By Manglepup
Sat Apr 13, 2019 1:25 am
Hey,
Just wanted to see if anyone has felt their way around the Air Maximizer. I have been trying to use it on my master track; as a way of limiting anything that is clipping and / or bringing levels up a bit - but to be honest I am having a hard time with it. I haven't used a plugin like it before (I use hardware almost exclusively), so I've had cases where it really adds to a track, but then others where its undoubtedly distorting things and throwing the relative level of instruments/programs off.
I know that individually getting every pad, and every programs level right is probably the best way; but I've enjoyed the maximizer in some cases because it takes me 90% of the way to that goal without having to futz with all the levels and the relative mixing.
I was hoping someone might have some pointers for using it, or if you think another route to control clipping is best - feel free to mention it. Also, please feel free to throw advice for any of the other Air FX in here as well - I've had a pretty good results with the Filter Gate, Reverb, Non-Linear Reverb (situational), Ensemble, and Channel Strip.
Just wanted to see if anyone has felt their way around the Air Maximizer. I have been trying to use it on my master track; as a way of limiting anything that is clipping and / or bringing levels up a bit - but to be honest I am having a hard time with it. I haven't used a plugin like it before (I use hardware almost exclusively), so I've had cases where it really adds to a track, but then others where its undoubtedly distorting things and throwing the relative level of instruments/programs off.
I know that individually getting every pad, and every programs level right is probably the best way; but I've enjoyed the maximizer in some cases because it takes me 90% of the way to that goal without having to futz with all the levels and the relative mixing.
I was hoping someone might have some pointers for using it, or if you think another route to control clipping is best - feel free to mention it. Also, please feel free to throw advice for any of the other Air FX in here as well - I've had a pretty good results with the Filter Gate, Reverb, Non-Linear Reverb (situational), Ensemble, and Channel Strip.