{"id":109,"date":"2011-01-03T16:18:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2011-01-11T07:28:30","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T15:28:30","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/blog\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a compressor and a limiter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A limiter is like a compressor on steroids.<\/p>\n<p>When you compress a sound, the loud parts get quieter and the quiet sections may become louder. This is useful if you want to make your CDs as loud as possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_639\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-639\" href=\"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/urei1178\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-639\" class=\"size-full wp-image-639 \" style=\"border: 1px solid red;\" title=\"Urei1178\" src=\"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Urei1178-e1294337178744.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"53\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two channel compressor\/limiter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you set the compressor or limiter correctly, the overall volume from beginning to end stays at a high level throughout.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_641\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-641\" href=\"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/simplercompressorplugin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641  \" style=\"border: 1px solid red;\" title=\"simplercompressorplugin\" src=\"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/simplercompressorplugin-e1294337334204.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A simple compressor plug-in<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The student engineer should not attempt to use a multi-function compressor until he or she has mastered one of the basic models.<\/p>\n<p>The controls usually found on a basic unit are: Input, Output, Attack, Release and Ratio. (25 pages on compressors in the course).  <a href=\"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/?page_id=38\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recordingengineerschool.com\/images\/backtotop.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a> <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.audioinstitute.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.audioinstitute.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recordingengineerschool.com\/images\/home.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" <\/a\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook_hcount' st_title='What is the difference between a compressor and a limiter?' st_url='http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/blog\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_twitter_hcount' st_title='What is the difference between a compressor and a limiter?' st_url='http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/blog\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_email_hcount' st_title='What is the difference between a compressor and a limiter?' st_url='http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/blog\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/' displayText='share'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis_hcount' st_title='What is the difference between a compressor and a limiter?' st_url='http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/blog\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-compressor-and-a-limiter\/' displayText='share'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A limiter is like a compressor on steroids. 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