suggestions for limiter/maximiser over whole mix?

sixela · Post by **sixela** » Sat Jul 12, 2003 10:54 pm

normally i use SX with Waves plugs over the whole mix but i want to use live as the master rewire wih reason. Any recommenations so i don't need to use SX any more

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 4:31 am

on pc you can host direct x plugs in live with the free ffx-4 vst effect plugin. I use it in order to use Waves plug-ins in Live--use the L2 on your master out to avoid clipping and distortion.

Ryan

jamieh · Post by **jamieh** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:26 pm

PSP Vintage Warmer. The best multiband compressor I've used. Very warm and fat sounding.
Cheers,
J

siddhu · Post by **siddhu** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:03 am

Hi, You can probaly get a "cleaner" mix/sound by avoiding Live's bus.

There is a lot of debate about the quality of DAW summing vs analog, and also which DAW does a better job of summing the final output.

A lot is very subjective, so maybe do some tests wher you export individual tracks out of Live, bring them into SX, for the final render mixdown,

vs

Using Live's digital summing

I find that Nuendo's (which is the SX audio engine) is absolutely pristine and very high quality.

Check out this thread....you may want to keep SX around to use it's summing bus.

http://www.3daudioinc.com/cgi-bin/ultim ... forum&f=19

siddhu · Post by **siddhu** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:07 am

By the way I love the Waves plug-ins.

I did quite a few comaprisons and they are really expansive and sophisticated in their sound. If you want a grunge-eeeish effect or sound don't go with the Waves, but to tweak the mix before redering, they really are the best IMHO.

siddhu