Suggested workflows, Native, pro tools le/tdm, 12 suggested workflows – Sonnox Oxford Limiter User Manual
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12 SUGGESTED WORKFLOWS
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12 Suggested Workflows
12.1 Native, Pro Tools LE/TDM
A step-by-step guide for three different sounds:
Recipe
1
–
Setting
up
the
Oxford
Limiter
for
the
cleanest, most
transparent
output
that
is
suitable
for
output
to
a
file
or
a
DAC
1. Set the attack and release times to relatively slow (for example about midway) so
that you like the sound. (Try starting out with the preset ‘Clean gentle no enh’)
2. Push the input gain to about +6dB.
3. Set Safe Mode Off, and Enhance fader to 0%
4. Set Dither to None.
5. Set Peak hold On, Auto-Comp off, Recon off.
6. Run through your entire material. At the end, note how much over unity your peak
value is.
7.
Either
Reduce the Output Fader by the same amount. If there were no over unity
peaks, you can increase your output gain by the amount the peak value was
under- unity.
Or Reduce the Input fader by the same amount. The less you push the input gain,
the less compressed the sound (or the more its dynamic characteristics remain
untouched.)
8. If you changed the Input level in stage 7, you must repeat stage 6 and 7 to check
where the peak sample turns out to be. This is because changing the input level will
have non-linear consequences to the output level.
9. Set dither mode to 16-bits (for CD) or 24-Bits (for a good DAC feed by a digital
output), enable Auto-Comp, and rerun through your mix to check that the output
does not clip. If it does, reduce the Output fader by a fraction, say 0.0008dB.
10. You are now ready to burn to CD.