Compression in mastering is quite a misunderstood subject. It’s easy to think that compression is mainly used to control the dynamics and make the loud parts quieter in order to increase the overall level. And sure, that happens at times. Some mixes are too dynamic and need to be controlled with some compression. This happens […]
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Have you ever listened to a great sounding record and marveled at how the high-end sounds open, sparkly and engaging, while still being smooth and well balanced? There are several methods that you can use when mastering to enhance the high-end. These methods can also be used while mixing, so they are well worth learning
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This is the first part in a series about building your own mastering chain. We will dive deeper into specifics about the different parts of a mastering chain, like EQs, compressors and peak limiters later. But the first and in our opinion most important step to building a great sounding, versatile and reusable mastering chain
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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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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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