Quick "home mastering" plugin?

[bchamorro]

I'm basically looking for something to make my mix louder, I would guess a limiter would be the right tool?

Is there anything you would recommend for a quick home mastering to test my track at a club?

[theOnlyMoment]

if you just want to test run it I'd guess a limiter and any compressor and eq plugin would be sufficient.

Another alternative would be a mastering plugin suite such as: izotope ozone.. there are a few others as well.

[bchamorro]

Originally Posted by Samples

Ozone works really well, especially if you just want to throw it on the master bus to quickly raise the loudness level and EQ your tune.

That's basically what I want to do. I'll get Ozone.

By the way, I just read Ozone 5 is coming out next month!!!

[ohmicide]

Xenon

[tonemaker]

You don't have to run out an buy Ozone or any other plugin just to make a track louder.

Get BuzzMaxi or TLs Maximizer (both freeware VSTs). Or search KVRaudio for free VST plugins that are limiters or maximizers.

another one is Broadcast, a multiband compressor/limiter/auto-gain/spatializer.

But bear in mind, no plugin will master your work, only a mastering engineer who is qualified can do mastering. It's not simple work and it can't be done just by machines.

[sftd]

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[kcearl]

you probably already own all the plugins you need to make your tracks louder

Ozone is little more than a suite of plugins, its not a magic wand

Id saying sticking with what youve got and learning how the work with each other would be more beneficial in the long term than buying more plugs

raising the loudness can take as little as a compressor and a limiter...if you are having to use large amounts of anything else, ie EQ, then really its prolly something you need to fix in the mix rather than at this stage

[wwjd]

LOUDMAX. Done.
LoudMax

Thresh: -30
Output: -.3

[aof21]

Ozone

[mdoelger]

For home.mastering...hmm lets see.

EQ, compressor (both in M/S if necessary), deesser, and a fader.

I bet you have all this covered already.

Just push the fader up. If your mix is done right, you can push it very far without real nasty artifacts. If you cannot do that, work on your mix.

[Barfunkel]

Originally Posted by astroidmist

You don't have to run out an buy Ozone or any other plugin just to make a track louder.

Get BuzzMaxi or TLs Maximizer (both freeware VSTs). Or search KVRaudio for free VST plugins that are limiters or maximizers.

another one is Broadcast, a multiband compressor/limiter/auto-gain/spatializer.

But bear in mind, no plugin will master your work, only a mastering engineer who is qualified can do mastering. It's not simple work and it can't be done just by machines.

Thanks for the tip! Sounds pretty good to my ears, already used it in a couple of tracks.

[Ksp]

Originally Posted by bchamorro

I'm basically looking for something to make my mix louder, I would guess a limiter would be the right tool?

Is there anything you would recommend for a quick home mastering to test my track at a club?

Waves L3 multimaxizer.

Just flatten the mix to death - its a very popular mastering technique !

[payt]

Originally Posted by Ksp

Waves L3 multimaxizer.

Just flatten the mix to death - its a very popular mastering technique !

Yup.. turn everything up to 10, or 11 if possible, then make sure your waveform looks as flat as a pancake, and you're sure your mix sounds 'current' and 'modern', and it's radio ready! (who listens to the radio anymore anyway?.. damn commercials every 3 seconds..)

[mdoelger]

Clip your master buss and be done with it. Try it. if it sounds half good, then let it be. Work your mix for loudness.

[pointsource]

Some time ago I gave Ozone a try and, TBH, I thought that it's really crappy.

I always go with Equality + Cytomic "The Glue" + L2 combo on the master channel.