Ableton Tutorial--Using the Limiter Effect

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Uploaded by on Mar 22, 2011

Hello yall! Welcome to a brief explanation of the least-sexy, but super crucial effect in Ableton Live: The Limiter. This little video will first go through an explanation of what a limiter does, followed by a quick demonstration of its use. I hope that this comes in handy for yall, since I've had a lot of questions about how to use this little guy! Leave me a comment and tell me what you think, as well as any requests for effects to feature in the future!

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  • Extremely helpful tutorial. I was searching to solve the peaking issue and found your video. great work.

    Is there a way to tackle the peaking issue without having an effect on the dynamic tone ?

  • @IbnSaeed That is one of the tradeoffs. I would only use this effect for things that peak occasionally. Otherwise you run the risk of "squashing" the sound.

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  • Excellent tutorial man!  This is exactly what I have been looking for. I have been struggling to make my tracks without limiters but it seems near impossible to make them loud without it. You seem like a nice guy too.

  • good stuff thanks dude!

  • THANK YOU! Legendary tutorial.

  • @dpndt The "Utility" unit it totally different than the limiter. The Utility is used for gain adjustments, phasing, panning, stereo width, etc. The manual is your friend. Read it.

  • what is the difference between Limiter and Utility in Ableton ?! I've been watching other videos about mastering tracks and some use Limiter, while others use Utility!

  • @elnoumon How about using a Compressor plugin to keep the dynamics and to hold off the peaking ?

  • excellent vid hleped a lot

  • Hey. For some reason, my limiter won't even allow clipping on my master as soon as I put it out, so I can't adjust the setting to know how much it clips. While your loop was playing, your master would still clip despite your limiter being active (before you tinkered with the gain/ceiling.)

    What gives? Thanks.

    What am I doing wrong?

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