Help w/Mastering Plugin Purchase

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:30 pm

First, Thanks for all that can help.

I have a $150 voucher for a UAD plug. I have a UAD card and currently own the Pultec, UAD Cambridge, 1176, LA2A, Fairchild, Precision Limiter, Plate 140, Dreamverb and Realverb, and Precision EQ.

I currently mix a lot of rock (punk mostly) that needs to be loud and compressed well (I know everyone hates this, but it is what the clients want). I try not to over compress while mixing, to leave that for the mastering engineer, but often times I have to be the "mastering engineer" because the bands can't afford / don't want to afford going to a pro.

So essentially, without all the "make them go to a mastering engineer" comments, what UAD plug, if any, would you guys recommend to help my task to rough-master some things? If there aren't any good UAD mastering tools for my purpose, what other UAD Plugs would you recommend to enhance my UAD options.

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:58 am

I would strongly recommend you:
a) TC MD3 Suite
b) PSP Neon HR, Xenon, MAsterQ
c) Better..save some money and seach for an experienced, reasonably prices Mastering engineer. You will learn a lot from such feedback.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:46 am

Try some of the Neve plugs from UAD. The buss compressor, is top of the line, and the eq's can really enahance the overall mix.

-jpleasant@presonus.com

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:20 am

WAVES L2-
hows that UAD precision limiter?

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:28 am

I like the UAD precision limiter, but it definitely doesn't get the loudness that pop/rock/punk clients want. I usually have to bring in one of my free vst plugs to give me that.

I still haven't decided on the damn plug, I may have bailed on the mastering plug option because I really want either the SPL Transient Designer (I do a lot of punk where drums are HUGELY important), or one of the NEVE plugs. Not sure which one yet, but wanna decide by tonight...

Ross

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:30 am

I like the UAD precision limiter, but it definitely doesn't get the loudness that pop/rock/punk clients want. I usually have to bring in one of my free vst plugs to give me that.

I still haven't decided on the damn plug, I may have bailed on the mastering plug option because I really want either the SPL Transient Designer (I do a lot of punk where drums are HUGELY important), or one of the NEVE plugs. Not sure which one yet, but wanna decide by tonight...

Ross

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