Why Can't I (#2) ???...[with the right gear]

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I have actually been searching for an outboard limiter for mastering. There really seems to be not too many options. Other than the SSL comp (which I'm not even sure makes a good brickwall limiter) I really don't see very much else.
 
I think that when you are saying things like sparkle and bite, you are hearing the result of this technique adding additional harmonics
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No I'm not, Tom...I'm hearing less of a loss in the sparkle & bite in the original track, using that method.

Man...you guys are so doggone old school you won't even consider this ??? I can't believe it...you have 95/100 clients come in who want traditional mastering & you use a traditional processing chain & all is well...& you get 5 guys who come in who don't want the bass & kick over-energized by the Manley or the pianos & rhythm guitars made too prominent via any traditional compression/limiting mastering chain...who are satisfied with their basic mix & just want it louder; & they become out of the mainstream kooks?

Holy crap...I cant believe it...such dogma...such resistance.

The tenor sax I was talking about never responded well to a conventional chain...we tried it. It sounded flat topped & lackluster...plain & simple. Now, it sounds great...95% of the original sonic character was retained. The whole stereo track doesn't emote any audible static clipping crackle to speak of. If you zoom all the way in on the flattish peaks (& yes...it does look like a sponge stood up on edge...like the Ricky Martin example in Katz's book)...but on closer examination, most of the spikes are natural, with only short, in-between series' marginally over the ceiling. I don't think the ME needs to be retrained, as suggested. I think he actually hit the mark.

So...back to the original question...those of you (ME's) who know of this...can it be done with one box? Or do I need two machines (PCs)...one feeding tracks/stems out of a separate D/A & one recapturing with a separate A/D? Any way to do this digitally...internally w/ one A/D/A box, as a digital loop...maybe using R75 coax in a S/P DIF loop?

mark4man
 
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I am pretty sure you would need 2 machines. or at the least some sort of mid-term device like a tape machine.
 
At the very least, you would need a device to bring up and control the volume going back into the A/D, I guess.
 
thnx tom

thnx for the post.... and i understand the harmonics involved in the clipping idea.... in your test were you able to determine if the noise was in fact some multiple of the sampling freq?? curious... thnx again....
 
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