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I have found Har-Bal to be very valuable in 2 specific instances other than mastering a final recording:
Most of my music is instrumental but I record some songs where I am also the vocalist. To be honest, I have an idea of what my (not too great) voice sounds like....but not in the same way I hear other singer's voices. I find that Har-Bal makes it much easier to tweak my vocal efforts and come up with as good a vocal as one could get out of me!.
The other instance is in constructing demo arrangements of songs to audition for the band (or to see if I want to work a song up as a full recording project). I often use BIAB with Real Tracks for the rhythm section and do vocals and additional instrumentation. I do a decent down and dirty mix and then usually run it through Har-Bal, Dynamic Spectrum Mapper and Kjaerhus MPL as a limiter and do a pseudomaster. Even though Real Tracks are actual recorded clips, the whole mix does need to be tweaked, even as an audition piece. I find that I can be extremely efficient in constructing a good quality song demo in a very short time using this technique.
I think that these are a couple of examples where Har-Bal shines and makes for very efficient workflow. The end product sounds much more professional and finished. Just a couple of thoughts on the subject.
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