endorphin and bbe sonic maximizer

I use Vintage Warmer on the master. It adds a bit of compression and some nice warmth... Mmmm

Anyone here see any good results with T-rack? Or any other such mastering programs?

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I use the Ozone package in soundforge post mixdown and I get great results.
Great stuff.

edit: some nice tuts from the Ozone people about mastering
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/guides.html

EQ for getting rid of inaudible noise as well as a compressor just for limiting the piece. Throwing actual compression on it makes the song sound too "distant" IMO.

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First Prosoniq Dynasone, then maybe a Linear Phase EQ, and at last Waves L2, that is indeed much than a simple limiter.

Parametric EQ , Compresor and sometimes reverb

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I think this thread is more useful than the sticky remastering thread.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery As mentioned earlier, a slight amount of compression and EQ as well as just a touch of stereo expansion. Possibly some noise/crackle reduction if need be.

I am really baffeled as to why you'd want to do noise/crackle reduction on the master?! If you're getting distortion (crackles) then you've got problems with certain instruments interfearing with eachother and with the drums.

In general, it's good to equalize the master track, to bring out some character in the track. If you're using a compressor on the master bus simply to gain a few dB's, then you didn't do an adequate enough of a job in the mixing stage. Go through every element, make sure it's at the correct levels, even compress certain elements to give them more body, but I would definitely avoid any compression the master bus. Limiting is quite fine becuase it affects only a few peaks. Although you can even fix this with good mixing. Get some spectral analysis tools to determine which of the elements is causing the high peaks, and then proceed to fix that element rather than limiting the entire track.

Stereo enhancement is a good idea, but don't over do it. Adding reverb is *BAD* idea, unless you're not working on an electronica track (trance, progressive, what may have you), say a Jazz track, adding a little reverb can give the recording a different vibe.

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I think this thread is more useful than the sticky remastering thread.

Mmmm... This one can be even more useful. What if everyone upload pics of its master track?

I'll be the first (and I hope no the last):



As i wrote before, I usually load Dynasone as a multiband maximizer, CurveEQ as a master FFT EQ (with vintage settings) and Waves L2, for Peak Limiting and light boosting (1-2 dB).

just Stereo Enhancer and Reverb for master (FL)