PUREMIX Andrew Scheps Revisiting Lifeboats TUTORiAL REPACK-SYNTHiC4TE

Cool idea to go back... seeing how/why he'd change stuff up.

Have you guys heard about his new book?
Andrew Scheps: "Eat, Pray, Overcompress"?

he said in the beginning of the teaser : " hey kids" ... so this Tutorial is only for Kids ? lol

Looks like the end of the video is missing...or this is only the first video, and the others are missing

Andrew Scheps just said that the enhance(curve) fader in the oxford limiter is an inflator, really?

yes it is.kind of.
https://support.sonnox.com/support/solutions/articles/22000200599-what-s-the-difference-between-the-inflator-and-limiter-enhance-fader-

The end of the video is missing :-(

Post is now updated to REPACK

quote by beatcokeyes it is.kind of.
https://support.sonnox.com/support/solutions/articles/22000200599-what-s-the-difference-between-the-inflator-and-limiter-enhance-fader-

Nope, yes It´s a "kind of" but enhance function is not an inflator.
Inflator is a static process and enhance function is a dynamic process. In fact the two can complement each other, but they are different things. Paul Frindle, the creator, explained it clearly
EDIT: precisely in the link that you send me it says it clearly: "The Inflator is not the same as the Enhance feature in the Oxford Limiter,"

quote by SunsumAndrew Scheps just said that the enhance(curve) fader in the oxford limiter is an inflator, really?

Paul Frindle quote in Gearslutz:
I don't know where I have supposed to have said that the Inflator and limiter are similar?! But they are not at all and are definitely not interchangeable in any way.

The Inflator very basically speaking is a special kind of 'distortion generator' that has no dynamic activitiy over time, in other words it's a static process (i.e. it is not a compressor). It is designed to give the impression of loudness by providing the harmonic cues we associate with loud and stressed sounds - and increase the harmonic density of the programme in a way that is sympathetic to the ear.

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The enhance function of the limiter is a special kind of dynamic process that does not add distortion to steady state signals. It works over time, programme history, peak and average levels and LR stereo differences to limit the signal and squash peak events, whilst providing the listener with the impression that the peaks are still there! In this way it can sympathetically remove peak events so that you can provide more transparent limiting, or make the programme even louder without causing sample value overs.

It is used after the main leveller in the limiter application to allow you to use slower and softer attack times (which sound much more musical - particularly on percussion), without risking clipped sounds or overs due to peak overshoots.

If you select 'safe' mode the enhancer is always actively controling peaks - and the enhance slider lets you adjust the dynamic action from fairly neutral (where minimum audible differences occur) to full loudness increase (where it might get to sound ropey on some programme types).

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If you try to use the limiter and the Inflator together you get mixed results depending on the programme. Although they have totally different ways of working and provide different effects, they can accentuate the side effects of each other in a way that can be counter productive and end up sounding worse.

Generally putting the Inflator after the limiter (with the limiter's enhance wound up) will not increase the loudness very much before it starts to sound nasty. The reason for this is that the Inflator makes the action of the enhancer more obvious.

Putting the Inflator before the limiter is more successful in producing a grungy sheen to the programme, but will not really make it sound that much louder. SO the best settings for the Inflator in this case is with the curve set to in the range from -ve to half way.

I hope this is helpful :-)