Should I get Pro-L (a limiter)?

Coolschmid · Post by **Coolschmid** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:07 pm

I am buying some fabfilter plugins using an educational discount which also basically allows you to make your own discounted bundles (in addition to the 50% discount).

I was planning on getting their EQ, Compressor, Gate, and Distortion plugins, but their limiter plugin also caught my eye. So here's the deal, I haven't gotten technical with my mixing and mastering yet, just sound design and song arrangement, ect. I have never touched a limiter, I have an idea what it does, but not how I would ever use it. The thing is, if I bought it now, with all these other plugins, I would save alot on it. All the other stuff would cost around $256 total, and I could add the limiter for $60 (buying it alone I would pay $114).

So that being said, is a good limiter something I might find really useful in the future once I mix and shoddy self master my tracks in the future? I just have no idea if I would find myself using it. What do you think?

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:20 pm

I think it may be the best limiter out, better than the eq, comp, gate and distortion plugs. Honestly, go for it. You will use the shit out of it. Not just for self mastering, matey, any and all peak control.

OfficialDAPT · Post by **OfficialDAPT** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:26 pm

depends on what you're using now for a limiter

Coolschmid · Post by **Coolschmid** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:28 pm

Right now I am using nothing for a limiter, unless ableton has a stock one. Call me a noob but I have never even thought about using one lol. Haven't ever gotten into a heavy mix/eq phase yet in any of my tunes though.

OfficialDAPT · Post by **OfficialDAPT** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:35 pm

Coolschmid wrote:Right now I am using nothing for a limiter, unless ableton has a stock one. Call me a noob but I have never even thought about using one lol. Haven't ever gotten into a heavy mix/eq phase yet in any of my tunes though.

Ableton does have a stock one... you must be new to production if you've never used the limiter. I wouldn't recommend spending lots of money early on because once you get more experience you can pinpoint exactly what you need for software.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:37 pm

i.e. pro-L

didi · Post by **didi** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:40 pm

Pro-L is great. Looks good, sounds good. I don't have it myself, but I know people who do and they can't praise it highly enough.

Quality free alternatives though:

http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/

I can vouch for the quality of this one, sounds great. By the same guy who created molot. Even gearslutz is going a bit wild for this.

http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

I don't use this one really, but I have a friend who swears by it. It is supposed to be an exact clone of the Waves L1 limiter. This review actually reckons that it does: http://redfaux.typepad.com/the_redfaux_ ... clone.html

OfficialDAPT · Post by **OfficialDAPT** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:43 pm

nowaysj wrote:i.e. pro-L

I can't imagine it would make that much of a difference but then again I've never used it.

VirtualMark · Post by **VirtualMark** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:48 pm

All of the Fabfilter plugins are top notch, you won't go wrong by using them. They haven't made a bad plugin yet and the ones they have made stand out from the crowd. I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

outbound · Post by **outbound** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:15 am

Get it, amazing limiter

Mazak · Post by **Mazak** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:44 am

you should get an Novice-L instead

mekha · Post by **mekha** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:58 am

http://www.voxengo.com/product/elephant/

Is a much better limiter IMHO.

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:08 pm

OfficialDAPT wrote:
Coolschmid wrote:Right now I am using nothing for a limiter, unless ableton has a stock one. Call me a noob but I have never even thought about using one lol. Haven't ever gotten into a heavy mix/eq phase yet in any of my tunes though.
Ableton does have a stock one... you must be new to production if you've never used the limiter. I wouldn't recommend spending lots of money early on because once you get more experience you can pinpoint exactly what you need for software.

That's true, but this isn't really a lot of money... It's a good deal, so I would pick them up if I were you. Keep in mind though that the included effects in Live are quite good and you can stick to those if you want. Also, you can always sell the Fabfilter plugins. You will need to sell the entire bundle though, not just one plugin.

Dr_Driller · Post by **Dr_Driller** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:38 pm

Pro-L and Pro-Q are my favorite fabfilter plugins..

i make my mix peak at -6 db, then i load Pro-L and set it for +8db, and i'm pretty happy with the result

Shum · Post by **Shum** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:12 pm

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:24 pm

Shum wrote:

That may be the funniest thing I've ever seen. And, I was unaware there was a hidden camera in my studio.

Mazak · Post by **Mazak** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:12 pm

FAUK THOS BEATZ ARE SO PHAT

twilitez · Post by **twilitez** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:14 am

Id like to suggest vlag's limiter as an alternative: https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/

His compressor molot is also quite nice. Obviously if this one doesnt do it for you, you can still buy it.

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:15 am

If we're talking alternatives, it doesn't get too much better than W1 (L1 clone) www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

didi · Post by **didi** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:25 am

wormcode wrote:If we're talking alternatives, it doesn't get too much better than W1 (L1 clone) http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

twilitez wrote:Id like to suggest vlag's limiter as an alternative: https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/

His compressor molot is also quite nice. Obviously if this one doesnt do it for you, you can still buy it.

dididub wrote:Pro-L is great. Looks good, sounds good. I don't have it myself, but I know people who do and they can't praise it highly enough.

Quality free alternatives though:

http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/

I can vouch for the quality of this one, sounds great. By the same guy who created molot. Even gearslutz is going a bit wild for this.

http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

I don't use this one really, but I have a friend who swears by it. It is supposed to be an exact clone of the Waves L1 limiter. This review actually reckons that it does: http://redfaux.typepad.com/the_redfaux_ ... clone.html

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