What actually makes a great sounding mix? With this question in mind, Thomas elaborates on four of the most common features of a great mix. These are things that we have noticed while mastering thousands of mixes over the years. 💚 Sofia & Thomas
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Take-FX is a powerful feature when you use Reaper for mastering! This function is certainly one of the key reasons for us making the switch to Reaper in 2009. With it you can put plugins directly on an item and it is incredibly useful for mastering. Especially if you are working completely in the box.
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Mid-Side processing, also called MS or Sum-Difference processing, is a powerful mastering method. We use some kind of MS technique daily in our work with mastering records. In this video, Thomas explains in detail how it works. We hope that you will find this interesting and that you can also use mid-side processing in your
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TDR Nova from Tokyo Dawn Labs is one of the best dynamic EQ:s out there. It is also completely free! In this video we will first show you the basics of using TDR Nova. Then we will also give you a couple of tricks to use for your own mastering. 💚 Sofia & Thomas
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Equilibrium from DMG Audio is a great tool for mastering! As a matter of fact, this is our favourite EQ out there. For this reason we decided to do a tutorial on this plugin. Here Thomas goes through how to use Equilibrium and he has also made a preset for you. You can subscribe to
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Mastering is a huge subject! So how do you tackle this huge subject if you want to learn mastering? Well, it is great to get an overview! Let us first give you an introduction to mastering. The three goals of mastering Mastering has three primary goals: Number one is fairly straightforward. There are a relatively
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In this post we’re going to look at 5 free plugins that are suitable for mastering. In fact, these 5 plugins will make up a very usable mastering chain all by themselves. And they are free as well. Amazing! Let’s go! TDR Nova – Tokyo Dawn Labs First up is TDR Nova from Tokyo Dawn Labs.
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Now we want to bring up the subject of mastering with headphones. We are going to look into this thoroughly. Hopefully, after reading this you will feel much more clarity regarding using headphones for mastering or not. Picture this situation: You are working with a mix or master in your studio until it sounds great.
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