I just picked up a Apogee mini me and was wondering if I should use the soft limit feature or not. I usually don't filter or limit anything but wanted to ask if it's actually a good idea or not. Thanks for your help!
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The soft limiter on the mini-me is the absolute shit! It sounds really good and is super useful for music like bluegrass. I wouldn't necessarily use it at a rock concert, but anytime there is wide dynamic range it will come in very handy.
Experiment the 3 (?) curves and use it liberally!
So it's good for acoustic/quieter music but not necessary for something like Phish?
I too like it. I'd use it at a rock show personally, but I'd be careful about how much I pound it there. I can't remember the settings but it's the one without compression is what I'd use in most cases. (although I've heard some metal/hard rock with that compression setting that sounded epic. I personally wouldn't use that though)
Why use it at all (except in rare situations when it's particularly difficult to set levels without fear of clipping)?
Unless you have a specific need (to help prevent clipping in challenging situations) or desire (if you especially like the sonic signature the feature imparts), I'd skip it: set levels so, even at peaks, you don't clip. Then apply any "soft limiting" in post when you have more control over the results.
I used to run the soft limiter on the AD-1000 and liked it for a while, but then found that I would push the levels too much and began to dislike the feature. Once I got the mini-me a few years ago I have never used the soft limiter and never will. As Brian indicated, one can always limit or apply compression in post with more precision and control.
Soft limit all the time (SL, not SLC) for me.
You can put more "under the curve". I find that many spurious peaks are tamed just nicely.
Haven't found a compressor that duplicates what SL does.
I run it all the time and support the message above. ;D
Quote from: capnhook on February 15, 2014, 12:04:29 PM
I find that many spurious peaks wooks are tamed just nicely.
Ftfy.
Quote from: hawghunter on March 16, 2014, 08:26:20 PM
I run it all the time and support the message above. ;D
yeahyouright hawghunter