Another vote for the Concrete Limiter.  It works so well!

when on a budget / other things on wishlist....if you take Boost 11 just for limiting and tweak your favorite prochannel compressor well, you don't NEED any extra limiter.
I found out too late :) so that's why I"m posting here.

good luck.

Gotta say, I've had Boost 11 since it came out and have never been a fan.

Reading this makes me think we should have a topic regarding all of the old plugs that have since been "superseded." I say superseded but that is, of course, wrong, simply because we all have a choice to use what ever tools come in the box. But I've recently "upgraded" to W8 and I'm taking a lot more time than usual actually firing up each and every effect and synth, just to a) see if it works okay and b) what is it.

I notice that some of the older plugs are a bit more CPU hungry, and the interfaces are dated, although still functional, and in many cases, many have been improved upon, either by other "in the box" tools from Cakewalk or by third party tools I have since purchased.

Anyway, back on topic, and in the meantime I'll think about starting another, similar topic

Wouter Schijns


when on a budget / other things on wishlist....if you take Boost 11 just for limiting and tweak your favorite prochannel compressor well, you don't NEED any extra limiter.
I found out too late :) so that's why I"m posting here.

good luck.

When on a budget, there are free limiters that do a MUCH better job than Boost11. For example, this little guy which is modelled off the Waves L1 limiter, which is miles in front of Boost11 and in the same league as Concrete Limiter. YMMV. If you don't want to buy CL, I'd suggest checking this boy out. The interface is terrible, but the sound is pretty good I think. I've only given it a short amount of use, so I'd love to hear anyone else's opinion on it.


http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html

The problem with Boost11 is even subtly, it just SOUNDS compressed and pumpy and distorted. If you want that sound, it might be suitable, but 99 times out of 100, concrete limiter will be the optimal choice. If you're trying to do very heavy compression and trying to be as transparent as possible, 100 times out of 1, Concrete Limiter will KICK Boost11's ass.

There are very good limiters available. In the past I used Ozone's limiter but ever since PC I wanted a PC limiter. When CW offered the CL I was very pleased. The fact that its also is a great sounding module has made me rethink using Ozone. I still use it for its other mastering modules but limiting I leave to the CL.

Boost 11 seems to be more material-dependent.  If I have a song with few dynamics, it can work fairly well.  It does not sound natural for me on a song that starts out sparse (guitar and voice, for example) and then builds.

Lately I have been using EZMix 2 with a mastering pack add-on.  There are some good lift and limiting options.