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Why is Hard Limit turned off for generic presets?
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Author:  Brian [ Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Why is Hard Limit turned off for generic presets?
I've been wondering about this for a while. What is the point of turning that off, even if the posted preset has it enabled? I don't see any mention of that being a paid function, but perhaps I missed it.

The reason I'm asking is because I'd love to stop using the singleband compressor + volume reduction combination to address overshoots and just use hard limit. Using the singleband compressor and a simple clipper volume drop causes peaks to get scrunched (deformed?) a bit. For example, the slap / clap sounds in Thriller, they have a bit of their edge taken off due to the singleband compressor.
Author:  hvz [ Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is Hard Limit turned off for generic presets?
The reason is that after the 'simple clipper', only small peaks are left; setting the output level to 95% or so suffices to avoid overshoots. And Hard Limit uses (some) CPU power, so I didn't see the need - for casual listening where loudness isn't an issue anyway - to have it turned on.
Author:  Brian [ Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is Hard Limit turned off for generic presets?
You do realize the irony of you mentioning CPU load to me as the reason why you turn the option off? :P

My preference would be to set Simple Clipper at 100%, turn off singleband, and enable hard limit. If the RMS needed to be brought back down, that can easily be handled by lowering the AGC target level slightly.
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