I was at an awards evening a few days ago and it occurred to me just how much I have come to rely on the Elephant Limiter.
Like most professional mastering engineers, I own a range of top quality limiters (including the old L2 hardware even). However, in my chain anyway, nothing seems to equal the Elephant in terms of getting the best out of the song. I chose it almost 100% of the time.
And it has served me well … in the last little while alone it has seen songs I have mastered go to #1 iTunes, sell double platinum, #2 hot 100, #1 iTunes metal, make the ARIA charts (our equivalent of the RIAA), #1 country radio, over 15 million streams on Spotify alone, win song of the year, artist of the year and so on. All with the Elephant as limiter.
I just wanted to say how much I genuinely appreciate your work on the Elephant. Thank you so very much for such an outstanding limiter!
All the best
Paul Blakey, Mastering Engineer, 12th & Vine Post
Voxengo Elephant is hands down my favorite limiter. I own a lot of different limiters, and prior to purchasing Elephant, found myself having to test several per song in an attempt to find the one that did the least damage with its limited features and distinct characteristics. Eventually I'd find something that worked OK but I never felt as satisfied with the sound as I do with Elephant. I'm grateful to Aleksey for adding in a lot of important features, features that many others seem content on leaving out, and for giving us the ability to tinker around under the hood for more complex setups. It can be a little daunting at first trying to understand what everything does, but with a little perseverance, it all begins to make sense and then you truly realize how powerful and flexible this limiter really is. It excels at remaining transparent even at extreme levels and with a bit of fine tuning, is the best limiter I have in my arsenal for those clients looking for maximum level with as much of the transient clarity intact. Of course there's a point where it all begins to fall apart, but Elephant has the ability to go farther than the rest.
Shawn Hatfield - www.audibleoddities.com
Dear Aleksey, Our company Online-mastering.com is equipped with the best in analog and digital audio gear. Your plug-ins are a wonderful addtion to our arsenal of tools. They are well engineered and what's more important - They sound very good. A lot of software with ten times the price will sometimes be surpassed by your cool developments. Good work. Thanks Voxengo!
Alex Zwarg, Mastering Engineer, Online-mastering
