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VELLTONE MUSIC · Post by **VELLTONE MUSIC** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 5:45 am

Personally to me best limiter no doubt is Loudmax - amazing free tool i use for years along with cubase dynamics as compressor still work wonderful as basic master chain.
If somebody have favorite free or paid limiter please share opinion.Thanks.

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:27 am

DMG Audio TrackLimit is my go-to for single channels and FabFilter Pro-L 2 for the master.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:43 am

Thankfully, masters are getting more dynamic. Don't sweat which limiter you use too much. All the limiter is good for is making sure you don't go over 0 dB these days - there's no need for it to be doing more than 2 to 3 db of gain reduction on peaks which should be very transparent on almost any limiter. A soft clipper is less damaging to this process so that's what I choose most of the time.

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:47 am

do_androids-dream

there's no need for it to be doing more than 2 to 3 db of gain reduction on peaks

nice to hear someone isn't smashing their tracks up

vitocorleone123 · Post by **vitocorleone123** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:26 pm

Get a limiter that does a GREAT job at keeping peaks from leaking through if you're using it on the master. One that monitors LUFS can be handy as well, though not required. Pro-L2 or AOM Invisible come to mind for the brickwall limiting (Pro-L2 has LUFS monitoring now), but there's a zillion others.

Unaspected · Post by **Unaspected** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 5:48 pm

I don't know why it's taken me so long to try out Limiter No6 but I am very impressed.

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 6:07 pm

On Windows I really dig Pocket Limiter.

zenophilix · Post by **zenophilix** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:55 pm

do_androids_dream wrote:Thankfully, masters are getting more dynamic. Don't sweat which limiter you use too much. All the limiter is good for is making sure you don't go over 0 dB these days - there's no need for it to be doing more than 2 to 3 db of gain reduction on peaks which should be very transparent on almost any limiter. A soft clipper is less damaging to this process so that's what I choose most of the time.

Glad this is true.

I usually just stick the stock Live limiter on my master bus while I'm working to keep anything from peaking and blowing out my ears. It's pretty good for taming those peaks.

simon.a.billington · Post by **simon.a.billington** » Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:01 pm

This is subjective, depending on personal preferences and tastes, even the genre you may be mixing in.

Personally I have the IK Stealth and Brickwall Limiters, Brainworx bx_limiter, Waves L1 & L3-16, which I rarely use, even Logic's own Limiter and Adaptive Limiter.

Between these I usually have my basis covered.

The Stealth Limiter, for example, is quite transparent, in this instance I would tend to use it say on jazz, or acoustic material where I really don't want a limiter adding any "attitude". The L1 and bx_limiter with the saturation turned on tends to be more aggressive, so in this case I might try it on rock or old school R&B.

gas pump · Post by **gas pump** » Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:58 pm

VELLTONE MUSIC wrote:Personally to me best limiter no doubt is Loudmax - amazing free tool i use for years along with cubase dynamics as compressor still work wonderful as basic master chain.
If somebody have favorite free or paid limiter please share opinion.Thanks.

Don't let these wannabe sales people try to sell you on their opinions. The best Limiter is always the one that works for you. I suggest spending some quality time with each one until you are able to pick out the one that works for you and your material.

demo, Demo, DEMO

Simple, done, over... next.

soundbyteNOLA · Post by **soundbyteNOLA** » Sun Apr 15, 2018 6:38 pm

I've always loved Waves' L2.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:46 pm

I use mostly the DAW's Limiter/Maximizer, but in Reaper I use TB Barricade CM

zenophilix · Post by **zenophilix** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:54 am

EnGee wrote:I use mostly the DAW's Limiter/Maximizer, but in Reaper I use TB Barricade CM

+1, have tried this out since I last posted, and really like it. Very flexible without degrading the sound.

a_Scientist · Post by **a_Scientist** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:19 pm

My favorite limiter is any multiband limiter, where you can control infinite compresson=limiting along with saturation and their ratio. Which compressor has which attack, and which type of saturation picks up what limiter couldn't. In short

pattonfreak1 · Post by **pattonfreak1** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:16 am

zenophilix wrote:
EnGee wrote:I use mostly the DAW's Limiter/Maximizer, but in Reaper I use TB Barricade CM

+1, have tried this out since I last posted, and really like it. Very flexible without degrading the sound.

3rd
My go to for the master. Tls_Maximizer for individual tracks

Best limiter?