Best "maximizer" VST??

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Hello,

I need an easy solution to get my sound louder without being destructive.
(I say "easy" because a friend of mine will take care of the mastering later, but I want my pre-masterings to be louder)
What is for you the best "maximizer" VST? (payware or freeware)

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OK, I guess I'll do it...
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Hands down - Waves Ultramaximizer

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Thanks
Any more options?
Or does it mean I'll have to spend at least 300$ to get a good plug? :hihi:

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osiris wrote:Hands down - Waves Ultramaximizer
The freeware W1 Limiter is supposed to produce bit-identical output to the Ultramaximizer, so it might be worth looking into.
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Totolitoto wrote:Hello,

I need an easy solution to get my sound louder without being destructive.
(I say "easy" because a friend of mine will take care of the mastering later, but I want my pre-masterings to be louder)
What is for you the best "maximizer" VST? (payware or freeware)
Well, without being destructive seems irrelevant with what you ask for.

That said, for a fair price, you could get IK Multimedia Brickwall Limiter.

It's $99/€74.99

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/trsingles/m ... einfo5.php

And it sounds great, really. One of the best brickwall limiter IMHO, especially with the different modes (Clean, Advanced, Clip, Sat).

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Voxengo Elephant.

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Thanks everybody! :tu:

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Slightly cheaper at only 10 euros but worth a look, you could try Jeroen Breebart's "Barricade Pro" : http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/audio_vs ... de_pro.htm

He also does a freeware version that is available in the downloadable bundle on his sie.

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If you don't mind the offensive limiter sound of losing peaks, you could just use the free Loudmax. I don't limit without clipping or saturating to eliminate the "sound" of the limiting.
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4damind wrote:Voxengo Elephant.
+1

Elephant is the most transparent maximizer I've found.

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What's "pre-mastering" anyways ?? Maybe just use the volume knobby thingy ???


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Just out of curiosity, is it common practice to send a mix to someone to master that's already gone through a master channel limiter like any one the options mentioned above? Shouldn't the mastering engineer do this? I do this stuff myself because I don't have a mastering engineer but I'd assume I would want to disable all the plugs on my master channel if insert to send a mix off to a mastering engineer to give him the most flexibility.

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