Guitar Limiting

[tylerallen]

What do you guys use to limit guitars? Preferably waves

 

[onemorelie]

Fab-L and I use only 1-1.5dB gain reduction

 

[olif8]

ReaComp.

 

[Joel4662]

ReaComp.

+1

 

[Seth Munson]

L1

 

[olif8]

What do you guys use to limit guitars? Preferably waves

There's a free and legal Waves L1 clone called W1 which is a nice alternative for you when your conscience kicks in.

 

[OneDaySky]

L1, or LA-3A for a comp

 

[ahjteam]

I don't limit my guitars

 

[timislegend]

really?

all the cool kids are doing it!

 

[mstone564]

For people that limit their guitars, do your's really jump out that much to make it necessary...?

 

[ahjteam]

really?

all the cool kids are doing it!

I do have a Renessaince Axx compressor there doing like 1-3dB attenuation, but no limiting. My guitar bus is usually hitting like 6-9dB quieter than the drums, bass and vocal bus combined, so no real need for it as I do have the headroom.

 

[Harley Barley]

the thing about the sturgis forum is that a lot of the people posting are still noobs.. so you aint gonna get any good advice about things like this.

 

[rbkonline1]

Being a noob, I want to ask a question...whats the use of putting a limiter in the guitar chain actually? A brief explanation will be much appreciated.

 

[beechstudio]

A pair of Urei LA4's, or DBX 160x's. Sometimes a Joemeek SC2, depends on the guitarist tone really. Although, I am eying an Overstayer at the moment.

 

[timislegend]

whats the use of putting a limiter in the guitar chain actually?

a limiter is just a compressor with a ratio anywhere above 10:1

sonically, limiters maintain a characteristic that increases perceived loudness eliminating signal overages (above unity gain) whereas a compressor will just lower the overall dynamic rage of your signal.

many people use several stages of compression to methodically control the more dynamic parts of a signal.


but, the reason anyone uses anything on any track (in digital audio) is simply a matter of choice.

i use a limiter on just about every track because i like the way it sounds.

 

[Seth Munson]

i use a limiter on just about every track because i like the way it sounds.

This

 

[Trevoire520]

I tried a limiter on my guitar bus in a recent mix but found it made them a bit harsh due to the fact that the limiter gets triggered by low frequency stuff (palm mutes etc) so I ended up removing it.

 

[GearMan2point0]

I do it, limiters are awesome!

 

[selke61]

i use a limiter on just about every track because i like the way it sounds.

I do the same thing

 

[Trevoire520]

Here's a point actually, are you guys putting a limiter on each individual guitar track? Or just on the guitar bus?