears.

Same. Works fine for stopping gain overload.
I’m not that into loudness maximizing but when i want it i use PSP Xenon or ToneBoosters Barricade.

Exactly. I've got Ozone for that.

[CrystalWizard]

As others have said, it's a fine safety limiter - used as such, doesn't mess up the sound.

My use also, there it sits on the master, protecting my ears.

Same. Works fine for stopping gain overload.
I’m not that into loudness maximizing but when i want it i use PSP Xenon or ToneBoosters Barricade.

Exactly. I've got Ozone for that.

Oh yeah, me too, forgot that one.

[wakax]

you can always go for a free good one
like
LoudMax:)
https://loudmax.blogspot.com/

[dangayle]

I have three limiters that I'll use: For smashing things, D16 Frontier all the way. LOVE that plugin. Not subtle in the slightest. For ear protection, I use the limiter in Tonebooster's Morphit, since I'm usually monitoring through headphones and like the correction curves. Morphit is basically the only thing on my master until the mixing/mastering phase. For final rendering, I'll use Pro-L2, since it has the nicest charting and LUFs metering out of all the plugins I have.