Justin Colletti cracks open a track from the artist Astral Fisch to show off some of his favorite techniques—and some of his favorite plugin emulations of boutique analog hardware from Plugin Alliance.
You’ll hear for yourself how simply choosing the right tools for the job can help you completely transform Read more...
Mastering engineer Justin Colletti cracks open the new Ozone 9 to take it for the ultimate test for the first time: Can it stand up to a studio full of great gear in the hands of a real mastering engineer to deliver commercial masters that will thrill clients?
In this Read more...
I first read about Leapwing Audio‘s DynOne on a blog post penned by Bob Katz. According to the mastering master, this plug-in could get you a few more decibels of level, doing so rather transparently at near-default settings.
I was mastering an EP for Hundred Dollar Girlfriend at the time, Read more...
This week, I give an overview of 3 of the most useful advanced compression strategies, along with some details how to implement them on a variety of instruments.
From parallel compression for drums, bass and vocals, serial compression for instruments and buses, and sidechain compression for making space, these are Read more...
There’s still quite a bit of mystery around mastering, even for experienced musicians and engineers. Most know that they’re supposed to master their music—even if they don’t necessarily understand what mastering is really all about.
To put it simply, mastering is technically just the process of making a “master copy” Read more...
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