Free mastering plugins for soundforge
95% of the pictures I see every day are very very very saturated, contrasty & sharpened. Also over exciting the highs seems to be rather common these days. The loudness race is ridiculous, I think that the adjustment on volume should be left to the listeners end. I've been through this on 100 other forums, but I'll say it again: I don't care for most "pro" mastered modern releases so much these days. the same parameters apply but the compressor is now split in to 2 or 4 devices with independant frequency ranges being compressed simultaniously. Having understood the above, we can now concentrate on "frequency" the added parameter in multi band compressors: the compressor is split up into 2 often 4 frequencies. Threshold: this is the sound level where the compressor kiks in.Īttack/release: envelope of the compressor. Multiband compression is a a very tricky thing, if you have used a compressor then you will know that there are four parameters that are very important: threshold, ratio, attack and release. peak signal devided by 1.4 often refered to as avarege. Rms = route mean square (peak/square route of 2) i.e. the good thing is that i can constantly switch between my track and the one that i think sounds good. in cubase i can load a track that i think sounds good and also load my track, then i compare them in terms of frequencies. with the plug in chainer, i personaly prefere cubase. Sound forge and othe programmes can be used for mastering, i.e. It is very important to have a lot of presence in the mids and lower mids, this will insure that your production sounds good on a large sound system as well as on a cheap radio. on your master bus also have a compressor, maximizer etc.
do the same thing with spheres and synths. so group your percussion tracks and bass tracks, compress, eq and maximize them. Group mixing is a good way to get your mixes clean and upfront. I agree with mike, before you even think of mastering, your mix will have to be good. a few things before i talk about mastering: