Blue Cat DP Meter Proīlue Cat Audio’s DP Meter Pro can operate in mono, stereo (L-R or mid-side) and surround configurations. Being a UAD plug-in, it does require an Apollo audio interface or UAD-2 DSP accelerator.
Precision Multiband can be very subtle when needed, but performs well when things are pushed harder. The user interface gives detailed visual feedback on everything the processor’s doing. Each band can be switched independently between compression, expansion and gating. It features five processing bands, each of which can be solo’d, disabled, and have its crossover frequencies adjusted. 5. UAD Precision MultibandĪnother UAD plug-in that’s a good fit for mastering is Universal Audio’s Precision Multiband dynamics processor. The plug-in’s only available for UAD, so you need Universal Audio hardware to run it on, but it’s much more affordable nonetheless. Although this hardware is very expensive (around £8,000), Brainworx have produced an excellent emulation of the hardware and wrapped it into a plug-in. Its two channels can be configured as stereo or dual-mono, and each channel features two compressors that offer huge sonic potential. The Shadow Hills Industries Mastering Compressor is a boutique, high-end dynamics processor intended purely for use in mastering. Shadow Hills Industries Mastering Compressor It can also sense for – and correct – inter-sample clipping, where the decoded analogue signal overloads despite no digital samples exceeding 0dB-FS.
The processor is able to adapt to the incoming signal, adjusting its gain scaling over a longer time period, and gives very fine-grained control over the way signals that exceed the threshold are handled. Its ability to catch and control peaks is a given, but it’s how it does it – and how transparent it is when doing it – that’s most impressive. Limiters may seem like fairly mundane processors, but Sonnox’s Oxford Limiter is a very different matter. This model is stunning when used for broad-brush mastering EQ work. Pro Tools HD / HDX users can also add an optional fifth ‘GML’ model, which is based on the legendary Massenburg GML-8200 analogue EQ. When it comes to mastering it ticks all of the boxes, from gentle broad-brush adjustments to ultra-precise corrections, all of which it delivers with pristine clarity yet without sounding clinical. Its four EQ models make it exceptionally flexible, and suitable for a wide variety of tasks. The Sonnox Oxford EQ plug-in is taken directly from the high-end Sony Oxford R3 digital mixing console. This is ideal when honing and perfecting a montage. What really makes the difference, though, is that it allows you to create different processing chains for different audio items, which you can then include in a montage while retaining each item’s specific processor chain in editable / adjustable form.
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The software comes with an extensive collection of high-quality mastering plug-ins, has top-notch metering with oodles of different options, and has many other tools that are perfect for audio mastering work. While you can master using pretty-much any DAW, Steinberg Wavelab is a DAW that’s very much specialised to the task.
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