![]() Do a lot of referencing as you go and try to get to where you can hear what all the tools are doing as you tweak them-something I'm still doing. I keep the gain reduction pretty small for compression and limiting on the master and rarely do any eq unless I have an idea of what is needed, and even then would be likely to go back to the individual tracks anyway if say there was some missing low end (for example). Then again your daw probably has everything you need to try it out. 6) that I think are really nice, I ended up buying the main version of Kotelnikov. Tokyo Dawn Labs has some great free version of their plugins (Kotelnikov, their eq, and Limiter No. ![]() I have started trying this on mixes, and you have to keep an eye on things so that the mastering plugins aren't doing too much (or nothing at all) as you change the main mix. Still useful to reference, but apples to oranges to some degree. It does make it a bit easier to reference against mastered material IMO, that was always a bit raggedy-comparing your rough mix against a pro cd track that had that been through that process. If you have some mastering plugins on your buss from the start it will change your mix as you go, so I find it an interesting approach. I think the big change from the old days from what I see as an amateur hobbyist is that now some people mix right into mastering plugins (or gear), instead of finishing a mix and sending it off blindly to someone who does the magic. Maybe even the stereo width, not sure how much that can be tweaked or if it is. Obviously this is more subtle than what mixing individual tracks can do. It would include making all the songs on an album sound cohesive-but what is an "album" these days Mastering is where you get the track to your desired volume, and alter balance with EQs/compressors/limiters and other tools. Mastering to my understanding is the processing that happens after a final mix. I'd have no problems using it once I got to that point, but I wouldn't want to start out mixing or mastering with something like that. Why? Simply because I like to know what is happening and how to do things myself with more traditional tools. Chose some presets, kind of liked what most of them did-though they may have increased volume, which can influence you into thinking "better"-but didn't end up using it. Not into subscriptions, but I have a couple of the Elements versions (Ozone and I think Neutron).
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