Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

is, vocals don't need as much as a bass does.
Q2.4 What is limiting? How is it different from compression?
ak748@detroit.freenet.org (Daniel W. Newport) writes:
It's compression in the extreme. That is, once the signal [level]
reaches some preset threshold instead of compressing it at some ratio
say 2:1 or 4:1, [the limiter] limits it at that level, (infinity:1) by
not allowing the signal level to go beyond this.
lwillia@ix.netcom.com (Larry Williams) writes:
Some limiters will allow a slight increase in level above the
threshold (a ratio of 20:1, for instance), others act as a "brick
wall" limiter allowing absolutely no level above the threshold.
Limiters are useful especially on digital audio equipment where no
signal above 0 VU should ever exist. They are also useful in live
sound systems where feedback volume can be controlled, protecting both
the speaker systems, and the performers' and listeners' ears.
[What is a Dietz dual limiter?? --DSF]
Q2.7 What is a noise gate?
A noise gate lets a signal through when it is louder than a certain
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