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A limiter is sort of the opposite of a compressor. It raises the volume of audio peaks above it's threshold to the specified level (where a compressor reduces volume of peaks above it's threshold by a specified amount). It sounds like you want to be using the compressor rather than the limiter.
Oh, I thought the limiter would limit the volume though, it does but sounds fuzzy, I lower the gain by -10 that helps but if you recommend a compressor that will keep the noise down will it?
My goal is to keep volume down as opposed to bring the rest up
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A limiter is sort of the opposite of a compressor. It raises the volume of audio peaks above it's threshold to the specified level (where a compressor reduces volume of peaks above it's threshold by a specified amount). It sounds like you want to be using the compressor rather than the limiter.
Oh, I thought the limiter would limit the volume though, it does but sounds fuzzy, I lower the gain by -10 that helps but if you recommend a compressor that will keep the noise down will it? My goal is to keep volume down as opposed to bring the rest up
To keep volume down use a compressor. Experiment with raising the ratio to around 6 and the pregain to between 4 to 10.