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You have to record at a lower level so it never clips, then process it however you want in Logic. The mixer could do what you wanted because the signal hit the limiter FIRST, before other parts of the signal chain. This is the big problem with USB mics and other devices that supposedly simplify the process. They hide what's really happening and prevent people from knowing what's really going on. Recording is just not as simple as you wanted it to be.

I can tell from your posts that you don't yet have the whole picture of how sound works in the analog and digital domains. If you stop insisting that things are the way you want them to be, and instead take the time to learn how they actually are, you will have much more success. Oh that makes a lot more sense. I wasn't trying to insist that anything should be any particular way lol I was just saying it seems like there should be a way to do something that simple but most of the time I guess there isn't.

I'm having a hard time grasping my head around the concept that my track could be clipping in some internal converter inside my microphone but that this would be fixed simply by turning down the gain in logic?

I just worked my way through one of the logic 9 pro training books by david nahmani and was really happy with the way it taught me all the basics in logic. However, when it came to stuff like compression, limiting, etc it barely taught me anything!

Well at the beginning of the recording lesson 2 there's an explanation of the signal chain where I explain what goes into a signal chain for digital audio recording.

That should make it clear why you can't adjust the recording level in Logic. Also the chapter on Mixing has a good overview of compressors and limiters. I mean that's not the scope of the book to completely detail how compressors and limiters work or how to use them for any possible instruments, but that should at least give you a little insight about how to use them, no? I don't know them well so I'll let someone else advise you on this topic. You would select the input device usb mic , and adjust the input gain.

Read over the text in the blue box on page 60 of David's Logic 9 book a few times - your signal is clipping at step 2 or 3.

Logic doesn't get a chance to do limiting until step 5. There might be a little application that works as a "remote control" to the preamp gain setting step 2 in the hardware circuits of your USB mic. If you can find it, that is the thing you need to turn down to avoid clipping. If your friend's audio interface didn't seem to allow clipping, I'm not sure why that would be, but there are no magic devices that just never clip.

Even limiters clip eventually. There has to be something else going on there, probably something simple that just wasn't obvious maybe its gain was set low. Just get them to the middle of the range for now. We'll worry about loudness later. Haha silly me I didn't make a connection between this book and my administrative friend who answers all my logic questions. But props to writing such a good book! I can tell attenuate is one of your favorite words. I guess i mixed page 60 as I was trying to work my way through this book, that clears things up a bit.

Still on may way down a long and treacherous road to actually understanding logic You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Click here! How to use a limiter. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted October 23, I've been messing around with using a limiter and I can't quite seem to figure out how to get it to work even after reading through the manual.

I'm trying to set up a limiter to that as I record my guitar tracks the limiter will suppress all the noises over 0 decibels and I wont get any clipping at all. How do I do this exactly? Logic pro 9 Macbook pro os x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Matt Mayfield Posted October 23, To fix this, reduce your input gain. David Nahmani Posted October 23, I didn't even know about the channel strips' internal headroom - I was under the impression that you should not have indiv channel strips clipping..

Bouncing is about the only process where clipping can occur because up to that point calculations are floating point which has no reachable limits. Only 3rd party plugins that are not floating point may clip with more than 0dBfs on channel strips.

When bouncing, the range is fixed to 24 bits fixed point, so you need to limit the signal before. Edirol FA, FM8 v1. In my opinion I would not limit a mix before you send it to mastering. Mastering guys always want more headroom, and they are going to be doing exactly what you would be doing with the adaptive limiter, but better, and with better equipment.

If you really really think it sounds a lot better with your adaptive limiter on the output, than Bounce one down with it off and bounce one down with it on and give them a choice. FWIW I also put some limiting on my mixes when I send them to the artist or whatnot, so they can hear what things will sound like when it's pushed a bit in mastering, but then I always take any "mastering-type" effects off when I send it to mastering.

If you want to have it mastered, give it much headroom. But still you should use a limiter to avoid clipping on peaks that may randomly occur as discussed in other threads. In this case you don't want the limiter to do anything, but if peaks happen to overshoot 0dBfs, it's better to have the limiter in the output channel.

There are some creative ways of using limiters during mastering, like having one before the comp to get some of the small peaks so the compressor doesn't work so hard and some even will use two limiters on the output. But if you are prepping a mix for mastering, why do any of that before the real thing is going to happen? Leave as much dynamic level in your 24 bit files as possible so that a proper mastering job can be applied after the bounce.

OTOH, If you are not going to a mastering stage but simply limiting a bit to get your song in the ball park of everyone else's loud stuff, sure, go for it. Tarekith, your mixing guide helped a lot, I know about most of the concepts, but you explain them very well.. I was also checking out your website and some of your other tutorials..

Jope, you say I need a limiter before bouncing, period. Right now, I'm in the mixing phase of production - bouncing different versions and comparing. I was under the impression I shouldn't limit twice, but what I understand from you is that I should apply the limiter when bouncing various mixdowns, and once I choose the best one, bounce without limiter and take it to the mastering phase. Evanbrass, I am going to be mastering myself in Logic.

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