Does a limiter cut off data or squeeze data? 2 other questions

[Steve Zeeeee]

Does a limiter cut off data or squeeze data please?

Also, I recall there being some tone control that looks like

curves in photoshop.  What is that effect please?

Also, perhaps I want to minimize some harsh sounds in

a track, like symbols.  I see where I can use healing brush or others

in the wave form to do some of that, but what if there are symbols

spread out all over the place?>

Thanks !~

Steve z

[SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Accepted solution]

I can only really answer part of this because quite frankly, I don't understand the language you are using - well certainly not in audio terms anyway. If you have to liken the action of a limiter in terms of cutting off or squeezing, then it's more like squeezing - the sound is still there but its peaks have been squashed down to a fixed level. The 'tone control' (that's a rather outmoded term these days - we refer to it as EQ) that looks most like curves is the Parametric EQ - I can't think of anything that gets closer.

The rest of it makes little sense to me, I'm afraid. Sound doesn't have 'symbols'. It does, I suppose, have artifacts that can sometimes be identified - if you can identify one sound in particular that you want to remove, then the process Sound Remover can help, but in my experience its use is rather limited unless you are very lucky with your choice of sample; the sound has to be an exact replica of your choice before it's removed as well, and that's also pretty rare.

[Steve Zeeeee]

SteveG(AudioMasters)  wrote

If you have to liken the action of a limiter in terms of cutting off or squeezing, then it's more like squeezing - the sound is still there but its peaks have been squashed down to a fixed level.

That is my answer, thank you