On 01.01.2007, at 02:09, jonathankek2000 wrote: > Relying on Technology only goes so far. That's a quote from George > Martin Well, that sounds if we had read the same book. Now comes the question: Squeezing the transients means squeezing the whole sound (freely quoted from Mike Stavrou, right?). That means if you use a limiter to "cut" your violent transients it doesn't really "cut" but actually push everything around the transients down. To be exact, everything shortly after such a transient will be lower than it was. So it is not a cure but rather self-defense. And the solution is to either avoid that trasients in the recording stage or bring them - and only them - individually down afterwards. Can you agree? ___ Peter Ostry