[Odeon-Mastering]

Originally Posted by DJ ALX

What Im saying here is that If I have a particular texture in mind is it right to use the BBE in mastering? Again, I KNOW that i will not use it for ALL my projects. Just a project or two that really need that type of enhancement. As I said, my production is distorted and grimey but yet clean in mix.

Some ppl use bus compressors, some others tape emulation etc. I trully believe u should use anything tha will bring your mix sonically to your original vision. Mastering is foremost about making your CD ready for duplication. The texture of the sound is the producer's duty. BUT be aware the line is very fine I am sure you understand since you have seen the mastering flow in a professional studio (probably I know the one you are talking about). So there is a considerable amount of spillage between production desicions and the ones made at the pre-mastering stage. Also I am sure you realise that in a not so great listening enviroment (compromised monitoring and accoustics ) making decisions about overall sound is a rather risky task, that s why many ppl fall in the trap of overusing processors and this is one of the reasons that most engineers will advice against using bus compressors, EQs or enhancers. Since I do not know your setup all this might be irrelevant, aslo the subject of bus processing has been discussed thoroughly in other threads.

Originally Posted by DJ ALX

I understand that if i want it on drums I should only put it on drums but Id have to own it first and then find out.
If the hardware has similar (or better) sound than the plug in then I can afford to buy it even if i use it on one project.

From my limited personal experience it worked miracles on instruments like guitars, buzuki etc and I have only used it live (the original 1u unit).

Originally Posted by DJ ALX

My question shouldve been stated better: Is this BBE sonic maximizer made for mastering or for mixing?

Hmm I do not know the history of the unit, but I have a feeling, that it was not a very high quality unit and you rarely see this kind of stuff in professional mastering studios. So my GUESS is mixing.