Mastering...

CLICK HERE for some lite reading on this subject.

Mike

Mastering is an art all it's own. I's not something you can just click a button and "poof," finished product. HERE'S A LITTLE GUIDE ON IT A lot of folks round here seem to like Ozone but it's not an EZ button.

Mike

Start here. Click on "download the Mastering with Ozone guide" You don't need to own Ozone to get something out of this pdf.

Not really, especially when the subject is huge like mastering. This subject has books written on it that are aver 500 pages. Theres more than enough info online and in here to look up. Myself, i learned mastering by doing allot of reading and just doing it. Its been over 3 years since i started mastering my own stuff and im still learning every day, so to re hash on something this big is just too much.
To answer the posters question, i use sonar 7 producer and some wave plug ins to master, i also use Ozone inside sonar to master also. I so everything inside the box, it easier and better for me
Cj

ORIGINAL: PTV

Hi Guys

What software do you use for Mastering?

I'm after something that is pretty simple.

ORIGINAL: Chinchen

These guys really dont like to rehash stuff do they?

Yeah, some attitudes around here can be pretty "holier than thou" and elitist, often dismissing simple, direct questions by suggesting that you must embark on a long, dark journey before you are worthy of sharing their knowledge.

There are two complete software packages that will quickly get you up and running. They each have a bunch of presets to get you statrted, and then, as you become more "enlightened", you can tweak to get the sound you're after. One is Ozone, it tends to impart a bit of a "synthetic" feel to your tracks.

Then there's TRacks. TRacks' is very accurate with respect to tube modeling so tweaking knobs will yield more than a linear result. Most of TRacks presets are too "hot" for my tastes so you may find that you'll have to tame the settings a bit. A cool feature of TRacks is that you can use the components independently in your host. So you can insert the compressor in a track or maybe just the limiter, etc.

IMO both of the GUIs of these packages suck, but for different reasons. Ozone's is too futuristic Matrix aesthetic with the dark green and black. TRacks is too "retro" and hard to see and tweak.

Ozone looks more like how people thought the 'future' would look like in 1977. It has a 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' look to it...

I'm happy with my mixes just want to get them mastered.

I want to slightly beef up the sound, make my tracks louder and add that shine to them to make them sound more professional.

To get started, if you have Sonar 7, try Boost 11. The whole point of Boost 11 is to make tracks seem louder. And, it is pretty much a one button (well, I think maybe two) tool.

In addition to the tips above, Reason's pre-packaged Mastering presets can be a good way to learn, on a limited budget, what sorts of devices are used for different styles and at what settings.