The TOP 10 BEST OF THE BEST Mixing/Mastering Plugins 2012

[Solidtrax]

Windows and/or Mac?

[FineDineRecords]

Originally Posted by Solidtrax

Windows and/or Mac?

Windows

[Solidtrax]

I have used the following free plugins in multiple projects and I'm very pleased with the way they work/sound:

Bootsy BaxterEQ - I love this EQ on the master, it's smooth!!
Bootsy Density mkII -lovely sounding bus compressor
Bootsy NastyDLA - great for delay sounds, but also for chorus/phaser kind of sounds
Bootsy BootEQ mkII - an EQ with character
Bootsy ThrillseekerLA - an amazing sounding compressor, sound like it could have been a $300 plugin!
AudioTeknikk Equilibre - a nice eq
AudioTeknikk GreenEugene - little distortion box.. I like it
J1000 PQ33 - smooth EQ, great sound.. I like it
jsAudio jsCompShaper - great channel compressor, don't like it as a bus compressor though
vladgsound Molot - amazingly good sounding compressor in my opinion
Photosounder SplineEQ - the free version has 4 bands, but hey, it's free and it sounds great!

[neilwilkes]

Agreed on the Bootsy/Variety of Sound tools.
Baxter EQ is built around baxandall filters, so is perfectly suited for buss use.
Thrillseeker LA is also very good for that analogue colouration as well, but not totally convined as to it'ssuitability for mastering simply because it does add that colouration whereas what is ideally needed in mastering is a clean tool, as presumably the mix being mastered has been approved by the client already and after all, mastering is supposed to be all about preparing a mix for it's intended release media and not slapping your own "sound" onto it....

Basically, unless we are talking personal stuff, you're going to have to pay for good mastering tools.