What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by timothyallan » Fri May 20, 2011 7:03 am

Massive is poor at mastering :)

Look at Sonnox and Flux.

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by creature » Fri May 20, 2011 7:40 pm

Check out T-Racks it is very flexible, easy to use and sounds great.

http://ikmultimedia.com/t-racks/features/

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by synnack » Fri May 20, 2011 8:26 pm

I use Ozone for some things. However: http://www.synnack.com/blog/post/33/mastering-plugins
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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by Anubis » Fri May 20, 2011 8:55 pm

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by admiralsnackbar » Fri May 20, 2011 10:20 pm

Anubis wrote:Wavelab
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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by simpli.cissimus » Fri May 20, 2011 11:27 pm

Slate FX-G !!!
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Post by ollyb303 » Sat May 21, 2011 12:40 am

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by ManVsTeeth » Sat May 21, 2011 1:21 am

+1 for T-Racks
Not to incriminate myself, but even a bonehead can make their mixes sound way better with that software :)
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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by Klauser » Sat May 21, 2011 11:22 am

simpli.cissimus wrote:Slate FX-G !!!
Yup, I love this little gem. Doesn't cost much, is really transparent and sounds wonderful when used with a well mixed track. Slate FX-G is here to stay (in my plugins folder anyway)

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by Gregory Wells-King » Sat May 21, 2011 12:33 pm

For me Izotope 'Ozone' all the way, but any decent mastering boff would probably say, 'If you mean mastering for digital release of a home studio on a budget' then learn what each process in the mastering stage is and apply a combination of those through plugins you need and simple adjustment to get the result you want.

Limiters, Eq, Compressor (maybe multi band).

But you know this. :wink:

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by Tarekith » Sat May 21, 2011 2:32 pm

Ozone is ok for doing your own mastering, easy to use and th manual is something anyone should read anyway if theyre thinking of mastering their own work. Just remember the presets are a starting point, and just because you have all those modules, doesn't mean you HAVE to use them all. Use only the ones you NEED. Read this too:

http://tarekith.com/assets/mastering.html

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by techforums123 » Sat May 21, 2011 2:59 pm

Nuendo , Protools are good I guess

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Re: What mastering programs would you recommend getting?

Post by Gregory Wells-King » Sat May 21, 2011 3:09 pm

Thanks Tarekith.

I intend to apply everything in your article to my next set of tracks, I get better every time I do some mastering, but your confident tone has helped me both consider my mixing and mastering in one easy essay.

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