Strip and Bus Tools
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Ramses MSC reference guide
Strip and Bus Tools : Bus Tools
Limiter section
This is a straightforward ‘brick-wall’ limiter with simple Threshold and Release parameters. However, the
DRC (Dynamic Release Compensation) feature described in the next section can be activated to allow very
musical control of the release time.
A brickwall limiter is a limiter which guarantees that the output level will never exceed the threshold level.
On a normal limiter, a high level signal with very fast attack might cause an output higher than the threshold
level, with a brickwall limiter this will not happen.
Show/Hide Limiter section
Limiter section on/off
Gain reduction display
The bar graph shows the gain reduction generated by the
Limiter Section
. The range of the display can be
switched between 6 or 12 dB by clicking on the bar graph. Scale markings in 1dB increments on the right-
hand side of the bar graph make it easy to see if the range is 6 or 12 dB.
Threshold control
If the input signal level rises above the threshold level, the gain of the limiter is reduced. This limiter guaran-
tees that at no time will the level of the output signal exceed the threshold.
Release control
This parameter controls the amount of time the limiter takes to release. I.e remove the gain reduction) when
the input level was above the threshold level and starts fall. During the hold time the gain of the compressor
remains constant. The lower the release time, the faster the reaction.
Limiter DRC Section
DRC
stands for
D
ynamic
R
elease
C
ompensation. In short, this means the release time of the limiter is
altered depending on the dynamic nature of the signal routed through the processor.
Show/hide DRC section
Show/Hide Limiter Section
Gain Reduction Display
Threshold Control
Limiter Section On/Off
Release Control
Show/Hide DRC Section
Release Acceleration or
Modification Display
Velocity Control
DRC Section On/Off
Gain Reduction Bargraph
Dynamics Bargraph
Curve Control
Lookahead Delay Control
Offset Control
