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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney The correct answer is nothing.

We have a winner! It may be over the top, but I've sat in mix sessions, where one stray peak caused an extra hour of balancing the faders on a finished mix just to make sure it wasn't going over. Limiter is not an option; it's a band aid for bad technique.

yes sticking to RANN's strategy you'll have dynamic range in spades.

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It's not what I want on the master channel, it's what I need.

Here's what I use for every track, in this order.

Fruity Parametric EQ
BT Limiter LM2S

I'll sometimes add FX after the Parametric EQ, if I want to funkafy a track with gate, stutter, or other FX.

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Smexoscope was it for me - just to keep an eye on things.

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Massive Passive is on sale now so if i grab that it will most likely replace the Trident

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Always in this order:

1)Sound Goodizer set to C max.
2)PSP Vintage Warmer set to extra pressure.
3)Sausage Fattener max color and max fatness.
4)Ozone set to CD master
5)Waves R Bass

I found if I change the order my tracks don't sound so massive.

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox Always in this order: 1)Sound Goodizer set to C max. 2)PSP Vintage Warmer set to extra pressure. 3)Sausage Fattener max color and max fatness. 4)Ozone set to CD master 5)Waves R Bass I found if I change the order my tracks don't sound so massive.

Sonnox Inflator crammed in there between VW and Sausage Fattener would take your mixes to the next level.

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Originally posted by cryophonik Sonnox Inflator crammed in there between VW and Sausage Fattener would take your mixes to the next level.

you are missing some buns


usually i would have the voxengo Span , and brick wall limiter for catching loose peaks (not for loudening)

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Producers tend to forget that 99% of samples have already been processed, so the simpler your chain the better. I always have Ozone 5 on the master and a Pultec Eq dipping -2.8db on 200hz makes everything much clearer.

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1. Pro-Q as a frequency analyzer
2. Multi-Band Compressor
3. Izotope's Imager for Mono/Stereo monitoring
4. Kramer Master Tape by Waves
5. Empty
6. Empty
7. Limiter
8. Dither

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