Your tracks, fresh from mixdown, will be analyzed for
the best mastering techniques to bring out your performance and power.
- Normalizing includes making all
tracks sound like they are the same loudness, and editing for silence before
and after to best accommodate your sequencing.
- Mastering includes normalizing,
uses EQ to give the songs consistency, and compression to liven or enhance
power. Minor editing to correct some errors may be included.
- Sequencing is arranging tracks in play order on the
final disc to create a sense of flow and place the most important tracks where
they will command the most attention and invite further listening.
Reverb Masters is a service of Reverb
Central, where everything instrumental surf happens.
The tools I use in mastering and restoration include:
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Platform: BIAS Peak Pro XT 5 running on Mac OS X
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Bias Peak Peak Pro 5 industry standard stereo audio editing, processing, and mastering application for Mac
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Master Perfection Suite plug-ins
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The complete Universal Audio UAD-1 powered plugins suite of emulated vintage signal processors
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1176LN Limiting Amplifier - Definitive Vintage FET Compressor Emulation
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1176SE Limiting Amplifier - Optimized DSP Version of the Classic Compressor
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BOSS CE-1 - Classic Chorus Ensemble Cambridge EQ - Smooth Analog Surgical Precision
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CS-1 Channel Strip - Complete Professional Channel Strip
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DreamVerb - Advanced Professional Reverb Toolkit
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Fairchild 670 & 670M - World Renown Tube Compressor
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UA LA-2A Leveling Amplifier Emulation - Most Popular Optical Compressor of All Time
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NEVE 1081 EQ - Classic Console Equalizer
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NEVE 33609 Compressor - Master Bus Classic
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NEVE 1073 EQ - Most Widely Used EQ in Popular Music
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Nigel - Amp/Cab & FX for Guitar and Beyond
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Plate 140 - Classic Plate Reverb System
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Precision EQ - Mastering Equalizer Precision Limiter - Mastering Grade Limiter
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Precision Multiband - Mastering Compressor/Expander/Gate
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Pultec EQP-1A - Classic Silky EQ
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Pultec Pro - Complete Vintage EQ RealVerb Pro - Industry Standard Reverb
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Roland Dimension D - Stereo Chorus and Spatial Effects
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Roland RE-201 - Space Echo
Reverb Masters is a service of Reverb Central, where everything instrumental surf happens.
