So, Poppa, what's your advise? This may sound silly, and probably is, but i don't really know how good my mixing skills are. I've hitherto done music on a not so professional level, like i'm not having a studio that i can make money from, this is just my hobby, do you follow me? /Krister
31 jan 2014 kl. 22:34 skrev Poppa Bear <heavens4r...@gmail.com>: > Also, remember this, if you don't have good mixing skills, these Mastering > plugins will often only magnify any lack of mixing skills, or even worse, > mask the problems leading a person to think they did a good job. At that > point the Mastering plugs can become a crutch that cause people to think they > have a good sounding project until it is matched up against good mixes and > mastering skills. I find people who have the same plugins as me, and bring > their stuff over to the studio to play it and once I play a few projects they > can't believe that we have the same tools. They just haven't paid their dues, > in the excitement to find the magic bullet to fix their mixing problems they > have looked for band aids to cover up their ear sores instead of really > learning the anatomy of a good mix. I am finding that my understanding of > mixing is growing much more as I get back to the basics of > engineering/mixing. I realize how silly I was when I got my first bundle of > mastering plugins. Getting into the basics of compression, multiband > compression, Limiting, EQ frequencies, how those frequencies affect > instruments, vocals, mic proximity affect, room acoustics and so on and on > will be so impacting that a person won't even need to ask about mastering > plugins because once they read about that plug they will be able to tell if > it is exactly what they need or not. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Smart" <csma...@cogeco.ca> > > To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 6:16 AM > > Subject: Re: Any good mastering plugin out there? > > > >> As someone who does mastering, I am dead set against using presets in that >> manner. There is far too much of that homogeneity now. It reminds me of >> the equalizer presets on my mp3 player. One is called rock, another is >> called classical, another is called jazz. Wow, you mean if I pick one, it >> will make everything sound poppy or rocky or jazzy? That's so cool! (sarcasm) >> >> That said, just about any limiter, compressor, equalizer etc. will have >> presets for various tasks, and of course you can use said presets as a >> starting point. Learn from them, but all source material is unique. >> >> Read the Bob Katz book (2nd Edition), and do lots and lots of listening to >> world-class recordings. Mastering is much more subtle than mixing, and >> requires a holistic mindset. As long as you have a nice transparent >> compressor, a linear-phaze equalizer, and some mid/side tools, you can do a >> heck of a lot. The tools aren't as important as your ears, your listening >> space, and your experience. >> >> The idea of taking a full mastering suite like Ozone or Fab Filter Pro and >> picking the rock preset for your rock mix, thinking it will somehow be >> "better", is anathema to what I do. Talk about kill a butterfly with a >> sledge hammer! I apologize if that is not your intent at all. I'm seeing a >> lot of that cookie cutter homogeneity these days, along with four steps to >> mastering at home type articles. >> >> Ok, rant over. LOL I really need to have that first coffee of the day! >> >> I'm a Windows guy, but check out Slate Digital FG-X for an extremely >> transparent compressor and a really nice limiter. Also check out their >> Virtual Bus Compressors for really colored analog-sounding options. Their >> tape simulator VTM is wonderful, in case you want things to sound like >> they've gone through a 1/2" deck at 15 IPS. >> >> There are lots of m/s and phase adjustment plugs out there, many of them >> free. When I don't like the limiter section of FGX, I usually reach for >> Voxengo's Elephant. It has several algorithms to chose from, and you will >> want to try them all to find out what gets you the results you are after for >> the mix you are working with. >> >> I haven't used it, but the mastering guys rave about Algorithmix Red and >> Orange as a pair of excelent linear-phaze equalizers, but just about any >> linear-phaze EQ will do the job, as long as your ears can home in like a >> lazer on the part of the spectrum that needs tweaking. Waves make one, >> Ozone comes with one, Fab Filter make one, etc. >> >> Chris >> >> P.S. For those of you wanting extremely transparent EQ with seemingly no >> ringing, keep an eye out for Eiosis Air EQ. It is almost out of beta testing >> and it's magic! We're so used to the effects of typical EQ that for a >> minute, you think the plug-in must not be doing it's job, because it isn't >> as obvious. >> >> At 06:55 AM 1/31/2014, you wrote: >>> Hi there. >>> I don't know if this even exists in the world of recording to a computer, >>> but on the digital porta studios i've seen, there were mastering tools you >>> could use with various presets for different genres, are there such >>> mastering plugins out there that don't cost an arm, a leg and half the body >>> to get? >>> /Krister >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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