HOWEVER That doesn't mean limiting the balls off everything. Limiting costs impact, after a point.
Impact is a tricky thing to define. Think of drums. Skinny little drums have punch or snap (make you blink), but no BEEF. Having everything mashed into a limiter has beef but no impact. The optimum balance of punch/transients and RMS/fullness is where impact, or power comes from. Space and clarity also play into that (no unnecessary shoite).
I think most of us would agree that we want tunes to be clean, fat as all buggery and to smack people in the face, all at once. Right? *
That's what you're looking for. You already know what it is.
* Or is this the Smooth Ballad production board?
