On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Andy Farnell wrote:
without needing a limiter since the apparent loudenss is a function of both amplitude and time - so you reduce the "body" of the sound while allowing the subtleties of the attack to come through and leave it clearly defined in the mix - good examples of use are for guitar, bass and drums.
In the case of guitar and bass, it depends on whether they're already quite clipped (limited) beforehand. If one use a fuzz pedal to get a 90's grunge sound or so, the attack is pretty much gone: you may get less attack than in a violin. If otoh you have an acoustic guitar on which you play any number of pulls on it, the pulls will have sharp loud attacks over a relatively quiet average volume, more so than harpsichord and piano (unless you open the box and pull the strings by hand).
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