What is a Limiter? // AUDIO Production Tools Part V of V // How to use a Limiter tutorial

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THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK of the audio tools course!! This week is on Limiters, the final tool in the signal chain.

The limiters main function is to boost audio levels while preventing clipping - so there are two main parameters associated with the limiter. One focuses on boosting the signal, the other focuses on holding it back at the top. Limiters are VERY effective and necessary tools in video audio production for that final audio boost!

[EricTuba-tv]

Professional way of explaining a musical plugin ❤

[adrianmack]

Man....you broke all 5 elements down in the audio component. This was awesome. Thank you. I practiced each piece while watching the video. For me the visual drawing of the water was perfect. Thanks man. Based on what you demonstrated in this 5 week audio run through, I fixed some terrible audio in video I just put out.

[boyanshortfilm]

Very helpful, and very intelligent way of telling. Thanks.

[balboskey]

OLIVER I appreciate all that you do for us...thank you for saving my audio with your lessons.

[khadijahdesilva]

Thank you. These were concise, yet thorough. I needed this to edit a project for my editing class since we were focused on visual cutting.

[kevddiaz]

When you say the audio gets pulled back after hitting the wall, you mean that all the audio information is still within the song? Or does the part of the audio that went over just simple gets cut-off and thats why using too much of it is bad? Thank you

[Twenti]

This is great, your explanation is very clear. Personally being a visual learner would like to see maybe some screen recording of showing an example of what you mean or a short 10 second clip with voice over explaining what is happening. Just some constructive criticism but this video was great and I understood right away coming in with no knowledge. Many thanks from Arizona!

[AtomizedSound]

For dialogue or voice overs wouldn’t limiting to -6 dB and then as a final signal chain use a “Normalizer” to -3 dB be sufficient or better?

[rachelederossi]

hi beautiful video, i would like to watch a compare about several limiters
thanks

[tuhin]

after watching, reading multiple content about limiter...your video gave me proper concept of You so Much...Love from India....just need 1 clarification...why sound gets louder when I down the threshold??

[GiancarloCadengue]

Thank you VERY much. Just bought a NTG3 and had no idea how to make it sound good (my audio editing using lavs was better before this course haha, now i dont fear booms anymore)

[PatrickNiedermayer]

Thank you! That course helped me a lot 👌🏼

[dronereviewman]

Talk away my friend this is all good info 👍👍

[lordshiva]

can you make video of difference between maximizer & limiter??

[benja]

What is a limmiter?
Limiter is a dynamic proccesor that manipulates the amplitude of a signal.

Purpose:
A limmiter raises the amplitude at a designated amount and you set an amount for it to stop at.

What does it do?
It just raises it how much ever you want. And their is a ceiling it stops at.

Types:
Brickwall limiting
True limiting etc.


Second Definition:
A Limmiter is like a compressor with above a 10:1 Ratio.

[] Recall that compressors turn down audio peaks when they go over a certain threshold level.
[] The ratio determines how much that audio will be reduced by
[] A 3:1 Ratio translates in english to "For every 3db the audio goes over my set threshold, turn down by 1db"
[] Therefore a 10:1 Ration translates to " For every 10db the audio goes over my set threshold turn it down by 1db ???"

I dont see how it's a compressor when it's not compressing...? Im confused.

[realmadwolf]

While making music the thoughts about how I want my music to sound :- 4:50 hahahaha

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