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| david.michael |
| I also like T-Racks. |
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| Storyteller |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
Native Instruments FM8 |
Creativity award 2009 for you sir! |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by CReddick
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor |
Show off. My favorite is the Chiswick Reach :D |
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| icecooper |
| waves, izotope, sound forge 8 |
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| djandymac |
| cubase studio 4's compressor and maximizer lol, cant wait for my next student loan installment ! |
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| Raphie |
What do you consider "mastering" ?
Make sure that you're 100% happy about your mainmix first, get your levels right, think about what's missing and go back to your main mix.
"Spicing things up" should happen in the mixing stage
"mastering" is about making your recording "compatible" for a broad range of systems and media..... don't mix those 2 things up....... |
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| Beyer |
Flux plugins. Check them out! You can download demo versions of all their software,
without the need for iLok or flux dongle. Here are the limitations.
2 channels maximum processing (mono or stereo).
1 FS (32, 44.1, 48 Khz).
No properties (parameters) published to the Host software. So your settings will not be saved in the host software project (composition).
No Automations (so No Control surface supported).
No Side-chain (for plugins that support side-chain).
No presets Save/Recall, Import/Export (only factory preset can be loaded).
This version is not time bombed but after half an hour of audio processing or UI utilization all the user interface controls will be disabled. The sound will still be processed, allowing you to continue working normally on your project but you will not be able to modify the settings until you restart the plug-in.
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| EddieZilker |
Sonalksis stereo fader.
Cockos ReaXcomp - Multiband Compressor and Reafir EQ
http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/ - 0$
Buzzroom BuzMaxi - No longer available, apparently, which is too-bad because it sports an excellent visual frequency amplitude monitor.
I switch between my altec lansings and MDR700 headphones until I get a fairly uniform sound. |
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| Falck |
| Sonaksis EQ and compressor and Oxford limiter, and sometimes BBE Sonic Maximizer... |
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| icecooper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Raphie
What do you consider "mastering" ?
Make sure that you're 100% happy about your mainmix first, get your levels right, think about what's missing and go back to your main mix.
"Spicing things up" should happen in the mixing stage
"mastering" is about making your recording "compatible" for a broad range of systems and media..... don't mix those 2 things up....... |
i know all that, i am just asking, what's more useful to do mastering for a track |
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| Raphie |
There is no standard recepy or tools, just to be sure...
Your track might or might not need tonal correction
if you just want multiband compression and harmonics, just then mix @ -5db 24bits and master to -0.3%db in Izotope or WAVES.
though just running trough these tools just for the sake of it, most of the time do more harm than that they take the track to the next level...
Mastering is not about the ingredients, but about the cook;) |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Raphie
though just running trough these tools just for the sake of it, most of the time do more harm than that they take the track to the next level...
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I learned this less he hard way too many times, so I just started running mixes through a set of compressors and EQ's from the start. Its made a big difference. It's certainly not the "proper" way to do it, but it works for me. The trick is not to smash everything to hell, but use a couple of compressors in tandem, each only reducing about 1 db. |
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