good advice, mark.

to the OP: although not recommended, if you want your songs to sound coherent or
consistent in levels, slap a software compressor on your host's master buss but
with subtle compression. never use a limiter, because as you know (or dont know)
a limiter is a compression with extreme settings.

i would just leave your setup or songs as it is. you dont want your mix to sound
squashed. let the FOH do their thing. let them adjust the volume if needed. your
job is to concentrate on the quality of your dj sets/songs/performance and not
loudness. if you're placing a hardware compressor/limiter (for live use)
thinking for that extra loudness then that's wrong audio mentality, imo.

--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Mark Redito <spazzkidmusic@...> wrote:

>a hardwdare one? im not sure if i have met anybody who has. I mean i used >to
slap in a software compressor on the master output bus of my ableton >live just
to get the levels consistent and in control. but i dunno, it >just doesnt make
sense slapping another limiter/compressor if the stuff >youre playing (assuming
youre a dj) has been squashed the hell out of >already. I remember having a
convo with Malek (of Drip fame) about this, >i remember him telling me that he
doesnt use anything on the master bus. >maybe a slight saturator or a compressor
wouldnt hurt (w/ conservative >settings), but a limiter? im not so sure. Im just
thinking it would make >the output sound more squashed.

my 2 c,

spazzkid