I don't think he is talking about live at this point at all. Only that producers should put limiter on master. and when it starts working(when you see gain reduction), you are pushing the mix to hard.
::BLM:: wrote:Also have a look that your Ableton master Fader is set to 0dB. A lot of producers take there channel levels too high,
then go down with the master fader to prevent output distortions. What most people don´t know that in the master section
is also a Limiter involved. So this limiter works & make your recording loud.
It is good to have a limiter like Voxengo Elephant or similar in the master bus to monitor/check the level. Just set it to 0dB
when it starts working/limiting you know that your level is a bit too high.