ReaLimit Limiter Plugin in REAPER

ReaLimit Limiter Plugin in REAPER

[@DanUpdegraff]

The "Link" feature is very handy for chopping wild transients on acoustic guitar without changing the volume of the track (like most other limiters do).

[@MrNEWDY]

If I had a dollar for every time I bought a plugin just to find a js or reaper plugin that does what I wanted... Well let's just say I could buy another Reaper license lmao.

[@jerryfick8547]

Same here man. I used to think that if a plugin didn't have a beautiful interface then it was a shitty plugin. How dumb I feel for having that mindset. Now,the js plugins are my go to.

[@mamandapanda185]

Ditto. I just got the MV2, at least for free after purchasing NS1, but didn't figure out that ReaLimit does a better job.

[@nickthorne5872]

I thought that the JS: Master Limiter was the only Reaper limiter. Never knew about ReaLimit, and finiding out that it even has a nice visual analyzer makes me feel dumb for using the other limiters i've been using.

[@composercode]

Seriously. I buy vocal rider from waves and then Kenny drops a tutorial on how to get it for free in REAPER 😂

[@Gang-25j]

@@mamandapanda185realimit and mv2 are two different plugins

[@EqDior]

Kenny's mixes always sound so clean and full!!!!!!!

[@hgaubaul]

It's so weird seeing kenny's face on camera after watching so many of his videos without a face. 😄

[@DreErdna]

It’s a blessing #connection

[@VojtechRozsival]

First I thought it is Steven Dodge! (exVibram Disc Golf and founder of DGPT). 😂

[@ianmorton1799]

But cool!

[@EnricoCupellini]

This series of videos around the loudness meter is simply amazing please don’t stop

[@joeheukerott9186]

These are brilliant and they keep getting better. I started out learning Reaper with your videos. Now they are really out there with some (for me) really advanced stuff. This has all been so helpful and so very interesting. Thank you.

[@Jan-S-Simonsen]

Ha ha, love the blink, blink, blink. I'll be using what I've learned in this video tomorrow. Cheers Kenny.

[@dddux]

There's also a requirement for tracks to be -1dB true peak limited. It's a good practice anyway because when you encode it in AAC or MP3 it will be louder than -1dB in peaks bcs of the way lossy encoding works.

[@manuelfrontana7216]

Another great lesson!! We just need a plugin called Kenny to solve all problems! Thanks a lot Mr Gioia!

[@OrzoMondo]

Every time a new video from Kenny drops I am deleting some 3rd party plugin I've been using until now - thank you Kenny!

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

hope you didn't buy them for a few dozen clams

[@Gang-25j]

He’s mostly likely lying about deleting other plugins, reaper is that good though.

[@OrzoMondo]

@@Gang-25j I kinda am, but then I'm also not :) - I have stopped using fancy compressors after I realised that ReaComp and ReaXComp do all I need, and fancy limiters after I discovered ReaLimit.

[@ellen9119]

I just started exploring Reaper as an alternative to Audition for editing a podcast that I co-host. I'm not an experienced audio engineer, so at first Reaper seemed OVERWHELMING. But your videos are so useful and well-structured, I'm just two days in and I'm starting to feel like I can do this! THANK YOU!

[@boyreporter]

Jesus you do such a good job. Help me understand in 10 minutes what I couldn't after much longer spent researching online.

[@cornbone]

im really developing a deep appreciation for reaper's native plugins. like i love beautiful interfaces as much as the next guy, but a lot of times plugins are just too gimmicky with their UI and make it actively harder to focus on the actual content of the plugin. it even feels like dishonest marketing sometimes. "our plugins look beautiful so that means they're more professional". reaper takes a very no nonsense approach to plugin design, and only give you the things you need, while also going really easy on your cpu usage. its just amazing. I've been using a really clunky overdesigned limiter for a while now and it was always a bit frustrating to use, but im definitely switching to this. i love the simplicity and the readout functionality. most companies charge a lot of money when their plugin has that kind of useful visual information. ESPECIALLY limiters or compressors, because they're capitalizing off of beginners who are confused by them and overly rely on visual help to understand what they're doing.

[@Dougie33]

I’m finding that I’m learning more from using reapers’s plug ins. It like I’m actually seeing and learning what I’m doing to the music in a raw way, apposed to turning a fancy knob that I really don’t know exactly what I’m doing but changing the sound.

[@andivax]

Thank you Kenny! Can you compare it with Fabfilter Pro-L and IK Multimedia Stealth?

[@jimbeaux4988]

About time the boys finally made their own limiter. I would really expect this thing to be very competitive. I like transparent limiters. What are you thinking about the sound?

[@DreErdna]

He said very transparent

[@EduCamargoOficial]

I've used L2, L1, JS Event Horizon Limiter / clipper, Master Limiter... But with ReaLimit, I've settled my life down.

[@davidvosspoor4694]

some of those co's with the crazy expensive plugin bundles gonna put a hit on this great guy

[@DThompson55]

Loving the Red Light Green Light lady in the intro.

[@scallionboy8679]

Ha I didn't see that had to go back and look😆

[@jgonzalez2005]

Thank you once again! I would suggest that all videos have subtitles, that is very useful for those whose mother tongue is not English. It was not possible to activate the subtitles on this video.

[@MatthiasLenardt]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing! ... and nice to SEE you again!!!

[@h.f.5930]

I like your films about Reaper plugins. It would be great to carry on it, or making films about new or additional reaper plugins

[@blue_mountains28]

this looks so good, that option to change the direction of the scrolling... genius. Looking forward to trying it for the next mastering session. Thanks

[@lodougherty]

Some of these more recent videos have made me realized I haven't checked the Reaper stock plugins in a LONG time. Time to re-investigate.

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

one of the best (if not: THE BEST) built-in plugin ever made. On my tuutorials for the V.O. I use it since yesterday. On my template. It's a MUST HAVE

[@AttamanKing]

What i think is the most valuable thing about reaplugins is that for people like me who does not have a super machine, it save alot of process and allow us to work even if the project have alot of tracks and plugins.

[@henrikfisch]

Thumb goes up in the very beginning, when you were blinking to the sound: "bling bling bling" ... hahaha!

[@REAPERMania]

People were creeped out by me NOT blinking. LOL

[@henrikfisch]

@@REAPERMania Hahaha ... very good! :)

[@GeorgeFlix]

Reaper just keeps getting better each day! Great to see you on camera Kenny. Keep up the good work guys!

[@DuckForPope]

Gotta say I'm loving the gifs Kenny, great video as always!

[@TonyJBrennan]

great post Kenny, great to see you as well , ( I always had the idea you looked like the Fonz for some reason)

[@robotmeister009]

OMG Kenny with this VFX you're like those AI synthetic meta-human

[@danielnaron]

I have to say, I'm mildly disappointed that the "true peak" toggle was just for metering and not for actual true peak limiting. This thing could've easily replaced my go-to limiter if it did

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

These are great things to finish your mix in the desired loudness, which is for me -12LUFS to send the material to a mastering engineer. Thanks again for this tip, btw before I used the JS plugin from Event Horizon Limiter/ clipper. But now I choose this one.

[@Iamspi]

even though I love learning from K.G., i'm starting to watch these videos just for the music content.

[@rocketman374]

There is definitely a point in going over -14. In that case, it's not loudness we're going for, but reduced dynamic range and increased intensity. If you mastered a tech death metal track, for instance, to -14 it would sound weak and sparse. Music like that actually needs that crushed feeling. But I agree, choosing anything over -14 simply for the sake of loudness is dumb, given that a large majority of music is consumed on normalized streaming platforms these days.

[@scottlewis3139]

Another great Reaper plugin highlight vid, thanks Kenny. Also love the "Dead Zone" stinger at the end! 😄

[@mariosmichail]

Simplicity at its best! And once again, an excellent tutorial! Thank you Kenny! 🙏

[@MarkFromHawaii]

This is super helpful for me because I create backing tracks for live performance. Thanks Kenny!

[@DrGlu]

Wow is this new in reaplugs? Never saw realimit before

[@binface9]

Finally got around to updating Reaper and doing another mix for a tune I recorded in September using this stellar tip. Thanks again Kenny! Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@Nati]

Can you tell the people from reaper to make the limiter have the lufs meter built into it ? :D

[@MahmoudNader]

It's built on the master track

[@DreErdna]

@@MahmoudNader what this guy said ^^^

[@mjklein]

@@MahmoudNader I don't use the master track at all. I use a console for mixing and tracking.

[@Ali_Seraj]

@@mjklein well, you can use it as a display on any track you want

[@DreErdna]

@@mjklein good luck

[@tonyfarina1310]

The master has spoken again.Thanks for the great info.

[@miserychordia]

The best Reaper Tutor ever!! I Love your videos and the way you explain things :-)

[@BlackNomad1]

Love how these recent videos look like Kenny is coming from heaven or something it’s all so white at the beginning lol Aside from the weird colouring of the opening, nice video and keep up the good work! :)

[@midiman5045]

Great video and info Kenny. What was that song?

[@estellebirkenstock9676]

I Shazammed (excuse that spelling, please) it. Came up with New Dawn Is Rising by the Stonekeepers featuring Christine Smit. Very cool song!

[@midiman5045]

@@estellebirkenstock9676 Thanks for the info!!!!

[@PASHKULI]

almost got knocked out from that slap in the intro... Great plugin features! Metering is quite important.

[@HRLDmusic]

Look at Kenny man... so sensational. I'm still waiting for the tutorial about customization when the different color lights come in the signal flow of recorded track.

[@REAPERMania]

It's on the list.

[@HRLDmusic]

@@REAPERMania can't wait 😮😯😯

[@vitaliksasa6484]

готовая песня MIDI NOTE Piano Roll Клавиши не мигают 🎹

[@austinsummersofficial631]

You're not limiting to reach an lufs. You're limiting for the sound that you get from cutting off peaks and the forward push you get in many pop situations. Sometimes a track needs -7lufs, sometimes a track needs -9lufs, sometimes a track needs -12lufs. It all depends on what the track requires to achieve that sound that makes sense with the type of song. Often, when mastering as a mastering engineer, I receive tracks that are also not mixed perfectly and I have to make a decision as to how the limiter is going to impact the track, if it needs to be pushed hard, or if it would be a mistake. There's no issue with being turned down on streaming services. Think about it, you're raising by another 6db, and you're being turned down by that amount, essentially, or close to. There's a reason why most commercial tracks still sound loud, powerful, and perfectly fine on -9lufs. Most A list songs are mastered around there(of course, genre dependent, but yes). It's because it doesn't matter if spotify turns you down. You don't suddenly get so much softer than a -14. Keep in mind, you raised the track up another 6db. So it's all relative, to a point. Best rule you can apply, and that should be taught to everyone, is that streaming platform lufs DOES NOT MATTER and people should STOP trying to do their tracks to fit a particular streaming service. Many people in the community also have the incorrect idea that spotify is compressing your track(they think its not just being turned down). They don't get it's essentially just turning down by as much as you turned it up past the -14lufs point. Which usually equals about the same place, minus some transients(depending on if you manage to find a way to keep the perception of some of them, but thats another story all together.

[@claragary]

Yeah Kenny!! You rock bro!! Keep it comin'!!!!!👍🙏💪👏👏👏🍾

[@martellackerman3434]

Is this a new plugin?!?! How have I missed this?? Love it!

[@REAPERMania]

Yes!!!

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

because it's brand new

[@alexcinci74]

Wow, very nice. I noticed that my album on spotify sounded really bad at times, as if it was reducing the loudness. I just master compressing with loudmax64 to my ear taste never minding the lufs and how spotify would react to that. Great video and knowledge. Thank you so much

[@alexcinci74]

Btw my album is Unintended by Alex Cinci

[@adamburger858]

Ok, that intro freakin' rocked dude!! ha yup, I have listened to many of your vids without a face as well my friend?... my expectations have been exceeded .. dat was badass! heh...thank you man

[@theeouapolal7262]

If you can't find this plug in under "add fx"... re-scan for vsts!! You have to go into preferences, scroll down to "plugins" and select "vsts" ...then re-scan!!! This might seem obvious to those of you who already knew this, but I've never had to "re-scan" for any internal reaper plugins... I don't even know where reaper has to look for ITS OWN plugins, but they're not in any of my folders for third party plugins!! This is why it made no sense to me to have to scan or re-scan, because I don't even have a "reaper" plugins path in my path list... but when I re-scanned there was REALIMIT!!!! Hope this saves some people some time!!! (If you have "scan for plugins on start up" enabled, then you don't have go into preferences... It'll just be there next time your restart reaper).

[@jamesm601]

Kenny, I think you saved me from buying some expensive Waves plugins. Thanks!

[@paulciro1347]

Excellent Reaper! congratulations Kenny, greetings from Peru.🙂

[@davidsprivate5609]

No limit on the film clips 😀😀

[@escale_producciones]

Eso lo que necitaba soy fiel seguidor de reaper ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ aprendí mucho con este software saludos desde Perú

[@MahmoudNader]

Now we can say RIP to Fabfilter's Pro L Next reaper should release a clipper with a shape control knob

[@andivax]

Already. Js inflator

[@andivax]

Pro-l has different algos and oversampling

[@BillGraper]

Man, I might start using this instead of my Fabfilter Pro-L.

[@jonmatthews4254]

Very useful thanks. I would say that when recording I never have any plugins on the Master track, it can colour what you are hearing, I suggest just turning them on for the final mix. A personal preference, not for everyone.

[@REAPERMania]

I feel the opposite though. I want to record to as close to a finished mix as possible.

[@avasound]

Thank you, Kenny! You're doing a great job saving people a lot of time.

[@monta-cabeca]

This plugin is awesome. And your way of explaining is excellent. Thanks!

[@EduCamargoOficial]

Since the advent of ReaLimit, my limiting life is much better. Thank you Cockos for that.

[@cmd_f5]

Haha I miss one minor update in reaper and there's tons of great fixes + this new limiter. Man I love this DAW. :) cheers

[@jerryfick8547]

Omg same here lol!!!

[@recordednowhere]

same! seriously, i only just learned about realimit (great!) and scanning the changelog i noticed they have added delta solo for all fx? that's HUGE ⚡

[@theBlueMonkeyFromTheCrypt]

Awesome blinking sound effect. 😄👍

[@NinetyRalph]

I love this channel, thanks for showing us this, thank you so much, it really bring my track to life without clipping, I was so sad :)

[@simdrew1993]

Thank you so much! You've saved my music! The peaking was driving me crazy and I had to lower the volume too much, really got annoying because then I couldn't hear the beats or rhythms well.

[@djprimestudio]

I always enjoy every of your tutorials. Please can you make a template for vocal fx chain using only reaper plugins

[@catonlsd3]

I've tested this Realimiter ... it's very good AFAICT, the character is pretty flat/linear ... but objectively, it's a very good limiter!

[@RathCampbell]

Awesome! I have never actually used this plugin. It is pretty amazing! I am going to start using it on my mixes. Thanks Kenny!

[@VSARecordsDelhi]

I am on sir. Pls keep doing this. This is lyf

[@OverdriveMusic]

Sounds amazing! Even when smashing it!

[@Mrluchendo]

Dude you’re the best.. it’s all so clear when you explain. Thanks a lot.

[@croay]

Nice, was waiting for you to make a video on this plugin. I really loved the interface.

[@sleepyxboy]

Love the new intro and Visuals) Nice Song BTW

[@vasyldoroshenko2336]

Super useful for me, thanks! Also, Kenny you looks like an angel in your cool white studio 😇😁

[@BrandochGarage]

Thank you, sir!

[@AironExTv]

Another excellent tool. Thanks for the overview.

[@mjklein]

I would use this for mastering.

[@mjklein]

I am curious though, why you didn't set a ceiling of -1 to make sure you didn't clip on conversion to mp3.

[@scallionboy8679]

@@mjklein I'm curious about your statement if you would share your thoughts on it, I only set mine to -0.3 for rendering a 320kbps MP3 and when I import the file back into a new project it's still at -0.3 on playback. I have heard that reduced sample rates in MP3 cause a higher chance of overs and would set the limiter lower, but I personally never use those lower rates. I will set it for -0.5 when out putting a wav for SoundCloud though.

[@roomclear]

Excellent tutorial! I needed this!

[@dispersemedia]

I wish there's an option to show Left and Right waveforms.

[@richiea5018]

Great video, been watching as I get up to speed. Thank You

[@maxcloud9127]

Can they add link options to compressor and eq. And this visual meter would be also very convenient. It starts to look like fabfilter.

[@choosejuliesvoice]

Absolutely RAD intro. 😍 (Had to watch it 5 times…)

[@EscapeRoomRecords]

Compared it with Loudmax64. It's almost identically but without a display showing. I think Loudmax64 has to be updated now :P

[@Maximgurman]

Your movie's are so funny! And usefull! Thanks!

[@CesarFaux]

Kenny, you are the best!

[@Thinwhiteduke1185]

Holy shit. I've watched a bunch of your tutorials as needed, and this is the first time I've seen your face. I feel like I met you now, lol.

[@richarsenault1004]

Another great tutorial. Much appreciated.

[@artemi-music]

Great, thanks for your video Kenny!

[@JosNghia]

That’s pretty vst. Thank you so much!

[@electrohedgehog2245]

Не могу остановиться смотреть как Kenny моргает!😍

[@The-Vay-AADS]

damn kenny, that stylish ass intro man! ahaha, love it! :D

[@mikesperling9878]

Blink blink blink..... 😂 Thanks man, you made my morning. 😎🤪

[@iamjohnbose0408]

Hi Kenny ! I just had one small question.... What would happen if I set the release to Inf dB/sec ??? And as usual, this too is an awesome video !!!!! ❤️

[@djw457]

I think it becomes a clipper at that point.

[@janmartinsson7929]

Very informative! Thanks

[@ДенисМамсуров]

A great plugin! Thanks Kenny

[@BlackpitfatherLech]

well explained, much thanx Kenny

[@cgsmithinnola]

Thanks Kenny and Cockos! Looks like a nice addition to the best DAW in the world!

[@AJoylessEon]

Wow! What an amazing plugin

[@estellebirkenstock9676]

Thanks for the awesome tutorials!