How to hard limit in Izotope Ozone?

[samdam1]

Hey guys,


What is the best way to hard limit in izotope ozone,

I can't do it without making a distorted mess lol, because I still want Max loudness

[ehbes]

[sluggy]

Why would you want 'Max loudness', it'll make it sound horrible even if there's no "audio distortion" hence all of the dynamic range will be eliminated. Now I'm definitely not a 'Pro' in any sense of the word, but it would appear you're doing something wrong. You should check the documentation on Ozone, a 'high class' mastering plugin like that shouldn't be distorting the signal in less you're really pushing it.

[samdam1]

Why would you want 'Max loudness', it'll make it sound horrible even if there's no "audio distortion" hence all of the dynamic range will be eliminated. Now I'm definitely not a 'Pro' in any sense of the word, but it would appear you're doing something wrong. You should check the documentation on Ozone, a 'high class' mastering plugin like that shouldn't be distorting the signal in less you're really pushing it.

No you're completely wrong, I normally use a different type of limiter in ozone, i think its called 'IRC3' off the top of my head. You just gotta know how to have that max loudness while keeping dynamics. I'm fine with that but its a type of limiter that still has a bit of clipping once you mix it down, whereas hard limiting will not allow audio past the said threshold (i have a hangover so forgive me if i'm using some wrong words). So I want to use hard limiting while keeping that max loudness.

[ehbes]

its called brick wall limiting and it crushes dynamics..

[samdam1]

its called brick wall limiting and it crushes dynamics..

Sounds better in a live venue

[ehbes]

im willing to bet it sounds like wall of incoherent noise

[samdam1]

im willing to bet it sounds like wall of incoherent noise

yep

[hasezwei]

MAX LOUDNESS

he's the superhero all the producer kids of today look up to

[Brothulhu]

its called brick wall limiting and it crushes dynamics..

Sounds better in a live venue

Make a nice dynamic mix then crank up the gain when/if you play it live?

[hasezwei]

limiting the shit out of tunes fucks up your drums transients and makes them lose impact
sure its louder but it wont hit nearly as hard

[wub]

its called brick wall limiting and it crushes dynamics..

Sounds better in a live venue

Not if the venues system & sound engineers are any good it shouldn't.