Sonnox Oxford Limiter User Manual
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12.1 Native, Pro Tools LE/TDM
12 SUGGESTED WORKFLOWS
Recipe 2 – Setting up the Oxford Limiter for the Loudest Possible Impact
1. Set Attack and Release times to relatively slow (for example about midway) so that
you like the sound. (Start with preset ‘Hot and Pumpy’ or ‘Slammer Safe’).
2. Set Safe Mode On, and set Enhance fader to 0%.
3. Set dither mode to 16-bits (for CD) or 24-Bits (for a good DAC feed by a digital
output).
4. Set Peak Hold On and Auto-Comp On.
5. Set Output fader to -0.0008dB.
6. You can now experiment with pushing the input level while listening to the sound,
and pushing the Enhance level while listening to the sound, or both. The more
Enhance you have, the bigger and fatter the sound. The more input you have, the
louder the perceived result. No matter what you do to the input fader or enhance
fader, you should not get hard clipping.
Recipe 3 – Setting up the Oxford Limiter as a ‘Brick-wall’ Limiter
1. Set Attack and Release times to relatively fast (near the bottom) so that you like the
sound without distortion appearing. (Start with preset ‘Brickwall Enh’).
2. Set Safe Mode On, and set Enhance fader to 0
3. Set dither mode to 16-bits (for CD) or 24-Bits (for a good DAC feed by a digital
output).
4. Set Peak Hold On and Auto-Comp On.
5. You can now experiment with pushing the input level while listening to the sound.
The more input you have, the more ‘compressed’ the perceived result, up to a point.
You can also experiment with pushing the enhance fader to fatten your sound. No
matter what you do to the input fader or enhance fader, you should not get hard
clipping, but you may hear soft distortion if either are pushed too much.
6. For a cleaner sound, you may want to turn the Safe Mode off, and proceed as for
Recipe 1 above, but with faster attack time.