Nov 14, 2004 10:30 am They are not the same thing, limiting simply stops any signal over the threshold level. Maximizing does that, plus raises or lowers the entire audio file accordingly in order to maintain dynamics.
Is limiting the same as maximising?
Posted on Nov 14, 2004 10:25 am
Topman
Member Since: Oct 25, 2004
Dont know if anyone can help...
This is really confusing me when it comes to mastering
I dont know weather I should be limiting last of all or maximising...or are these both the same ?
Thanks
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Nov 14, 2004 10:30 am They are not the same thing, limiting simply stops any signal over the threshold level. Maximizing does that, plus raises or lowers the entire audio file accordingly in order to maintain dynamics.
Nov 14, 2004 10:40 am Thanks for reply
So should when it comes to mastering should I be limiting with my final eq reverb etc ...then putting my mix through a maximiser?
At the moment im putting the mix in to izotope with out maximising then in to har-bal then back in to izotope to maximise...but theres no limiter in izotope.....so does this mean that the maximaiser setting is actng as a limiter?
Or should i be using a seperate limiter?
confuesed
Nov 14, 2004 03:55 pm The maximizer in Izotope also does the limiting. You have a choice between Brickwall, Soft, & Intelligent.
Dan
Nov 15, 2004 02:54 am Topman,
I'll go out on a limb a little here, to hopefully clear a little confusion. Limiting is not usually (no rules remember) a part of the pre-mastering process. A limiter can act as a "poor mans" maximizer, but they are two different animals. As Db mentions the limiter simply stops signal from going over a threashold. In the digital world that means that all amplitudes above the set threashold will be digitaly coded as the threashold amplitude. A limiter is usually applied either in the process of capturing the sound or in the mix stage to keep volumes or amplitudes under control.
The maximizer in isotope also sets a threashold that signal will not go over in amplitude, but the signals that are over the threashold are massaged to give the perception of being louder. This has to do with distortion and density of the output signal.
Simply get your mix under control so that it does not clip on output. Take that mix, apply harbal and then run it through isotope using the maximizer. No need to put a limiting stage inbetween.
Nov 15, 2004 07:20 am Thanks for you help yet again....
one last thing
So i take the mix and put it straight in to harbal witout adding the harmonic exciter ,reverb etc... then after har bal bring it in to izotope and basicaly do everything?
Wouldnt it be best to add all the pre mastering effects etc then put in to harbal? And then bring back in to izotope and just ad the maximiser?
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