What is everyone using for mastering EQ on their master buss?
 
Which plug-ins are you using for EQ in this regard?
 
What settings/starting points are you using? I am particularly interested in hearing about how people are adding "sheen" to their mixes.
  
All serious replies appreciated.

Starting points should vary with every song you produce - each one must be considered if indeed it even needs EQ and why?

Should what you're correcting be fixed in the mix prior to mastering?

It's much better to apply gentle, broad curves in a mastering situation - anything more drastic definitely points to a problem in the mix and should be corrected there before it gets that far.

On saying that - one plugin I use a lot is the TRacks3 Linear Phase Eq, but some of the ones that come with Sonar are well capable of doing a good job in this role, especially their take on a Linear Phase, the LP64

Native Instruments' " Solid Bus Comp" is a great "mix glue" compressor for the master bus. I think a lot of people who have Komplete forget they own it!

I use Waves LinEQ or Voxengo Curve EQ.  Both are linear phase and get the job done.  The nice thing about the Waves LinEQ is that there is a separate version of the plugin that allows you to focus on the lowband.

What about the ProChannel "Pure" EQ setting? Isn't that to be used for mastering as well?

Oops I mistook this for the mastering compression thread!

mastering should be the final tweak and polish.  If you have a standard EQ (or comp) on the master bus it will be part of the mix process. 

I usually have a "mix" track that I put the mixdowns on.  I have voxengo curve EQ and elephant limiter in the fx bin.  Once I plug a mix on the track I can tell, in general, what effect the mastering process will have.  But it is a general idea w/ general settings - roll off the bottom below 40 cps (or so), a bit of high end and + 3 to 4 gain into the comp set to the lopto or clean limiter.  Even for such listening only purposes I switch around the settings.

But for "real" mastering once Im finished playing I use outboard.

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What kind of roll-off slope at 40 Hz do you use? The ProChannel slope ranges from 12 to 30 db/per octave I think.

I like the FAb Pro Q for software and my starting points is everything set to 0. Then i listen to the song and decide what needs to be done to it.

There is no standard starting point. Your ears will dictate the settings that needs to be done to the EQ and every other effect in the mastering chain. Same goes for mixing as well

PhilDarg - I like this question. It's very useful. I'm monitoring what everyone is suggesting.