More on the limiter thing
PostPosted:Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:31 pm
So, I dialed in a limiter on the AxeFX to try to quash those transients ... it really did help the problem I was having with clipping on the board inputs. I set the threshold on it as high as I could get it, but looking at the gain reduction meter when I was dialing it in, it was still kicking in a little bit sooner than I would like it to.
I'm going to try and attach an envelope modifier to the limiter so it will only see the signal above a certain point, if I can figure out how to make it happen.
Anyway, I only ran it during one song on Saturday night (Mississippi Half Step), and I must confess, I was deliberately playing to try and trigger it in spots, so it's not exactly a stellar performance of the tune. But at the end, after the Rio Grandio coda, I was playing some triplets and really accenting certain notes, and even went and cranked up the guitar and played some Franklin's Tower like chords at the end. I can hear the difference but it's subtle. Work in progress ... this is just a quickie 5-minute mix of the band, too. (But it sounds pretty goooooooood, actually. LOL)
http://52vincentdrive.com/halfsteplimit.mp3
If you want the (large) WAV file: http://52vincentdrive.com/halfsteplimit.wav
I put the limiter block between the amp block and the speaker block, where it would be (in theory) if it was being done by the 2300. It wreaked a little havoc with my reverb, because I run that parallel (like it better that way) but it's not noticeable in the mix.
I'm going to try and attach an envelope modifier to the limiter so it will only see the signal above a certain point, if I can figure out how to make it happen.
Anyway, I only ran it during one song on Saturday night (Mississippi Half Step), and I must confess, I was deliberately playing to try and trigger it in spots, so it's not exactly a stellar performance of the tune. But at the end, after the Rio Grandio coda, I was playing some triplets and really accenting certain notes, and even went and cranked up the guitar and played some Franklin's Tower like chords at the end. I can hear the difference but it's subtle. Work in progress ... this is just a quickie 5-minute mix of the band, too. (But it sounds pretty goooooooood, actually. LOL)
http://52vincentdrive.com/halfsteplimit.mp3
If you want the (large) WAV file: http://52vincentdrive.com/halfsteplimit.wav
I put the limiter block between the amp block and the speaker block, where it would be (in theory) if it was being done by the 2300. It wreaked a little havoc with my reverb, because I run that parallel (like it better that way) but it's not noticeable in the mix.