Vintage Limiter No. 6 is still the best limiter plugin money can't buy

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  1. ayana

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    Thanks @AgafonovTimur for the instant response. I really appreciate it.
     
  2. Stevie Dude

    Stevie Dude Audiosexual

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    it's the zip file. click on it. at the first post.

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    nvm, there's another link.
     
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    limiters have been in usage for ages, nothing new and a much needed tool sometimes.
     
  4. jynx

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    I agree!!
    But i both love n hate tokyo dawns revamp simply because the cpu load is insane, even on my system which aint slow believe me , im at 70% with all features on, even in eco mode its still a drain,
    But the normal plain jane version doesnt affect my cpu, Point is yes i agreee
    Molots got a good bit of charachter too, and again tokyo dawns revamp just uses more cpu unecessarily
     
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    Limiter №6 let me hit -8 LUFS before I even knew what I'm doing and it didn't sound all that shitty.
     
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  6. Lois Lane

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    Been using Limiter°6 forever, it's my Love Potion°9. It's cheap at twice the price.
     
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    it is russian..eh? that is good.... that is very good...
     
  8. Lois Lane

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    When playing with this Russian I need to use the Russian Limiter °6 else I begin to seriously run out of headroom.

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  9. Jayster

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    First of all: there is no such thing as a "best limiter". A Limiter is basically a compressor with extremely high ratio. Would you say that there is a "best compressor" no? All compressors sound different, hence do limiters. TRD Lim No.6 may sound great for some genre of music, where for the rest other limiters will sound better subjectively. Is there any objective test for "good sounding"? No. I ususally cycle though 4x limiters that went to my favoutits over the years, and one of them will always work superior for almost any genre i master. TRD Lim No.6 is not one of them....
     
  10. Stevie Dude

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  11. aleksalt

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    Hm, you criticised one unit (naming it) and praised another one (no naming it)...
    sounds unfair...open your secret weapon's name, please?
     
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    I consider the best limiter which is the most transparent. This can be found out objectively by measuring and subjectively by listening and comparing.
     
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    I mostly use ReaLimit, REAPERs stock limiter. It is ok. Does the job. If I need something more specific, I still have enough options in my list that I can switch to.
     
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    ! [​IMG]

    Attack time and ratio shouldn't be an issue nowadays (but you never know), they mostly differ in release stage and added distortion, which is measurable - AFAIK. :winker:
     
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    Yes, because of program dependency.
    No, because of program dependency.
     
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    So? I can measure the added harmonics statically in PD and dynamically in a DAW with a sine wave played with a synth with different velocities and release times.
     
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    Yes, it might still be the best limiter plugin money can't buy!

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    I was shooting something else, you are just collateral.
     
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