Question on the Proper Use of Limiters

I have a question about the use of limiters.  I’m working on a piece that could be described as classical electronica.  It’s being done is sections that will be assembled when all sections are complete.  So far, the track levels in all the many sections are such that I have had zero need of limiters anywhere, not even on the master bus.  I'll be using a limiter in the final assembly, but for now I mostly have safe amounts of headroom.

But I’m now working on a very climactic moment where all guns are blazing.  There are a couple tracks of high-energy bass content and a couple of loud chord tracks.  I expect to resort to the use of some usual techniques to make them all fit together in the final mix (thank you, MSpectralDynamics!!!).

I’m finding myself putting limiters on the individual high-energy tracks to coax everything I can out of them, and no doubt a limiter will go on the master bus when I do the final mix of this section.  My question is this: is using multiple limiters in this fashion considered bad form that should set off alarms that I’m doing things all wrongly?  Or are there some situations, like that I just described, where limiters on individual tracks could be considered a valid solution?
 
Thanks in advance for any wisdom here.

Hi man, I have started using limiters at bus level recently, I only use them on my drums bus and bass bus and it's not to achieve more volume it's just to catch peaks from the drums and bass and treat them at bus level rather than the mastering engineer having to deal with them when mastering. I did a short video on it which you can have a look at here -----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_5D6-sc9Hk
All the best,
Andrew

i use limiters all the time,
on busses, individual tracks,
 
all my favorite producers from the 70's always used those Urei peak limiters on damn near everything,
and i like it!
 
somtimes i'm only  kissing the limiter, tho, not taking any peaks,
but using it as an 'upwards compressor'.
 
sometimes i bury the meter.
 
but mostly, i'm using it to knock off a couple of db's, and using very fast attack and release times,
and it's almost more for color than dynamic control.
 
 
 

I will use limiting on kick, snare, bass, and vocals while tracking. I never use it going into the DAW because I don't own anything that is worthy of that process!
 
Then, when I mix, Jerome from ToneBoosters suggested I put his Barricade limiter on the post master fader and right after that put a peak limiter to catch any strays. I set the Barricade at -.90db and generally let it compress about 3-4 db only.
The result is really good. The master is alive dynamically and retains a lot of clarity.
 

you have to have a light touch with limiters......
 
or not.
 

Since somebody resurrected this thread, let me add a follow-up comment.  In the end, I realized I had become victim of a rookie mistake.  This was a long piece (close to 13 minutes).  I started mixing at the beginning.  Had I done it right and started with the most intense section and worked out from there, all of my problems would have been addressed without the need for limiters on multiple tracks.  By the time I got to the big moment, I was already maxed out.
 
It's clear I've got to go back and remix the whole thing.  Next time I'll know!!!

BMOG
Andrew I have watch many videos on your YouTube channel they are very helpful

Cool beans man