Limiter Masterclass

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[@doppewaxy282]

On other chapter!thanks sage,am overwelming with your knowlegde,in music engineering,you help a lot of us who couldn't afford to go to college.the only thing matter,you drops,we pile up to our arsernal.thanks bro very enjoyable greetings from East Africa Tanzania🇹🇿

[@loveguripreet2745]

Make video on mix instrument and blend vocal in that mix instrument

[@alfredmbenedictf.b7998]

You do

[@hycenthofficial451]

Thank you ✌🏽✌🏽

[@sven3174]

Great video, helps me a lot to understand how they work. I usually just push the master into the ceiling until it starts to sound weird and then I dial it back a bit. What would've been helpful in this video is the 1:1 function in L2. It would've been easier to detect the changes the limiter makes other than increasing the gain

[@PatrickAdams307Music]

Another great instructional video as always. Thank you sir! I'm learning.

[@nonamemusic1932]

Glad to bee apart of the small percentage of people who are subscribed!

[@jibbrian417]

When you activate the two limiters the song goes from English to Spanish, I definitely hace to try two limiters in a row 😝

[@jaymusik1235]

Thanks sage always coming to the rescue

[@andreinastase1932]

so much quality in your videos

[@PabloIscaro]

Always the best, thank you!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Thank you Sage 🙏🏻

[@LuisRamirez-mx9ho]

el mejor contenido 🙌❤

[@wayback1010]

can you use vc3 to maintain the gain when doing comparisons, especially on something like dynamics processing its not easy to hear whats actually happening if the volumes arent the same. vc3 is a maxforlive plugin idk if u use ableton though

[@LucasMichalski]

Hi, thanks for another great video. In the video you mentioned about using 2 limiters (which I always use). But you said that is a good practice to se the first limiter to 'soft limiting' with ratio 10:1 or greater. But that ratio is basically a compression, not limiting. Even with parallel compression with compressors like 1176 you use 20:1 ratio or All. Can you please clarify what you meant by soft limiting as 10:1 or higher ratio is a compression. Thank you.

[@palebluedotstudios]

Great video! I love the idea of stacking limiters.

[@Keroser1983]

Amazing tips!!!!! Also I always get confused with Attack times on Lİmiters. No matter how much I listen I really dont hear so much difference. Is there anything I am missing? :)

[@starsandguitars2050]

Thank you so very much!

[@jonydemon]

You are great sir 🙂

[@lumicstudio3525]

Hi. thank you for another great video. I have one question. Couple of months ago I bought Weiss DS1 Mk3 mastering bundle, which is absolutely fantastic. Having said that I was using two Limiters at the end of the chain but both in full modes, so both were limiting whole tracks a little. Only recently I started using the first one in 'Frequency' mode where you select bandwith which you want to limit. I usually find the best results limiting low end on the first limiter and then second one is just for volume lift. I'm aware that too much limiting always destroy low end first, that's why on both limiters I always set the release depending on the lowest frequencies of the song (roughly anyway) between 30 and 50mls. What is your opinion on that? Is that the proper way? And if yes in what cases would you recommend using band selective limiting on first limiter (let say limiting low end only)? When would you use band selective limiting (let`s say limiting only the low end) vs limiting whole track? I tend to like setting the first limiter selecting only one particular band, in most cases it`s low end and then limiting whole track with second limiter for loudness. Is it the thing you would often use while mastering?

[@Abhi_Nav]

Hey thanks for such amazing videos. Very helpful content 🙏🏻 Also, really like the song can you plz share links. Thanks

[@QuickExploreyt]

Thanks you sir

[@FitzonDai]

You make lit tutorials Steve🔥🔥💖

[@sageaudio]

Hi Fitzon, thanks! SageAudio.com

[@jakeskate1998]

what's the reason you would only use a tiny bit of lookahead instead of turning it all the way up?

[@ZTONEOFFICIAL]

This helps me a lot 😉😉😉

[@emiel333]

Great 👍 video.

[@lepureur4657]

i still have a hard time understanding why we compress a master before limiting, i understand that there's a glue factor or something but, can't the process ruin transients or simply not be necessary ?

[@grantgibbs4803]

yo wont ruin transients if the attack is slow enough.... its pretty much just the last like 2% of glue in relation to the loudest elements......

[@MrBASSMUSIC]

ZERO DISLIKE SUPERB TECHING

[@Modezart]

Great video.. Can you make a video on how to get the loudest master that competes with the professional songs on the radio? I get people asking me if I can make it louder, and I can't do it without making it clip.

[@Kiloeve]

A loud song mostly stems from loud mixing. If you have a skimpy mix at -14 LUFS, then it will be difficult, as the mix engineer wasn't already mixing his/her channels at the commercial level.

[@ayokikando]

Wish these videos were longer.

[@alvesdeejay]

Hey sage i didn't find anything... If i make a mashup of 2 existing tracks 1) i have to decrease volume of both and add back on limiter putted on the master? 2) i have to put a limiter on the master? If yes is good to use a Little touch of lookhaed, slow attack , fast relase Trans 0% relase 0% , true peak off , -0.1 gain reduct ??? Thanks

[@PatrickObiang]

Bravo!

[@davidr1620]

Can anyone help me? I hear a lot about limiting masters, but I often see people limit individual tracks or buses. When are common instances of using limiters and/or clippers on individual tracks?

[@QuickExploreyt]

Please make a tutorial for balance mix track and what is best level for mastering , how to get perfect -6db true peak mix track after export

[@palebluedotstudios]

I would say there's no such thing as a "perfect" -6dB true-peak mix. Simply use the peak meters on your DAW and make sure peaks aren't jumping past -6dB, or an analyzer like SPAN or dpMeter5 will show you what your true peak maximums are. Doesn't have to be perfectly -6dB; just leave some headroom for mastering.

[@QuickExploreyt]

@@palebluedotstudios thank you sir I know but a lot of track create some problems . Sir please give me your email i want contact you

[@edtyler1536]

how to use him?

[@heanz]

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[@Tottorul]

Isn't it called upward expansion and not upward compression?

[@nanakwabena525]

I use 3 limiterts 😊

[@pepe7drum]

Whats the name of the song?

[@beamannydanny]

These limiter plugins are so good they switch the singer to spanish, amazing

[@pickerpelletier1]

Sweet language plugin.

[@tonythomaschristianmusic]

please, can you recommend a good upward compressor?

[@djkillertomatotv]

Oxford inflator

[@tonythomaschristianmusic]

@@djkillertomatotv thank you so much

[@swgitsyo1210]

So what's the meaning of attack in limiter?

[@sageaudio]

The time before the release starts! SageAudio.com

[@YvngTrillOfficial]

Loved the video man always learning something new!! When will we get new videos on the members only?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks Yvng! This week! SageAudio.com

[@sageaudio]

Hey Yvng Trill! Wanted to let you know that we're no longer producing membership only videos and will instead be focusing on other perks - sorry for the inconvenience. We've decided to add all "advanced info" into our regularly published videos. Thank you for your support and sorry again if this comes as a disappointment. Thanks! SageAudio.com

[@YvngTrillOfficial]

@@sageaudio no problem man still looking forward for the perks

[@olaegbeolasubomi2379]

Can you share the name of the singer

[@user-vm3ce4fj1j]

what abt lufs

[@tthetechnician3912]

👍👍👍

[@flexyricsofficial8666]

Haah bro , we are mostly beginner , intèrmediate at much. We might need threshold( compression) masterclass even.

[@March_iii_]

Alright but what about the MASTER master class?!🤨👀

[@Tottorul]

00:52, 00:47, 00:55, 01:01

[@doppewaxy282]

I wish I could advice other viewers to push like button,how could they pass and go,without even say thanks.

[@Prodby_duke]

The circumference of only using plugins will limit your tracks. Y’all see what I did there?