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mastering

Vickxxx	Date: March 22, 2004 @ 12:35 AM what all is everyone out there using to master their songs with.... currently I am using MOTU Masterworks Compressor and Masterworks Limiter....
Gmonk	Date: March 22, 2004 @ 7:21 AM IKmultimedia T_RACKS.. All software, but nice warm processing. G
Order	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 2:53 PM Does anyone know of a good one I can get for free?
Apertome	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 7:40 PM Izotope Ozone is what I use ... not free but it's great
starseven	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 8:16 PM Master house..
woodhead	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 8:53 PM sound forge rules for me.
Apertome	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 9:12 PM Woodhead makes a good point -- Order, what audio software do you already have? You may be able to use it for mastering
Order	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 9:22 PM I have the demo for Ozone 3...it blows my mind but the damn silence inserts kill me. Right now I'm using shitty Acid 4.0 for my multitracking. I'm obsessed with creating loops and stuff so I think its right for me at the moment until I get Sonar at some point. For audio editing and stuff I use Goldwave 5.0, which is DirectX plug-in compatible so it lets me run the Ozone demo.
pog	Date: March 23, 2004 @ 9:29 PM I havn't seen any free mastering software for free cos it's designed for the last stage of cd production. What most mastering software does is add eq's, compression, and/or limiters to make the sound full, but over compressing will kill the feel a lot of the time. I think there's some free compressor plugins here http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ that may import to your current multitracker. But don't get at me if it doesn't work. (I havn't tested it as yet)
johnnygnote	Date: March 24, 2004 @ 4:10 AM Either nothing (meaning some songs end up ok) or T-Racks
johnnygnote	Date: March 24, 2004 @ 4:15 AM I have a couple of plugins that seem to work pertty well during the mastering to wav files. One of them is Steinberg's Magneto, it similates the warmth of analog tape, I drop it in at the master out so when I mix down everything runs through it.
Sinicide	Date: March 24, 2004 @ 6:00 PM For mastering Sound Forge 5 works like a charm. ^^ But I must disagree with Order.. ACID 4.0 for multitracking is great.
EmpireDay3	Date: March 24, 2004 @ 10:03 PM Waves C4, Stereo-Imager, L1 ultramaximizer and Sound Forge CD architect.
Arthen	Date: March 24, 2004 @ 11:00 PM Wavelab
Order	Date: March 25, 2004 @ 12:44 PM Sinicide: I agree that it is certainly good with some things, I just really wish it was more stable and had better MIDI implementation. Alas.
smooka	Date: April 2, 2004 @ 12:16 PM Pro Tools
leflaw	Date: April 3, 2004 @ 10:15 AM T-racks and wavelab.
Order	Date: April 3, 2004 @ 10:37 AM I just got Ozone 3. It rocks my proverbial socks.
starseven	Date: April 3, 2004 @ 6:05 PM i guesss as far as software goes(which i really dont consider true mastering) i am fond of steinbergs free filter.... you cant bu it alone anymore though... it;s now included in their mater edition package