Well, I wouldn't say so. I have both and L3 sounds very different to OTT. Plus L3 has 2 more bands and adjustable frequency ranges.I played with Xfer OTT on my drum buss, which is a free version of L3.
An absolute must-see for anyone interested in mastering, loudness or getting your music be heard the right way on streaming sites:
The future of Mastering
Thanks for summarizing itWent here just to post this.
Isn't it so funny and f***ing poetic?All that over-compression madness for the maximum loudness made the old more dynamic records actually sound louder.
Sooooooo good to know you can, and probably should, have nicely dynamic music in this day and age. Limiting and compression should be seen as a stylistic choice and not a loudness weapon.
With that example of his, how limiters crunch the sound awfully, I'm glad to know I don't have to use them at all while mastering, actually. I know I will be using L3 for achieving some specific sound I'm after while mixing, but there's no need to master-squash mixes, I don't think I'll cut even 1 db when finalizing a piece now, so it doesn't introduce those foul artefacts... Which will be introduced by every platform while downgrading your wav to 128 mp3 anyway.
Fear that if you aren't louder (or often brighter) the average joe won't feel it. This seems foolish at first blush, but I see how many artists get uncomfortable at mastering time after they have stated "we don't care about loudness" and then quietly want it at -9 LUFS. It seems to be more prevalent in more aggressive genres, and I think film composers fall into similar traps based on their genre.
You really should watch the video. My post was not much of a summarization but just a comment on it. What I didn't mention was the main point, that levels and loudness are two different things and that by all those platforms introducing normalization at like -14 LUFS (or whatever), they actually made compressed music less loud, because at the same LUFS level, more dynamic music has higher peaks than over-compressed pieces. Now you don't have to watch the video.Thanks for summarizing it
I was being too lazy too watch the whole video
I too use the L3 to "clean" the master. However it sounds digital (for whatever it means) past a certain point, and more modern alternatives have been proposed in this thread: https://vi-control.net/community/threads/alternatives-to-waves.90086/ . I still need to check them out.
What does that mean? For us newbs.I listened.
Sound Design?
Really strange "sizzling" noise here.
Is it just me or is that also clipping? Right at 6:00
Then we mostly agree.I don't use L3 for mastering because the multiband nature changes a lot of balance you create in the mix. To cut off the peaks, it's better to use normal 1 band limiter, but as you see, you don't have to do it at all. As I said, I use L3 only when mixing, basically as an ultra-multi-band-compressor, when I want more tight rather hyped sound.
Well, I would if I were the studio :DWow. I always felt like if I delivered something like that for trailers, the studio would cut my head off. Another irrational anxiety to cross off my list
What does that mean? For us newbs.