Sonalksis Mastering Suite or Ikmultimedia T-Racks 3?
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- KVRian
- 1116 posts since 18 Jan, 2004 from Los Angeles, California, USA
bduffy, I can tell you that at Dreamtown Music we tended to use the L2 when we wanted a certain coloration and found that the Ozone limiter could be more transparent. We tend to only do draft mastering, however, and outsource our priority mastering projects professionally.
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Yes, many feel Ozone is more transparent. Perhaps I need to try it out again, but I always recall L2 winning out; it just seemed to keep the punch of the track intact. Occasionally I do a personal shootout, and I'll be damned if I can find much that beats the L2, especially at higher levels. But we're talking (severe) draft mastering, of course.Per Lichtman wrote:bduffy, I can tell you that at Dreamtown Music we tended to use the L2 when we wanted a certain coloration and found that the Ozone limiter could be more transparent. We tend to only do draft mastering, however, and outsource our priority mastering projects professionally.
Thanks for the info, Per.
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- KVRian
- 1116 posts since 18 Jan, 2004 from Los Angeles, California, USA
No problem. 
Ah, well for "severe" mastering I found that one (or more) of the following tended to achieve better results: Event Horizon, Elephant, and GClip. Actually I hardly have tried GClip since I found Event Horizon but it is free so I felt it should be mentioned.
There sure have been a lot of mastering limiters released in the last year though: Sonalksis, Blue Cat, PSP, etc... people seem to really want their tracks to be loud.
Ah, well for "severe" mastering I found that one (or more) of the following tended to achieve better results: Event Horizon, Elephant, and GClip. Actually I hardly have tried GClip since I found Event Horizon but it is free so I felt it should be mentioned.
There sure have been a lot of mastering limiters released in the last year though: Sonalksis, Blue Cat, PSP, etc... people seem to really want their tracks to be loud.