Re: Difference between compresson and volume maximizer?

In article <vvr5i.56608$V75.50614@edtnps89>, chev@xxxxxxxx says...

In article <bZydnetIwda_XMjbnZ2dnUVZ_o-knZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ethanwatethanwinerdotcom says...

Doc,

How would you define what the difference is in their functions?

See my Peak Slammer review for an explanation of how these devices work:

http://www.ethanwiner.com/peakslammer.html


Watch out, this article is peppered with ridiculous errors like:

"The usual way to make tracks loud is with compression, either standard or
multi-band. But over-compression reduces the dynamic range to zero and adds
nasty artifacts. "

a program with a dynamic range of 'zero' could be nothing other than white
noise.


And especially amusing is that your method of using Peak Slammer causes a
reduction of dynamic range that sacrifices the low bits of the signal, which
limiting doesn't. You say to set Peak Limiter to -10db if your program's peak
is -6db, then you normalize the -10db file. What do you think happens to your
low bits when you do that? They disappear. While the low bits are the least
significant bits of your signal, they are part of the signal's resolution,
unlike the empty bits representing your headroom. If you were producing final
products at 16bit you could ensure that your low bits are as insignificant as
possible by recording at 24bit, but then you'd have to record as hot as
possible, negating the usual benefit of 24bit recording, that being the ability
to have large headroom by not recording hot levels.

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