They’re different. Normalizing raises the peaks of your audio to a given value/loudness without compressing the dynamic range, whereas limiting has a compression effect.
Ideally in that circumstance you’d adjust your gain first so your loud sections don’t end up over compressed or clipping, but generally i set my levels for the average loudness I expect for my recording. If I’m mostly talking, set to that level. If I expect to be yelling a lot, set for that. Hope that helps!
@@jaymyersvoiceover thank you for this but what I’m actually trying to say is since Im yelling should my compressor settings only compress the peaks of my yells or the peaks of my speech. My levels are set fine for the recording, post is where I’m struggling. You’re awesome by the way bro helped me alot
@@Dsmoove94 In that case, you might want to use two compressors. Set the first one with a higher ratio and threshold than you normally would, then use the second to apply gentle compression overall. That way you can tame the peaks in louder moments, and bring those levels closer to what your average loudness is overall.
Very informative Jay, I'm looking forward to the next one ;-)
Glad to hear it!
Hi Jay! I do have a question🤔What kind of mic arm you use? I’m guessing there is some kind of clamp attached to it?
Yeah! The brand is Yellowtec. It’s a mounting system that’s built into the Studiobricks.
Are you treating the limiter the same as the normalization process, or are they different from each other? Thanks!
They’re different. Normalizing raises the peaks of your audio to a given value/loudness without compressing the dynamic range, whereas limiting has a compression effect.
So if I scream or yell like if I play a game should I compress at my average talking levels or compress at the peak of the screams
Ideally in that circumstance you’d adjust your gain first so your loud sections don’t end up over compressed or clipping, but generally i set my levels for the average loudness I expect for my recording. If I’m mostly talking, set to that level. If I expect to be yelling a lot, set for that. Hope that helps!
@@jaymyersvoiceover thank you for this but what I’m actually trying to say is since Im yelling should my compressor settings only compress the peaks of my yells or the peaks of my speech. My levels are set fine for the recording, post is where I’m struggling. You’re awesome by the way bro helped me alot
@@Dsmoove94 In that case, you might want to use two compressors. Set the first one with a higher ratio and threshold than you normally would, then use the second to apply gentle compression overall. That way you can tame the peaks in louder moments, and bring those levels closer to what your average loudness is overall.