people using clippers on the master...

[LeSedna]

Interesting point was raised earlier, whats the point of clipping twice?

Also those who compress after the clip, is this a mastering chain? I am asking as would you mix into a clipper? Do you mix into a bus compresor then clip>compress>limit?

I have to say, I didn't get the point of using 2 clippers in chain. I have tried to hear the interest but didn't get it, I don't have the ear trained enough for it.

 

[Klosure]

I find Clip>compress>limit the best so far, and I will also mix into a bus compressor but this is separate to the mastering

 

[Jaymz]

I clip twice, one before the comp and one after because every plug I use makeup gain on abit, so I trim the snare a little before to comp gets it, then the comp raises the gain then I clip it a bit more, then it hits the limiter.

 

[colonel kurtz]

I only use a clipper on the snare drum. I have moved on to a saturator on the mix buss and the results sound a lot better to me.

now see, i've dicked around with saturation(vintage warmer, in fact) on the master before and never liked it too much...just mucked everything up no matter what i did

and i also use gclip on the snare itself...i buss all the snare tracks(usually 4-5) to a single group, then use gclip on it and knock a bit of the peaks off, but even so the snare still spikes like a mofo heading into the master, which is why i end up reaching for the gclip on the 2-buss.

maybe i'm just not clipping as hard as others on the snare track, but i guess i'm a bit of a pussy about it since chopping peaks straight off goes against everything i was ever taught about proper mixing and gain staging!

 

[Fox Mulder]

I've given up on using a limiter, honestly but I really don't know if I'd change my mind soon about using it again. Time varies taste

For now, it's clipper, compressor (kinda deep), clipper.

 

[Pablo333]

No, PSP's Vintage Warmer.

thanks man, great plugin, nothing like it since.

 

[greyskull]

i use analog channel on the drums and on the mix bus whcih mildly compresses and saturates the transients.
then once ive mixed it down. open waveburner...
insert ozone. set loudness maximiser to intelligent 2, clip, out to -.3 then bring the threshold down. down a bit more, and then a bit more. that limiter/clipper kicks arse

 

[Fragle]

since i only tend to use 2bus compression for glue and not for leveling, i'm usually running it during the mix, so consequently the mixdown will have the compression on it. gclips get used in my mastering chain.
so, compression-> clipping for me.

 

[AdamWathan]

i use analog channel on the drums and on the mix bus whcih mildly compresses and saturates the transients.
then once ive mixed it down. open waveburner...
insert ozone. set loudness maximiser to intelligent 2, clip, out to -.3 then bring the threshold down. down a bit more, and then a bit more. that limiter/clipper kicks arse

Yep exactly what I do. Just set Ozone to pure clipping mode, or just shy of it (I usually set that slider to like 0.5) and give 'er hell. If your mix is balanced it will be loud as fuck, and you are done.

 

[darthjujuu]

love these threads. i always catch myself wasting way too much time dickin around with the 2bus when i should be neck deep in mixing. my first project to be ACTUALLY mastered is coming up...i'm so pumped.

 

[colonel kurtz]

love these threads

hard to believe i started one that ended up including, like...useful dialogue and stuff