Hit the nail on the head 😊

Word!!

Do you add it on the master before you start to mix?

One thing I know, at least regarding FL is that it's actually OK for the main bus to clip a little. That is another way to squeeze a little more volume out of your mix. Never heard any real hard rules regarding when and where to use a compressor/limiter. I would think the reason they say to leave out the limiting is because the person mastering is supposed to do that. They're also supposed to have lots of high priced equipment to squeeze out those last little bits of quality (realistically the most important part because it's what will put you over the rest). In other words mastering is SUPPOSED to be them doing things that you can't (by virtue of being cost prohibitive) because you'd never be able to without the right equipment, no matter how bad you wanted to. It's basically like garnishing a meal. That meal technically isn't 100% finished until it's made to look it's best on a plate, even though the vast majority of people would eat it regardless. You're doing it to make sure that even the pickiest of the pickiest eaters will be satisfied as well. Those "picky eaters" are your artists, producers etc. your customers, in a very competitive marketplace. Because I can show a 5/10 beat to someone who knows jack about making beats and they'll think it's the greatest thing they've ever heard. Show that same beat to someone who knows what they're doing though and it's like "well you have distortion here, it's clipping there, getting muddy here, your structure is too amateurish, etc". And at the end of the day, most of those "picky eaters" are your customers. Anyone can tell you that your beat is the greatest they ever heard, especially if they're not the ones forking over the money for it.

He's just using it to check the mix, he's not keeping the limiter on always and I'm sure he's not sending it to master with the limiter on.

100%

Leave mixing and mastering to actual mastering engineers. You're stealing money from them and make their work harder. Stick to producing.

@@levondarratt787 If I had the money to do that I would. I don't So I've been doing it myself like MOST bedroom producers. My music is for me so it wouldn't really be worth spending the money if I had it to just have tracks live on a hard drive. :)

@@levondarratt787 Lol that was the dumbest response ive read thats narrow af

@@franmaga28 fr why so mad

@@essayprometheus idk lol this clearly first world spoiled grown ahh kids think they slick with these bs responses. Imagine you cant nearly afford to pay an actual mastering engineer like most of the world that exists outside ya bubble cant do, guess his advice would be to quit making music. Go take a nap boy

Please cease to type like this ever again.

yea so you can make sure the snares kicks and etc. is on point.

Limiters are more aggressive compressors. If your threshold is -0.1 db and you put a limiter the mix will never go above -0.1, however with a compressor a little will pass through

@@shalyfemusic thank you for your response. i recognise the role of limiters but what would make someone like Illangelo prioritise loudness with a limiter rather then mixing vocals with compressor(s)? in the "alone again" MWTM video i references, Illangelo is using the Manley VoxBox Pre for vocal envelope shaping and tone, but why mix with a limiter i'm not entirely sure, it could be for loudness reasons, or consistency of lead vox throughout the weeknd's workflow etc.