Hi there, i am a german mastering engineer. Last weekend my whole studio was completely robbed!!! i have a list of stolen...

Peer Hahnefeld

GEARSLUTZ.COM MASTERING FORUM - POST OF THE MONTH Hey everyone! Our friends at NUGEN Audio are sponsoring a "post of the...

Whitecat

We have a new sub-forum titled "Mastering for Beginners" (see above) Some of the past threads will be moved there...

Riccardo

1) Please search the forum prior to posting. Many topics have already been discussed ad infinitum. This will avoid clutter and...

Riccardo

I was checking out some Greg Calbi interviews and videos recently and was a bit astonished by his description of cables. He talks...

rosewood123

My former thread about updates on ordering seems to have been deleted, so. . . Just ordered another case of RMGI SM900...

Plush

From Jonte's Facebook.... The mastering Vari Mu II has a facelift to match the Soma.... Must resist.....

nomatic

I just ordered one of these Finished Relay Volume controller / Balanced Potentiometer / Balanced preamp | eBay. It took 6 weeks...

Thomas W. Bethe

Rev. 1 shown (no trim on front on this pic). Just got mine today, here are my initial thoughts. And a pic of the...

Lagerfeldt

as no digital tape emulation really satisfies me and i have little experience with hardware tape emulations, i would like to ask...

teebaum

Since this equalizer has been discussed a bit more than usual recently & it seems quite a few mastering people are using it,...

CharlesCola

I can understand why the loud mastering but is it just me cause I can hardly listen to the odd dynamics.

cooker

There's a lot of confusion about what sample rate to use for YouTube. YouTube's own guidelines for music videos Bit depth: 24...

Lagerfeldt

If mastering a track what would be a moderate level. I know anything over 1.0 on Waves S1 begins to widen.

keano

I like to keep as little in line as possible but am currently limited to my single speaker pair for monitoring and my headphone...

brijem

Hello all, I am about to start mastering a jazz piece as part of my final year project, and would love some useful tips about...

UKstudent

Sonnox announced that starting tomorrow all plugs are 50% off. So I demoed the upgraded G5 Brick Wall Limiter. I compared it to...

AudioSoundzz

Please give me your suggestions! I am mostly interested in VST Plugins, but if you swear by your hardware unit(s), I want that...

theMuzzl3

Hey guys, I was curious if any of you mastering guys would like to participate in a community shoot - out of all the limiters and...

joe_04_04

Hi, If I have a project in 24bit 48K and at the export stage I export to 24bit 96K instead of 24bit 48K, would there be a...

duriehill

Hey there, Has anyone had a play with the Tokyo Dawn DeEdger? I just used it on a project where the vocalist had used 2...

Channel time

I'm in the market for a new AD/DA. And just as I'm about to settle on a Lynx Hilo, Apogee comes out with it's new...

TheMegaMan

I tried and bought the Sonnox Dynamic Equalizer : Incredible transparency, M/S controls etc ... Transparency of the Sonnox...

arnoldorodeo

I don't usually do these sort of posts, but I feel as a longterm member of this board that I must make this review public....

MattGray

Would Ozone 8 Spectral Shaper be comparable to oeksound soothe at all; or is it more in the TDR DeEdger category? I can see it...

theMuzzl3

Seems like there is a lot of DIY mastering going on these days. (As evidence would show in the mix section of this forum and...

eternalsound

Hello, My name is Joe and I'm a mastering engineer. I started 10 years ago right at the start of the native boom in...

Joe_caithness

I have a theory about clipping a\d converters that I need the experts here to make sense of. I did a test in protools while I'm...

O-dawg

With the rise of home studios and project studios it seems to be happening more and more that clients decide to revise a mix...

Trakworx

Hi folks, Anyone got or used a HCL Thermos? From what I gather it's a 4 band parametric mastering EQ based on the Barry Porter...

audiomaster

2 danish companies offer since a few months tilt-eq's with comparable concepts. it would be great to know how different they...

teebaum

Hey Folks, First, some disclaimers. For the sake of discussion, let's assume there is appropriate room treatment, appropriate...

GemCity

Lets talk your anti-harshness techniques of choice. ITB, OTB? Shelf vs bell? First in the chain, middle, last before...

Boxtone

Hi all, We are preparing to launch our first offering in the new Mastering Suite Editions units, the 1ru Stereo Germanium...

RogerFoote

Dear world, I am a proud owner of the Roger Foote/FCS P3S Stereo Compressor. This baby is smooth. I've demoed an SSL G-Bus...

Sophroneo

I've long been interested in parallel processing during mastering, but only find myself using it digitally and cautiously. I'm...

B Elgin

Hi fellow gearsluts, I would like to hear what gear you use to accomplish color, depth and "3D" preferably on the...

Progmatic-Studios

I just received an e-mail from MAAT digital claiming to be releasing an upgrade to the Algorithmix PEQ Orange Linear Phase EQ...

Benj

Thought I'd start a thread on this one - had it in my rack for just under a week now. I wanted to write a proper review, but have...

macc

Hello, I'm shopping for a pristine 2 channel DA converter just for monitoring purposes. Since I've read for years about it I'm...

OMU

I know this question is going to annoy analog purists but maybe there are some hybrid guys that have the knowledge to answer this...

Barncore

I am actually having cognitive dissonance about this next post because I want to keep this box a secret weapon but the more...

nomatic

There's a new product by SSL called the Fusion. I got to use it briefly and was pretty impressed with it. I would have liked...

bcgood

Hi, I am junior mastering engineer and I love live sound, mastering and hi-fi. I'm considering buying other gears for my small...

Piddizero

What's up GS fam, I own the T Racks BrickWall Limiter & love it. Sold a few beats recently, enabling me the option to buy...

DontaBlack

Some very famous records does sound a little bit thin/scooped in the mids to me. Any reason for this? I feel like some of the...

musicmixer04

Here's a hypothetical job......... You are presented with 15 tracks. They have different volumes. Some are close to -1db...

Carbinax

Hi, I am wondering what you guys with mastering facilities think about flush-mounted speakers vs. free-standing? Happy...

audioforce

I'm on a holiday right now (last couple of days) and I always like something to read and so I bought the 3rd edition of Bob...

da goose

Hi I have a track I mastered yesterday that required a lot of de-clicking etc in RX7. I saved the RX session but today I have...

F. Davis

I've been out of the loop for a while now, and if I'm reading correctly, Spotify (and some others?) are now level matching...

Ain't Nobody

Hi guys, do you charge an additional fee for a DDP file? How much if 'yes'? I was thinking.... Pro DDP creation software is...

bestmusichits

Hey all. I really like the feature set and transparent sound of this compressor (Plugin Alliance version). However, I really...

seanmccoy

I heard this unit many times and was pleasantly surprised how it gently enhanced so many mixers. However now with Titans and...

Glenn Bucci