I haven't tried the pocket limiter yet, and I will do! I give big ups to TbT plug-ins.
Greg
Limiters - Their Care and Feeding
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
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- KVRAF
- 8706 posts since 24 May, 2002 from Tutukaka, New Zealand
I guess the most obvious difference between limiters is the knee they implement - if they have a softer knee, then they'll generally tend to distort less. Which is why Daniel's Pocket Limiter is so good IMO - you can set it from completely soft to completly hard.
I'm sure there are other differences, but that is the main audible one. Not sure, but I always assumed the old Waves L1 was 100% hard knee...which is why it distorted so easily. You can check out what different knees do to sound by looking into something like Cyanide distortion - there's a preset in there called hard clip (or similar)...it basically shapes the incoming audio into a complete flat top. Tweak the shape so that the edges become more rounded, and you hear the distortion becoming softer...same principle in limiting.
I'm sure there are other differences, but that is the main audible one. Not sure, but I always assumed the old Waves L1 was 100% hard knee...which is why it distorted so easily. You can check out what different knees do to sound by looking into something like Cyanide distortion - there's a preset in there called hard clip (or similar)...it basically shapes the incoming audio into a complete flat top. Tweak the shape so that the edges become more rounded, and you hear the distortion becoming softer...same principle in limiting.