Volume Limiter

[Codeseven]

Can you guys recommend a 'volume limiter' to me? My In Ear Monitors will soon be ready and I want to be able to protect my ears from sudden unexpected increases in volume. My drum mic's are being run through a Yammi MG166XUSB mixer. Is there a device that would go in between the mixer and my IEM's? Thanks

 

[RAMI]

A few companies make one. I think it's called a.........what is it again?......oh yeah!!! It's called a "fader".

 

[Codeseven]

A few companies make one. I think it's called a.........what is it again?......oh yeah!!! It's called a "fader".

Are you being a smart ass or are you serious? This IS the Newbie area, right?

 

[RAMI]

Shit. I forgot to put a smiley at the end of my post.

The answer to your last question is: smart-ass. (sort of)

Here: ......etc......etc......

 

[Supercreep]

A Designs ATTY.

Super useful for lots of things.

 

[Codeseven]

Shit. I forgot to put a smiley at the end of my post.

The answer to your last question is: smart-ass. (sort of)

Here: ......etc......etc......

LOL, ok I got it RAMI.

I see looking around the net there are 'Compressor/Limiters' you can buy. My mixer already has Compression, though without all the compression parameter adjustments (sounds like I know what I'm talking about, but I dont). I think what I'm looking for is a simple in line device to limit the the max volume sent to my IEM's.

 

[Codeseven]

A Designs ATTY.

Super useful for lots of things.

Thanks, that looks more like what I'm looking for.

 

[mixsit]

A fader to "..protect my ears from sudden unexpected increases in volume".

You know what. Skip this place, go here, introduce yourself -real names required, do some searchs perhaps before you ask -about limiters for in ear protection.
http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/f/5/0/
There you go.

 

[studiosound]

Clipping can still happen with a limiter. When heavily compressing/limiting, remember to take into account the errors that can occur when doing this. Metering is not always accurate so mastering for volume it can get tricky. A hair of headroom is needed to account for errors that can occur during down conversion along with digital artifacts from the limiter, plus -0dbf is not always exactly 0 on every system. It’s best to leave .02 to .10dB of headroom on the output of the limiter (depending on the response of the limiter). This also varies depending on how ‘slammed’ you going for; the harder you slam the more headroom should be left. Even the most advanced look-ahead limiters are not perfect and the harder you press them the more room for error.

 

[Shadow_7]

A limiter is normally on the input chain. Headphones are part of the output chain. I'm not sure of any headphone preamps with limiters, but a few microphone preamps have them. On my TV it's called loud noise suppression. Not a limiter. And even when it's on, I don't think it does anything. The commercials are still 300% louder than the movie. And the pop / crackle / sizzle when the digital signal gets degraded is still louder than any other content. It could just be that the TV doesn't apply it to the output RCA jacks, just it's own speakers, but that'd be a little lame IMO for a $500+ HDTV.