KVR Audio

fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:20 am

I see a lot of good bargains over at the market place these days, and I could use something to slap at the master output that will give my mix some magic.. But I've shopped a bit much lately, so I don't have loads to spend.. (somebody take my card away..

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Anyway, will these below-$100 offers give me what I want (easy but good mastering), and which one has your likings?

- Kjaerhus GCO-1 Golden Compressor
- PSP MixPack
- DiscoDSP FX bundle

fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:18 pm

c'mon, my last FX thread went so well!

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:14 pm

I think the GCO-1 is an all-rounder. CAN be used for mastering, but not designed with that intention. Maybe also look at his MPL-1: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2270.html

fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:20 pm

Yeah, I saw the MPL-1 as well, looks very nice.. Thanks for the reply!

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:26 pm

And don't forget Voxengo Elephant or Polysquasher (or another of his limiters) in your shortlist!

annode · Post by **annode** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:10 am

This one is VERY cool...take a look at near auto-mastering a track.
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1898.html

fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:17 am

It looks nice, but it's out of my price range unfortunately..

Anyway, I tried Arguru's Stardust yesterday, and it gave some very nice results. I think it's either freeware or the discoDSP bundle, as I was very impressed by ThrillMe as well.

runagate · Post by **runagate** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:47 am

Um, Dominion kicks ass freeware-wise - for transients and warmth.

You definitely need a multiband compressor and I use *all* of the free ones

I trust endorphin with a lot of tasks.

Of the ones you listed my vote would go with PSP.
Not only is it good but, judging from the results I managed to get the little I've used it, it's newbie-friendly.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:56 am

Haven't tried it but AAMS (Auto Audio Mastering System) looks interesting. AAMS V2 actually claims to do the whole mastering (EQ, multi-band compression and limiting) automatically. Since it's also very moderately priced (€50) it's likely to be in the "too good to be true" category but when I actually have something that's worth mastering I'll definitely try the demo.

www.curioza.com

/Yoss

johnnytluxury · Post by **johnnytluxury** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:00 am

does the title to this have anything to do with the seasons, or was i just misled?

fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:05 am

johnnytluxury wrote:does the title to this have anything to do with the seasons, or was i just misled?

just referring to the many sales at the market place.. all of the plugs I mentioned in the first post is discounted in some way, hence it seems to be mastering season..

fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:11 am

Yossarian wrote:Haven't tried it but AAMS (Auto Audio Mastering System) looks interesting. AAMS V2 actually claims to do the whole mastering (EQ, multi-band compression and limiting) automatically. Since it's also very moderately priced (€50) it's likely to be in the "too good to be true" category but when I actually have something that's worth mastering I'll definitely try the demo.

www.curioza.com

/Yoss

Yeah, that seems too good a deal for Eur50.. I'll check it out when I come home though, thx..

MelodyMan · Post by **MelodyMan** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:07 pm

Don't forget HarBal

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fred-hal · Post by **fred-hal** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:23 pm

Anyway, I think it's between the said bundles now, disco vs psp.. I'm demoing both, and have them set up like this:

I'm getting satisfying results (in my ears) from both bundles, although the psp mixpressor introduces a slight delay (expected, right?).

Is this a 'nonono wtf are you doing' setup? I'm a complete n00b at mastering, hence I need something easy to use..

kylen · Post by **kylen** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:34 pm

fred-hal wrote:... the psp mixpressor introduces a slight delay (expected, right?).

I think you have to turn off the "DEL" button which is lookahead and causes delay (I think it's lookahead...)

fred-hal wrote: Is this a 'nonono wtf are you doing' setup? I'm a complete n00b at mastering, hence I need something easy to use..

It looks pretty complicated to me but if you're enjoying yourself then you know - sounds great! If you find some of my old posts (I hope they're old) you'll see some pretty hairy contraptions too!