What Are Your Compressor Plugins Of Choise, when mastering? |
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Nov 3 2011, 10:22 AM
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Gab told me in previous thread about PSP OldTimer that he used VintageWarmer & Ultramaximizer for mastering, which is a very nice combo, I used L3 multimaximizer for quite some time too, which is very similar, transparent multiband compressor.
Let's share out compressor plugins for mastering here and some of the frequent settings that you start out with and tweak from there. It would be good what are the plugins you base your mastering method.  Possibly Tony could give us some insight on some plugins too, we know you're using professional gear and compressors, so you know how the "real" stuff works and possible ways to emulate the effects with software. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Nov 4 2011, 10:26 AM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Nov 4 2011, 04:39 AM)  These are really two different worlds we are talking about. High end mastering, using pricey hardware is a different planet than home recording using software. Both have their place of course. For home recording/software mastering, I also dig the ozone plugin. They make some great stuff. Depending on who you ask, and which world they live in, you are going to get widely different responses. Some folks feel the ozone is too heavy handed and tends to over do it. There is some truth to to this, and if I was paying top dollar for a mastering session and the guy whips out his laptop and ozone, I would probably walk. If paying for a session, I'm expecting gear that I don't have and wouldn't buy (cost/maintenance issues). But for home recording, and getting a decent result with a minimum of time and hassle, Izotope ozone on a laptop is really tough to beat. Very true Todd. A couple of things to be careful of with Ozone is that the presets are all a bit too extreme for mastering and when Ozone is pushed it distorts and produces some odd atefacts. If you keep it within its comfort zone its ok. Pro mastering sessions are not as expensive as people think btw. The main purpose of mastering however is not about effects and dynamics processing. It is more about quality control: ensuring that the project is coherent and consistent, and that the final audio is fit for purpose, and in particular, meets redbook. Most people don't think these quality controls are important - until the day when their 'premaster' is either rejected by the replication plant or worse still goes through a duplicator who leaves them with 1000s of unplayable CDs. Same for digital only - people wonder why their digital recording sounds rubbish on youtube, soundcloud, radio, digital download and so on and most of the time its because of poor control so the product is not fit for purpose. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Ivan Milenkovic What Are Your Compressor Plugins Of Choise Nov 3 2011, 10:22 AM
tonymiro None of the above TBH - personal choice but I don... Nov 3 2011, 11:32 AM Gabriel Leopardi Good post Tony! Thanks for that important info... Nov 3 2011, 10:35 PM
Todd Simpson QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Nov 3 2011, 05... Nov 4 2011, 05:39 AM
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Todd Simpson QUOTE (tonymiro @ Nov 4 2011, 05:26 AM) V... Nov 5 2011, 02:34 AM
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thefireball I remember using Ozone before I restarted my compu... Nov 5 2011, 04:37 AM Todd Simpson QUOTE (thefireball @ Nov 4 2011, 10:37 PM... Nov 8 2011, 12:53 AM
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Sinisa Cekic Ozone user here, also .. Nov 7 2011, 04:58 PM OzRob Tony has been the single biggest influence on my m... Nov 8 2011, 12:46 AM OzRob Question for Tony - have you used Flux Alchemist? ... Jan 20 2012, 04:29 AM tonymiro Hi Rob,
Afraid I've never used Alchemist as w... Jan 20 2012, 12:02 PM OzRob Hey Tony,
Thanks for that informative reply, as a... Jan 21 2012, 09:00 AM
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tonymiro NP Rob - happy to help.
Yes you'd need a g... Jan 21 2012, 11:34 AM OzRob Thanks as always Tony. Jan 22 2012, 03:50 AM
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