anybody works with waves L3???

[gabriel g.]

hi everyone, first of all I want to say sorry for my last post.

I was a little bit drunkuke:

So I have the studiopak of U-Audio. They are amazing compressors on it but no real mastering multiband.

So I thought of the L3. I think diamond and platinum pack of waves is a great think but to expencive.

The L3 cost about 500euro. Does it hold the promisses waves make


Please answer

 

[prititing]

IMHO it does. Great limiter, sounds a lot better than L2.

 

[Lefthander]

yeah...
goody stuff- i have h2o version and dont regret about it

try before u buy

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

So I have the studiopak of U-Audio. They are amazing compressors on it but no real mastering multiband.

Yes there is the Precision Multiband : http://www.uaudio.com/products/software/UAD/precisionmulti/index.html.

 

[gabriel g.]

I do know that U-Audio have a multiband, buuuttttt

I don´t want that one becccaaauuussseee

I use alot of the plugins from the UAUDIO studiopak so the cpu of it is at his limit

So I thought of a non dsp plugin.

But thanks

 

[greyskull]

ah i see, the precesion multiband does eat the uad's cpu.

buy the cheapest waves native bundle with a c4 in it, or get a powercore and use eqsat

 

[ApolloSpeed]

l3 is pretty nice

 

[STINNETT]

I do know that U-Audio have a multiband, buuuttttt

I don´t want that one becccaaauuussseee

I use alot of the plugins from the UAUDIO studiopak so the cpu of it is at his limit

So I thought of a non dsp plugin.

But thanks

You use that many plug-ins for mastering? Or are you trying to stick this across the 2 buss during mixing?

 

[gabriel g.]

at first I´m putting in in the 2 buss. To control my full mix.
At the most time I mastering that way. But when the project were to big I mastering after mixing.

 

[broken81]

I have 2 versions of l3 one is like multiband and one is just standard like l2 was...

Which one you guys use more??

 

[Lefthander]

l3 is like multiband

 

[Remy_5150]

well L3 depends on which one you use...there is like L4 Maximizer and L3 Ultramaximizer

 

[AStacy2]

The differences between the two L3 plugins are just that one lets you set specifically what you want the multiband to do and the one that looks like the L2 just lets you pick from some sample profiles. I really don't like Waves' software limiters at all, they change the lows/highs of the mix too much. I had to use the L2 once though and got decent results when I really compressed everything below like 120hz with the C1 comp sidechain and it turned out alright. For Waves' Limiters you really have to have the bass optimized and a really balanced mix. You should try Timeworks limiter, really good for a software limiter.

 

[Mulder]

Ok guys, do this:

A lot of people claim that the Waves SSL comp really hit the spot, so make it *multiband*.

How?

Simple, just take a good phase-coherent eq (like the Algorithmix, Waves or the PSP), put four instances on four groups. Set all the (prefader)sends from the to be mastered audiofile open to those groups, and put the channelfader down.

Create four audiobands with the LP/HP filters (lets say 0-120Hz, 120-600, 600-2k, 2k-inf) and put a SSLcomp behind each eq. (Don't forget that since everything is phasecoherent, the cutofffrequencies should be at -6dB!)

Voila, SSL multiband compression.