{"id":27772,"date":"2021-09-13T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raytownproductions.com\/blog\/?p=27772"},"modified":"2022-12-09T22:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T03:46:42","slug":"i-mixed-a-song-using-waves-l1-limiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raytownproductions.com\/blog\/i-mixed-a-song-using-waves-l1-limiter\/","title":{"rendered":"I mixed a song using only Waves L1 Limiter&#8230; Try This!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Waves L1 Limiter Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged myself to &#8220;mix&#8221; a metal song using ONLY Waves L1 on every instrument.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why would anyone want to do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This challenge forces you to think &#8220;out of the box.&#8221; While doing this Waves L1 challenge, <strong>I discovered some CRAZY tricks and workarounds like transforming Waves L1 into a noise gate for drums, guitar and bass distortion, and of course limiting the tracks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope you find this video entertaining and at the same time eye opening as to how versatile a simple limiter can be if you think outside the box.<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_bloom_inline_form et_bloom_optin et_bloom_make_form_visible et_bloom_optin_10\" style=\"display: none;\" data-success_action_details=\"redirect_url|https:\/\/www.raytownproductions.com\/blog\/thank-you\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">.et_bloom .et_bloom_optin_10 .et_bloom_form_content { background-color: #eaeaea !important; 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