Yeah its good for the peak signal, the mix is not about that only, its like if you build a house with measurements and you forget the materials. Any signal has different measurements, thats why there are lot of different scales like, db, dbfs, dbvu, rms etc etc, then to mix well you gotta control track, sustain, decay and our ear its more sensitive depending the part of the audio spectrum, so if you put a signal in peak -6 dbfs and other in -8 dbfs the lower signal can sound even louder to our ears if if it has more mids for example. So, the thing is, mixing is better by ear and use the different mesuments and scales to look some technical things only.
@@daxhammabeats Yeah, sometimes people get confusing with the gain stage topic, more if we are not too specific, becase it always depends, for example if you're using analog emulations (depending the plugin) and you want to gain stage to 0dbvu, but, 0bvu calibration is over a sine at 1khz, and you're gain staging vocals, strings and al kind of sounds except a 1khz sine waveform, then people misunderstand the -18dbfs rule etc, but yeah its just about to keeping a healthy signal.
@Dax Hamma how many instances of the L1 limiter are you using? Are you using a limiter on the Krum bus or are you putting a limiter on each kit, drum separately, etc. ?
I’m using one on each track, audio and auxes. Auxes so that I can hit the processing at a certain level of my choosing. I don’t generally put one on my instrument aux though because the levels of the various instruments vary too much which I don’t want to keep at an overall set level.
@@daxhammabeats so the L1 is the first plug-in in your signal chain on each one of those tracks ? In logic Pro there’s a gain utility plug-in that you can use to adjust the level of each track - sounds like that could get processor intensive using multiple instances of L1 ! Do you render the tracks with the processing on each track to save dsp ?
@@Avatar7x7 can’t say I’ve really felt a strain on my cpu. I’d say in theory you could be correct as in my L1 usage may be heavier than say, a trim plugin. Mixbus TV, if your familiar, uses an SSL channel strip on every channel and uses the trim and filters to gain stage before doing anything. I’d imagine that’s more professor intensive over the span of a bunch of channels. The only reason I use L1 is because it’s like muscle memory setting it up, and it gives me an exact peak reading as to where I can start to balance my mix, whereas a trim plugin, if I want to get an exact peak value, dialing that in on a knob with a mouse can become annoying.
@@daxhammabeats I think Izotope’s neutron plug-in requires u to place it as the first plug-in on each channel and I guess through the magic of AI and algorithms it supposedly DOES something similar to that and Auto mixes your project for you. Of course nine times out of 10 you have to fine-tune what the software comes up with.
Hi! I must ask about the L1 plugin. I can't find it on Waves site or anywhere else. Is it discounted or what is going on? I want to buy just a couple of Waves plugins. Is it in some package only? Thanks!
I just tried looking and you're right, can't find it anywhere. I use the Waves Creative Access monthly plan, which gives me all their plugins, so maybe they made it available through there? Not too sure. But the L1 Ultramaximizer is essentially the same thing I believe, with an input control.
@@daxhammabeats Thanks man for checking it out. I have not stumble on anyone wondering where it went either. Well, the L1 Ultramaximizer will get the job done too.Thanks!
Actually there is an Alternative to L1 called El Juan by Corneffaudio. If you do not mind check it out, there is a Demo available. Just give it a Try : ).
I can certainly see how this method (which I am adopting!) will ensure that nothing peaks beyond the ideal levels, enabling mastering at higher LUFS levels with super clarity. My question is: can this be done with a clipper instead of a limiter in all stages of processing? I ask because I love transients and I am afraid of using limiters on tracks aside from the Main track which is the master, due to limiting "squashing" the sound. I'd love to hear your thoughts/recommendations on this matter. Thanks so much for this awesome content!
Thanks for watching and the comment! Yeah as long as the clipper has input/peak value meters, and output settings like the L1 has you can use it to gain stage. Keep in mind, I mainly used the Limiter for its peak meter and output adjustment. I knew my kick needed to hit -6, so if the sample played at -9, I needed to drive 3 dB into the limiter, and cap the output at -6. There’s other ways to do this such as normalization. That’s probably in your daw, if not, Hornet normalizer is good for that. I only use the limiter for that purpose and maybe to shave a db or so if needed. I’d say if your looking for an alternative just stick with normalizing or simply a trim plugin and dial in the setting so the instrument is hitting at that desired value. Hope that helps!
The Automatic Release Control varies the release based on current content. When Auto Release is On, the release time is adjusted automatically within the range set by the Release setting
I believe so, anything I’ve released should be available everywhere digitally, but for sure the best place to hear all I’ve produced is on Spotify. Just type in Dax Hamma and I should pop up 😁
