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Well a “limiter” will prevent the signal from crossing a certain volume threshold, but it doesn’t necessarily change the sound of things, so you’d expect dynamics to stay the same.

A compressor is taking all the dynamics and ‘puffing them out’ so they sound more equal to each other, which does change the dynamics.

At least that’s my take. Limiter can sometimes use compression to do what it does, and that blurs it a little but in theory thats the main difference.

So i’ll take a live recording and compress it, which makes quieter instruments louder and vice versa, and then I’ll apply limiting so that nothing goes over, say, -1db so the signal never clips.

on Queen · c/tenforward · 7 pts · 3h

Buddy you’re a borg
In a borg cube
Starin’ at the floor
Gonna be a big threat someday
Ya got a hose on your face
You big disgrace
Assimilating skills from every race

on Long comfy Emily · c/cat · 3 pts · 3h

Hey, if you need to type on your little screen there, do it on your own time! Now couch it up there, h00min.