Exactly! And that’s exactly what inspired me to write an article about multiband compressors this week: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2022/08/25/free-multiband-compressor/

Limiter is like a certain case of a compressor, or like a certain preset of a compressor(capable to be set to a such preset). But nowadays they also have additional stuff under the hood, like transient improvements and soft clip.

So some compressor can be set to a preset where it acts like a limiter. But limiters are narrowed only to act in that tiny range.

So they are really similar things crossing at some point.

I’m waiting for the Behringer clone.

Indeed, the problem with bad info is that sometimes you can’t forget it and it corrupts your brainmeats. Then you give up and go by ear, or don’t care about it anymore. Also a lot of times explanations gave me a sense of “there’s no differences between a compressor and a limiter” and yet, I’m sure there is one. Add in expanders in the mix (pun intended) and… O_O;;;
Cool a video narrated by Dan Worrall, I’ll watch it before going to sleep tonight. :D

Because people spoke so much BS about compression back in the day. And probably still do. Compression is quite simple thing, but information on it was filled with crap like “oh it’s about dynamic range, oh it makes your sound fat” and so on. I suppose those myths were produced by engineers who played with compressors by ear and never really knew what was going on.

Here is my explanation what it is. An old topic on KVR. Over the time I only realized I was right.
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=513805

Once understood it is just a volume slider then things start to get clear.

P.S.
Of course compression is also about dynamic range, but it doesn’t help to understand compression, only confuse more.

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, compressors can be confusing; dynamic range compression was the most difficult mixing concept for me to fully grasp back in the day. Multiband compression even more so.

Myup, I played with it a bit, there’s more controls (always good, well you can overdo it). And I like the sound I can get out of it, even if I’m not sure what I’m doing. It makes me want to try AGAIN to learn what compressors do, exactly. And that is probably one of its best features. :)
Now seriously, I can’t be the only one getting a swapped stereo. o_O O_o

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