AAMS Auto Audio Mastering System V3 - www.curioza.com
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stateofpsychosis stateofpsychosis https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=303521
- KVRist
- 44 posts since 22 Apr, 2013 from Canada
Note I had to do all 3 of these things for it to work. One thing on its own didn't help. I hope what worked for me helps at least
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stateofpsychosis stateofpsychosis https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=303521
- KVRist
- 44 posts since 22 Apr, 2013 from Canada
yea i wasted a lot of time on this.. I figured it out though.
If you were mastering stems as well and had a ton of issues read my post on this forum.
You're going to have to master everything semi-automatically using an analyzer file from for the whole mixdown of the entire song not just one for an individual stem..
This semi-automatic process (minus the part about using a different analyzer file) will also probably help you guys get around that damn "floating point divided by zero" error. At least it's worth a try anyways.
Read the solution here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 01#5492301
If you were mastering stems as well and had a ton of issues read my post on this forum.
You're going to have to master everything semi-automatically using an analyzer file from for the whole mixdown of the entire song not just one for an individual stem..
This semi-automatic process (minus the part about using a different analyzer file) will also probably help you guys get around that damn "floating point divided by zero" error. At least it's worth a try anyways.
Read the solution here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 01#5492301
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 12 Oct, 2013
Hi! I get this message when I start the program (Win 8 Pro 64): "Invalid numeric input", and when I am using it, the "I/O error" too. Only uninstalling and installing AAMS everytime the problem disappears (just for the first use). If I close the program or try to load a second track (when the first is finished) the messages appears again. Any idea? Besides this, the AAMS is awesome! Thanks and sorry for my english!
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 12 Oct, 2013
Well, it seems to be the Administrator thing: I have installed AAMS in the Administrator account and problem was solve. Now I'm running it in my "normal user" account (running it as administrator) and seems to be working ok. Thanks!japoluza wrote:Hi! I get this message when I start the program (Win 8 Pro 64): "Invalid numeric input", and when I am using it, the "I/O error" too. Only uninstalling and installing AAMS everytime the problem disappears (just for the first use). If I close the program or try to load a second track (when the first is finished) the messages appears again. Any idea? Besides this, the AAMS is awesome! Thanks and sorry for my english!
I don't have much experience with "professional" audio stuff, but I have to say that this soft is absolutely perfect for home made recordings: If the mix is at least acceptable, the results are amazing!
Thanks and best regards from Argentina!
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- KVRian
- 906 posts since 24 Mar, 2010
Yeah this software is great imo. It can do the auto mastering stuff, but you can also use it as a learning tool. Check out the website, there is a ton of info in the Tutorial section as well.japoluza wrote:If the mix is at least acceptable, the results are amazing!
Hopefully Denis' kindness of making the software donationware, is doing just that, getting some donations
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 10 Feb, 2003 from Netherlands
AAMS Auto Audio Mastering System - Version Revisions (11092014)
www.curioza.com - Download Page
Welcome to AAMS, the introduction towards Automatic Audio Mastering.
AAMS is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7/8.
Providing a software package that supplies you with Fully Automatic Audio Mastering.
Featuring suggestions for Equalizer, Multiband Compression and Loudness settings,
internal DSP Processing with all audio corrections done purely inside the AAMS Program.
Making the Mastering Process easy and less time consuming, having a good overall sound quality,
to process a Mix to a great sounding Master. Turn your mix into an commercial great sounding master.
Now you can listen what you expect!
AAMS V2.5 Revision 006 is out now, see download page!
AAMS V2.5 - Rev 006c
- Windows 8.1 and windows 7 problems, Fixed
- Microsoft Changed Windows Rules, Fixed.
- Version History, Added.
- WAV Files
The WAV Files for AAMS need to be 16 Bit Integer or 32 Bit Float.
The Frequency is 44.1 KHZ only.
The WAV Files need te be correctly written (logic for instance does not).
So if you have error messages, use AAMS Tools tab to convert your WAV files to
the correct format. Or use a program alike Wavelab (Audio Editor) to save a WAV File in the correct format.
You can also use Format Factory Convertor that is a free tool.
Also be sure the maximum playtime of the WAV Files cannot be longer than 10-15 minutes...
AAMS is Donateware and is free to use!
- The best results without a hassle!
I’ve mastered one DnB tune for a quick test this way, using another mastered DnB track as a reference. The resulting master was totally acceptable, especially considering the price and the effort that went into creating it (that’s zero price and zero effort, btw). Definitely mastered well enough for using on SoundCloud, or even sending as a demo to labels and such. It is working for me (Win 7 64Bit). There is much more to explore and aams isn’t that bad for mastering purposes. I think I’ll use it for learning and understanding mastering and as a suporting tool for my productions. Except for the nice anylysing tools you have an eq-stage a compressor-stage and a loudness-stage. All three of them blew my mind.
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This software is fantastic. It allows the automatic mastering of your music against the analysis of other tracks. Take your best song and master everything with the same feel (audio spectrum). OK, for your final CD, you may want to spend time in the studio, BUT before and even after, you may want to use this software. It does what only the best studio wizards are able to attain with many grand of equipment (and plug-ins). I agree 100%! the auto-mastering feature is just one aspect of this program. the manual mode is great. i’m still getting used to the workflow and the GUI, but this thing might prove to be a very useful mastering tool.
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"Best $112 I ever spent". Give it some time to analyze a CD that has dynamics, stereo field & other sonic characteristics you want, then use that reference on your own songs, the results are stunning. If you understand mastering enough to tweak the settings it's even better.
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I bought this before the price was reduced to $65, and I still don't regret it. No problems installing it or running it. The UI is a bit weird so getting a good reference master set up takes some time, but once that's done it's pretty much 3 mouse clicks. The presets aren't that great (at least they weren't in the version I bought in 2008, they might be better now), but anyway, I definitely recommend creating your own reference master by letting it analyze some songs that have sonic characteristics (dynamics, stereo field, tone, etc.) similar to what you want your songs to sound like. I've tried a few cheap mastering services, and I can get better results myself with a multiband compressor and parametric EQ. If you only have a song or two to be mastered and you don't quite get what mastering is or what it's for, one of those services might still be your best bet. But if you do understand mastering (even if, like me, you're not particularly good at it), and you're going to be mastering more than a few songs, then AAMS can be an indispensable part of the toolkit. It takes 100% of the tedium out of the process (if you've ever used a multiband compressor but you aren't a professional mastering engineer, you probably know what I mean). First time I used it I was mixing a cheap demo for a band, asked 'em what bands they thought had killer production, they gave me a CD with the desired amount of thump and presence, I let AAMS analyze it, used that as the reference master, played them the result and they were like "demo my a**, that's a finished product". Obviously, if you're starting with a crappy mix there's only so much it can do (you can't polish a turd), but AAMS can make a good mix sound phenomenal.
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Easy to use (just read the Help)... Does exactly what it's supposed to do - analyze a given track for it's audio levels, EQ frequencies, etc., then make a reference file or "template" of it for later use.
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THE BEST AUDIO MASTERING,THE BEST PROJECT RESULTS,THERE BATCH MASTERING FEATURES,CONVERTER.Machines designed BASIC TECHNIQUES TO THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO PROCESSING,AUDIO PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING, MAKE MORE REAL MUSIC,LOUD, WANTED audiophile, THANK'S ...
I have the experience of listening to a very real and alive but it is difficult to express in words, sounds that came out in the form of a natural, clear and loud ...AAMS may be able to do experiments more natural audio, clear and loud.
.
Hey guys,
Recently I discovered AAMS (Auto Audio Mastering System).
This standalone software-tool claims to be able to master a wave-file
with a single click (based on a reference).
I tested it out (you can get a 21-days free trial at http://www.curioza.com)
and it works extremely well! It can lift your track, correct some
eq-mistakes you made or add depth and body to a source.
And... it's verrrrry cheap! Check www.curioza.com for more info and the free trial....
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Our band tried it out for our demo recordings, we also had a guy to master for us for free because he wanted to use some tracks for advertising his new studio and two of us tried our own hand at "mastering" so we had plenty of versions of the same songs to choose from.
In the end the AAMS seemed to make "neat" masters, not much wrong but actaully a bit boring to listen to, too bland if you will.
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Our own masters were sometimes worse and sometimes better than the AAMS stuff. The guy who mastered for free did the best job, but only after his third attempt.
All in all, I thought the AAMS might make a decent learning tool because you could change all of the settings yourself. That way you could look at what the AAMS was going to do, and preview it, and then change the settings of the EQ,compression, stereo width en so on. It was interesting to hear the effects of changes I made myself. I wouldn't use it on any serious recordings.
Van Speijk
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Actually think it`s does a fairly decent job . The only problem with it is finding the right reference track. We use it in our studio for our "budget" low cost recording to keep the cost down for our customers and so far people have been very happy with the results . Engineers are going to hate it thats for sure, well most will . Personally it save a lot of time in our studio as we have a lot of clients that come in record a few songs to backing tracks and don`t have a lot of money to pay me by the hour to master them properly, so this is a great alternative option to a) save our clients money b) allows us to take on clients on a tight budget and c)doesn`t cost a huge amount of money to buy. Finally , as you can load it up with wavs and let it get on with it you can get on and do other things making it a very useful tool in our busy enviroment.
P.s. One more thing to metion . If you master a track yourself ,using wavelab or whatever you use ,thats going on a certain album you can create a reference track from that and then use AAMS to master the rest of the album using that reference track and for that is works very well.
David
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I am certainly no Mastering Engineer, but I have been involved in tracking and mixing for the last 18 years, and a musician for over 40 years. Presently, I, and my fellow musician friends just record for fun as a hobby. Although my long-time friend and musician and I are working on a CD of some of the old cover songs we did in the 60's and 70's for posterity's sake.
Out of interest I downloaded this AAMS software (I haven't purchased yet) and have been running a couple of mixed cover songs I have completed through this software. I used an original copy of the song as a reference and was surprised at the results. To my ears it sounded pretty well balanced and good enough for our project.
My point is, everyone on these Forums are recording music for many different reasons, some professional, some semi pro, and some just as a hobby. Of course a professional mastering engineer could do better, but for those of us who cannot afford, or justify the cost of a Pro these programs do provide a decent service. And, we can learn a lot about the mastering process. What can be wrong with that?
just got this for 95 bucks and used it on a new track. i really only registered on this site to remark about it. it's awesome! would it be better to send your material out to a pro mastering house? probably, that's where real mastering happens. BUT, if you are going to track and master your own stuff at home - get this. learn it and use it!
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Anthony Vincent Says:
It takes time to get a good master even with some of the best plugins
and monitors. AAMS will give you a great starting point,
and is well worth the money for those on a budget or muscians
do not have the time for mastering..
In my opinon AAMS is very good A+.
A few people on the net have made the comment on the length
of time it takes to run the auto feature. Well, 10 to 15 min is nothing
compared to the amount of time it would have taken to do a
mastered version of a song at the same quality AAMS software produces.
Unless your some kind of mastering wizard you can't compare.
What impressed me the most was how the auto feature applies compression.
Either way if you like it or believe it or not AAMS is a great software
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Rich Says:
AAMS is not ready to replace our highly skilled mastering engineers.
It (or any similar product) probably never will be. But it has a value.
I've used it, and had some success with it. I even think it did a
better job of mastering my band's album than our mastering
engineer's first attempt (we were getting the album mastered at
around the time I was trying AAMS out).
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Ali Says:
mix reviews,...gues every one into diffrent styl of sound,
I been mixin and mastering for few years now, used tools like oZone,
T-racks, and also indivdual vst such as waves, one thing I came across
was that the quality of a mix is very important for AAMS to work,
when you use a reference file or load one form "e.g. a Roadrunner CD."
when you mastering manually you can hear frequncies
and just cut em or raise them, however lets be logical
AAMS just applies the refrence setting from your source file to your mix....
With my exprience it works very well when applied to a mix with
perfect levels on each track....
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polysix Says:
Anyway to AAMS. Having tried it on a 'decent' mix (corrected in harbal)
it did quite well, I'd say it actually surpassed my self 'pretend mastered'
master from wavelab in overall depth and involvement.
However it wasn't perfect and did sound a tad overdone in some areas.
Surely spending more time with the tool and disabling/toning down those
components would help.
I do like your advice on choosing the best mix for the album
as the reference (either AAMS or manual) as I'd not read that before!
And sure sometimes I have mixes that sound much better overall than others.
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Brandon Drury Says:
AAMS works but it only improves on what you put it.
Fair enough, but if it ONLY IMPROVES than why do they give you so many different preset/impulse thingies. If none of them have the ability to make a mix worse, I question their ability to make a mix better. Does that make sense?
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AAMS does a great job. If you are not a trained engineer, no matter if you use ozone and work a couplke of days in one track, AAMS will evcer deliver you a better master.
Will AAMS deliver a pro master? No. Will it be a great master? Possibly no. Will it be a good alternative if I dont have money or dont want to spend money in a pro master by now? Hell yes.
In the end of the day, the question is a balance between what you can do/ how much money you have/ how much time you have.
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We all know that mastering is an all important part of the music audio process. An audio engineer buddy of mine suggested piping my video audio through a program called "Auto Audio Mastering System" or AAMS. (http://www.curioza.com)i/ provided him with a 48/16 stereo wave file for processing. The program material was primarily speech, music and ambient sound. Within the program, you can choose from dozens of presets. The program will then process your audio to these prescribed specs. We discussed how this process in "no way" takes the place of a talented mastering engineer. He uses it on audio projects that will probably never make it that far. The results were surprisingly good. The finished audio had a smooth, professional sound. Not just compression or limiting, but a combination of equalization, compression and balance that I thought greatly improved the audio. This is a stand alone program, not real time processing, such as a plugin would provide. It took about 4 times the audio length to process.
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I also use AAMS & think it is well worth the price. I mainly use it for it's readouts on all the various EQ & compression settings, and then go back & make adjustment based on that...AND you get 21 days to try it out...can not beat that! There is a stand alone program that I like to use alot, I am not good at the final stages of mastering the finished product, and this program takes alot of the guess work out, as it is fully automated.
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Deeply intrigued, I snagged this program for Vista (running on my Parallels) and am considering doing some tests with it to see if this is actually an improvement over whatever mastering chain I am currently running. I can't imagine the results are going to be all that great -- I jumped on the Dynasone bandwagon ten years ago with the mindset that having a processor do "automated mastering" for me would be better than if I just attempted to do it on my own -- but this actually sounds like there's a lot more involved under the hood. Also, it actually details its analysis of your incoming music with a text file, in case you want to apply its settings to your own plugs and just master your material without it. At the very least, it might improve my film stuff, where I'm on a tight deadline and can't afford to tweak a mastering chain. Anyway, I thought I'd share:
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this is very good, very professional results, way better than my own attempts at mastering. Makes my tracks sound very polished and sweet. It is very easy to use, click one button to load your file and the reference file and a few minutes later, the mastered track pops out
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Have'nt used Har-Bal. I do own AAMS and what it does is almost magic. It simplifies the mastering process to an almost child-like level (in auto). The reference files are ok...I'm having success with the rock reference. The ability to create your own reference files from your favorite CD is very cool. I'm sure in the future I will learn to master manually. For now, I'm saving cash and have a finshed, polished product that actually sounds good.
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Just had a go of this and it seems to do a better job than I was able to do with my waves plugins. but I don't know much about mastering myself. so a good tool for those that don't if you want a quick master for playing.
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"WORKS WONDERS" by dawondatwinz
Pros: I was not sure if this would work, but this program has truly taken our quality to another level.
Cons: To be honest, for what it can do I don't think I'd change a thing except maybe make the process faster. (But it is very quick already)
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by peter_polan
Pros: THE BEST AUDIO MASTERING,THE BEST PROJECT RESULTS,THERE BATCH MASTERING FEATURES,CONVERTER.Machines designed BASIC TECHNIQUES TO THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO PROCESSING,AUDIO PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING, MAKE MORE REAL MUSIC,LOUD, WANTED audiophile, THANK'S ...
Cons: difficult to use, a long time process, there is no batch converter feature, the old view, there is no burn features, no dsp jazz and acoustic.
Summary: I have the experience of listening to a very real and alive but it is difficult to express in words, sounds that came out in the form of a natural, clear and loud ...AAMS may be able to do experiments more natural audio, clear and loud.
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"It's good" by tru2life69
Pros: makes your music a lot better
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Fantastic bit of kit for the money.
Look forward to any future updates or products.
Cheers from UK
Blane
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PalmsSun
Pros: I was not sure if this would work, but this program has truly taken our quality to another level.
Cons: To be honest, for what it can do I don't think I'd change a thing except maybe make the process faster. (But it is very quick already)
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by peter_polan
Pros: THE BEST AUDIO MASTERING,THE BEST PROJECT RESULTS,THERE BATCH MASTERING FEATURES,CONVERTER.Machines designed BASIC TECHNIQUES TO THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO PROCESSING,AUDIO PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING, MAKE MORE REAL MUSIC,LOUD, WANTED audiophile, THANK'S ...
Cons: difficult to use, a long time process, there is no batch converter feature, the old view, there is no burn features, no dsp jazz and acoustic.
Summary: I have the experience of listening to a very real and alive but it is difficult to express in words, sounds that came out in the form of a natural, clear and loud ...AAMS may be able to do experiments more natural audio, clear and loud.
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"It's good" by tru2life69
Pros: makes your music a lot better
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Fantastic bit of kit for the money.
Look forward to any future updates or products.
Cheers from UK
Blane
www.curioza.com - Download Page
Welcome to AAMS, the introduction towards Automatic Audio Mastering.
AAMS is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7/8.
Providing a software package that supplies you with Fully Automatic Audio Mastering.
Featuring suggestions for Equalizer, Multiband Compression and Loudness settings,
internal DSP Processing with all audio corrections done purely inside the AAMS Program.
Making the Mastering Process easy and less time consuming, having a good overall sound quality,
to process a Mix to a great sounding Master. Turn your mix into an commercial great sounding master.
Now you can listen what you expect!
AAMS V2.5 Revision 006 is out now, see download page!
AAMS V2.5 - Rev 006c
- Windows 8.1 and windows 7 problems, Fixed
- Microsoft Changed Windows Rules, Fixed.
- Version History, Added.
- WAV Files
The WAV Files for AAMS need to be 16 Bit Integer or 32 Bit Float.
The Frequency is 44.1 KHZ only.
The WAV Files need te be correctly written (logic for instance does not).
So if you have error messages, use AAMS Tools tab to convert your WAV files to
the correct format. Or use a program alike Wavelab (Audio Editor) to save a WAV File in the correct format.
You can also use Format Factory Convertor that is a free tool.
Also be sure the maximum playtime of the WAV Files cannot be longer than 10-15 minutes...
AAMS is Donateware and is free to use!
- The best results without a hassle!
I’ve mastered one DnB tune for a quick test this way, using another mastered DnB track as a reference. The resulting master was totally acceptable, especially considering the price and the effort that went into creating it (that’s zero price and zero effort, btw). Definitely mastered well enough for using on SoundCloud, or even sending as a demo to labels and such. It is working for me (Win 7 64Bit). There is much more to explore and aams isn’t that bad for mastering purposes. I think I’ll use it for learning and understanding mastering and as a suporting tool for my productions. Except for the nice anylysing tools you have an eq-stage a compressor-stage and a loudness-stage. All three of them blew my mind.
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This software is fantastic. It allows the automatic mastering of your music against the analysis of other tracks. Take your best song and master everything with the same feel (audio spectrum). OK, for your final CD, you may want to spend time in the studio, BUT before and even after, you may want to use this software. It does what only the best studio wizards are able to attain with many grand of equipment (and plug-ins). I agree 100%! the auto-mastering feature is just one aspect of this program. the manual mode is great. i’m still getting used to the workflow and the GUI, but this thing might prove to be a very useful mastering tool.
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"Best $112 I ever spent". Give it some time to analyze a CD that has dynamics, stereo field & other sonic characteristics you want, then use that reference on your own songs, the results are stunning. If you understand mastering enough to tweak the settings it's even better.
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I bought this before the price was reduced to $65, and I still don't regret it. No problems installing it or running it. The UI is a bit weird so getting a good reference master set up takes some time, but once that's done it's pretty much 3 mouse clicks. The presets aren't that great (at least they weren't in the version I bought in 2008, they might be better now), but anyway, I definitely recommend creating your own reference master by letting it analyze some songs that have sonic characteristics (dynamics, stereo field, tone, etc.) similar to what you want your songs to sound like. I've tried a few cheap mastering services, and I can get better results myself with a multiband compressor and parametric EQ. If you only have a song or two to be mastered and you don't quite get what mastering is or what it's for, one of those services might still be your best bet. But if you do understand mastering (even if, like me, you're not particularly good at it), and you're going to be mastering more than a few songs, then AAMS can be an indispensable part of the toolkit. It takes 100% of the tedium out of the process (if you've ever used a multiband compressor but you aren't a professional mastering engineer, you probably know what I mean). First time I used it I was mixing a cheap demo for a band, asked 'em what bands they thought had killer production, they gave me a CD with the desired amount of thump and presence, I let AAMS analyze it, used that as the reference master, played them the result and they were like "demo my a**, that's a finished product". Obviously, if you're starting with a crappy mix there's only so much it can do (you can't polish a turd), but AAMS can make a good mix sound phenomenal.
.
Easy to use (just read the Help)... Does exactly what it's supposed to do - analyze a given track for it's audio levels, EQ frequencies, etc., then make a reference file or "template" of it for later use.
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THE BEST AUDIO MASTERING,THE BEST PROJECT RESULTS,THERE BATCH MASTERING FEATURES,CONVERTER.Machines designed BASIC TECHNIQUES TO THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO PROCESSING,AUDIO PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING, MAKE MORE REAL MUSIC,LOUD, WANTED audiophile, THANK'S ...
I have the experience of listening to a very real and alive but it is difficult to express in words, sounds that came out in the form of a natural, clear and loud ...AAMS may be able to do experiments more natural audio, clear and loud.
.
Hey guys,
Recently I discovered AAMS (Auto Audio Mastering System).
This standalone software-tool claims to be able to master a wave-file
with a single click (based on a reference).
I tested it out (you can get a 21-days free trial at http://www.curioza.com)
and it works extremely well! It can lift your track, correct some
eq-mistakes you made or add depth and body to a source.
And... it's verrrrry cheap! Check www.curioza.com for more info and the free trial....
.
Our band tried it out for our demo recordings, we also had a guy to master for us for free because he wanted to use some tracks for advertising his new studio and two of us tried our own hand at "mastering" so we had plenty of versions of the same songs to choose from.
In the end the AAMS seemed to make "neat" masters, not much wrong but actaully a bit boring to listen to, too bland if you will.
.
Our own masters were sometimes worse and sometimes better than the AAMS stuff. The guy who mastered for free did the best job, but only after his third attempt.
All in all, I thought the AAMS might make a decent learning tool because you could change all of the settings yourself. That way you could look at what the AAMS was going to do, and preview it, and then change the settings of the EQ,compression, stereo width en so on. It was interesting to hear the effects of changes I made myself. I wouldn't use it on any serious recordings.
Van Speijk
.
Actually think it`s does a fairly decent job . The only problem with it is finding the right reference track. We use it in our studio for our "budget" low cost recording to keep the cost down for our customers and so far people have been very happy with the results . Engineers are going to hate it thats for sure, well most will . Personally it save a lot of time in our studio as we have a lot of clients that come in record a few songs to backing tracks and don`t have a lot of money to pay me by the hour to master them properly, so this is a great alternative option to a) save our clients money b) allows us to take on clients on a tight budget and c)doesn`t cost a huge amount of money to buy. Finally , as you can load it up with wavs and let it get on with it you can get on and do other things making it a very useful tool in our busy enviroment.
P.s. One more thing to metion . If you master a track yourself ,using wavelab or whatever you use ,thats going on a certain album you can create a reference track from that and then use AAMS to master the rest of the album using that reference track and for that is works very well.
David
.
I am certainly no Mastering Engineer, but I have been involved in tracking and mixing for the last 18 years, and a musician for over 40 years. Presently, I, and my fellow musician friends just record for fun as a hobby. Although my long-time friend and musician and I are working on a CD of some of the old cover songs we did in the 60's and 70's for posterity's sake.
Out of interest I downloaded this AAMS software (I haven't purchased yet) and have been running a couple of mixed cover songs I have completed through this software. I used an original copy of the song as a reference and was surprised at the results. To my ears it sounded pretty well balanced and good enough for our project.
My point is, everyone on these Forums are recording music for many different reasons, some professional, some semi pro, and some just as a hobby. Of course a professional mastering engineer could do better, but for those of us who cannot afford, or justify the cost of a Pro these programs do provide a decent service. And, we can learn a lot about the mastering process. What can be wrong with that?
just got this for 95 bucks and used it on a new track. i really only registered on this site to remark about it. it's awesome! would it be better to send your material out to a pro mastering house? probably, that's where real mastering happens. BUT, if you are going to track and master your own stuff at home - get this. learn it and use it!
.
Anthony Vincent Says:
It takes time to get a good master even with some of the best plugins
and monitors. AAMS will give you a great starting point,
and is well worth the money for those on a budget or muscians
do not have the time for mastering..
In my opinon AAMS is very good A+.
A few people on the net have made the comment on the length
of time it takes to run the auto feature. Well, 10 to 15 min is nothing
compared to the amount of time it would have taken to do a
mastered version of a song at the same quality AAMS software produces.
Unless your some kind of mastering wizard you can't compare.
What impressed me the most was how the auto feature applies compression.
Either way if you like it or believe it or not AAMS is a great software
.
Rich Says:
AAMS is not ready to replace our highly skilled mastering engineers.
It (or any similar product) probably never will be. But it has a value.
I've used it, and had some success with it. I even think it did a
better job of mastering my band's album than our mastering
engineer's first attempt (we were getting the album mastered at
around the time I was trying AAMS out).
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Ali Says:
mix reviews,...gues every one into diffrent styl of sound,
I been mixin and mastering for few years now, used tools like oZone,
T-racks, and also indivdual vst such as waves, one thing I came across
was that the quality of a mix is very important for AAMS to work,
when you use a reference file or load one form "e.g. a Roadrunner CD."
when you mastering manually you can hear frequncies
and just cut em or raise them, however lets be logical
AAMS just applies the refrence setting from your source file to your mix....
With my exprience it works very well when applied to a mix with
perfect levels on each track....
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polysix Says:
Anyway to AAMS. Having tried it on a 'decent' mix (corrected in harbal)
it did quite well, I'd say it actually surpassed my self 'pretend mastered'
master from wavelab in overall depth and involvement.
However it wasn't perfect and did sound a tad overdone in some areas.
Surely spending more time with the tool and disabling/toning down those
components would help.
I do like your advice on choosing the best mix for the album
as the reference (either AAMS or manual) as I'd not read that before!
And sure sometimes I have mixes that sound much better overall than others.
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Brandon Drury Says:
AAMS works but it only improves on what you put it.
Fair enough, but if it ONLY IMPROVES than why do they give you so many different preset/impulse thingies. If none of them have the ability to make a mix worse, I question their ability to make a mix better. Does that make sense?
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AAMS does a great job. If you are not a trained engineer, no matter if you use ozone and work a couplke of days in one track, AAMS will evcer deliver you a better master.
Will AAMS deliver a pro master? No. Will it be a great master? Possibly no. Will it be a good alternative if I dont have money or dont want to spend money in a pro master by now? Hell yes.
In the end of the day, the question is a balance between what you can do/ how much money you have/ how much time you have.
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We all know that mastering is an all important part of the music audio process. An audio engineer buddy of mine suggested piping my video audio through a program called "Auto Audio Mastering System" or AAMS. (http://www.curioza.com)i/ provided him with a 48/16 stereo wave file for processing. The program material was primarily speech, music and ambient sound. Within the program, you can choose from dozens of presets. The program will then process your audio to these prescribed specs. We discussed how this process in "no way" takes the place of a talented mastering engineer. He uses it on audio projects that will probably never make it that far. The results were surprisingly good. The finished audio had a smooth, professional sound. Not just compression or limiting, but a combination of equalization, compression and balance that I thought greatly improved the audio. This is a stand alone program, not real time processing, such as a plugin would provide. It took about 4 times the audio length to process.
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I also use AAMS & think it is well worth the price. I mainly use it for it's readouts on all the various EQ & compression settings, and then go back & make adjustment based on that...AND you get 21 days to try it out...can not beat that! There is a stand alone program that I like to use alot, I am not good at the final stages of mastering the finished product, and this program takes alot of the guess work out, as it is fully automated.
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Deeply intrigued, I snagged this program for Vista (running on my Parallels) and am considering doing some tests with it to see if this is actually an improvement over whatever mastering chain I am currently running. I can't imagine the results are going to be all that great -- I jumped on the Dynasone bandwagon ten years ago with the mindset that having a processor do "automated mastering" for me would be better than if I just attempted to do it on my own -- but this actually sounds like there's a lot more involved under the hood. Also, it actually details its analysis of your incoming music with a text file, in case you want to apply its settings to your own plugs and just master your material without it. At the very least, it might improve my film stuff, where I'm on a tight deadline and can't afford to tweak a mastering chain. Anyway, I thought I'd share:
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this is very good, very professional results, way better than my own attempts at mastering. Makes my tracks sound very polished and sweet. It is very easy to use, click one button to load your file and the reference file and a few minutes later, the mastered track pops out
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Have'nt used Har-Bal. I do own AAMS and what it does is almost magic. It simplifies the mastering process to an almost child-like level (in auto). The reference files are ok...I'm having success with the rock reference. The ability to create your own reference files from your favorite CD is very cool. I'm sure in the future I will learn to master manually. For now, I'm saving cash and have a finshed, polished product that actually sounds good.
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Just had a go of this and it seems to do a better job than I was able to do with my waves plugins. but I don't know much about mastering myself. so a good tool for those that don't if you want a quick master for playing.
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"WORKS WONDERS" by dawondatwinz
Pros: I was not sure if this would work, but this program has truly taken our quality to another level.
Cons: To be honest, for what it can do I don't think I'd change a thing except maybe make the process faster. (But it is very quick already)
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by peter_polan
Pros: THE BEST AUDIO MASTERING,THE BEST PROJECT RESULTS,THERE BATCH MASTERING FEATURES,CONVERTER.Machines designed BASIC TECHNIQUES TO THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO PROCESSING,AUDIO PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING, MAKE MORE REAL MUSIC,LOUD, WANTED audiophile, THANK'S ...
Cons: difficult to use, a long time process, there is no batch converter feature, the old view, there is no burn features, no dsp jazz and acoustic.
Summary: I have the experience of listening to a very real and alive but it is difficult to express in words, sounds that came out in the form of a natural, clear and loud ...AAMS may be able to do experiments more natural audio, clear and loud.
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"It's good" by tru2life69
Pros: makes your music a lot better
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Fantastic bit of kit for the money.
Look forward to any future updates or products.
Cheers from UK
Blane
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PalmsSun
Pros: I was not sure if this would work, but this program has truly taken our quality to another level.
Cons: To be honest, for what it can do I don't think I'd change a thing except maybe make the process faster. (But it is very quick already)
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by peter_polan
Pros: THE BEST AUDIO MASTERING,THE BEST PROJECT RESULTS,THERE BATCH MASTERING FEATURES,CONVERTER.Machines designed BASIC TECHNIQUES TO THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO PROCESSING,AUDIO PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING, MAKE MORE REAL MUSIC,LOUD, WANTED audiophile, THANK'S ...
Cons: difficult to use, a long time process, there is no batch converter feature, the old view, there is no burn features, no dsp jazz and acoustic.
Summary: I have the experience of listening to a very real and alive but it is difficult to express in words, sounds that came out in the form of a natural, clear and loud ...AAMS may be able to do experiments more natural audio, clear and loud.
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"It's good" by tru2life69
Pros: makes your music a lot better
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Fantastic bit of kit for the money.
Look forward to any future updates or products.
Cheers from UK
Blane
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- KVRian
- 546 posts since 8 Mar, 2007
You should at least win an award for longest post.
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- KVRist
- 61 posts since 28 Jul, 2009
Ok.
NB: I approve of this post.
NB: I approve of this post.
SPEED: FAST MOVEMENT
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- KVRian
- 906 posts since 24 Mar, 2010
This has been discussed on KVR before (search AAMS to find other threads). Nice software, and the site is full of helpful info.
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- Banned
- 194 posts since 18 Apr, 2014 from the deserts of Sudan
You are so funny McMaster.. btw I didn't gave you the right chord progressions. Bye bye record deal..
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 10 Feb, 2003 from Netherlands
www.curioza.com
AAMS V3 Auto Audio Mastering System Key Features :
One button audio mastering!
Over 200+ different styles to compare your track to.
Requires very little user input.
Create you own sound.
Audio Analyzing power!
Analyzer, analyzes your original audio file to a Source file.
Source File, your original analyzed and imported audio source file.
Reference Database File, out of the Reference Database of +200 Styles.
User Reference File, create reference files out of a batch.
adjust the reference with the spectrum linear EQ envelopes.AAMS Suggestions, automatic calculations in charts and displays, allways updated.
DSP Analyzer Player, plays your audio file, hear changes directly, adjust, then master.
Audio Processing power!
DSP-EQ - 100 Band Spectrum Equalizer with auto setup..
DSP-Compressor - 8 Band Multiband Soft Tube Compressor with auto setup..
DSP-Loudness - Balancing and Loudness according to preset limiting and loudness levels.
All audio formats!
Audio Import Formats - WAV, MP3, MP2, MWA, FLAC, AAC, M4a, WAVpack, Monkey Audio, OGG Vorbis, APE.
Now you can listen what you expect!
AAMS V3 Auto Audio Mastering System Key Features :
One button audio mastering!
Over 200+ different styles to compare your track to.
Requires very little user input.
Create you own sound.
Audio Analyzing power!
Analyzer, analyzes your original audio file to a Source file.
Source File, your original analyzed and imported audio source file.
Reference Database File, out of the Reference Database of +200 Styles.
User Reference File, create reference files out of a batch.
adjust the reference with the spectrum linear EQ envelopes.AAMS Suggestions, automatic calculations in charts and displays, allways updated.
DSP Analyzer Player, plays your audio file, hear changes directly, adjust, then master.
Audio Processing power!
DSP-EQ - 100 Band Spectrum Equalizer with auto setup..
DSP-Compressor - 8 Band Multiband Soft Tube Compressor with auto setup..
DSP-Loudness - Balancing and Loudness according to preset limiting and loudness levels.
All audio formats!
Audio Import Formats - WAV, MP3, MP2, MWA, FLAC, AAC, M4a, WAVpack, Monkey Audio, OGG Vorbis, APE.
Now you can listen what you expect!
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 10 Feb, 2003 from Netherlands
www.curioza.com
New Version AAMS V3
Mastering audio can be an extremely sensitive process, even the slightest miscue can lead to a disaster. AAMS Auto Audio Mastering System can help you prevent as well as improve the overall quality of any audio source. AAMS analyzes your original audio file, then compares the internal audio processing settings to over 200+ different styles within its very own database. AAMS will generate a mastering plan and setup the internal dsp-processors and processes all audio files in a single go!
AAMS V3 Auto Audio Mastering System Key Features (Pro):
One button audio mastering!
Over 200+ different styles to compare your track to.
Requires very little user input.
Create you own sound.
Audio Analyzing power!
Analyzer, analyzes your original audio file to a Source file.
Source File, your original analyzed and imported audio source file.
Reference Database File, out of the Reference Database of +200 Styles.
User Reference File, create reference files out of a batch.
Adjust the reference with the spectrum linear EQ envelopes.
AAMS Suggestions, automatic calculations in charts and displays, allways updated.
DSP Analyzer Player, plays your audio file, hear changes directly, adjust, then master.
Audio Processing power!
DSP-EQ - 100 Band Spectrum Equalizer with auto setup..
DSP-Compressor - 8 Band Multiband Soft Tube Compressor with auto setup..
DSP-Loudness - Balancing and Loudness according to preset limiting and loudness levels.
All audio formats!
AudioFormats
Audio Import Formats - WAV, MP3, MP2, MWA, FLAC, AAC, M4a, WAVpack, Monkey Audio, OGG Vorbis, APE.
Now you can listen what you expect!
New Version AAMS V3
Mastering audio can be an extremely sensitive process, even the slightest miscue can lead to a disaster. AAMS Auto Audio Mastering System can help you prevent as well as improve the overall quality of any audio source. AAMS analyzes your original audio file, then compares the internal audio processing settings to over 200+ different styles within its very own database. AAMS will generate a mastering plan and setup the internal dsp-processors and processes all audio files in a single go!
AAMS V3 Auto Audio Mastering System Key Features (Pro):
One button audio mastering!
Over 200+ different styles to compare your track to.
Requires very little user input.
Create you own sound.
Audio Analyzing power!
Analyzer, analyzes your original audio file to a Source file.
Source File, your original analyzed and imported audio source file.
Reference Database File, out of the Reference Database of +200 Styles.
User Reference File, create reference files out of a batch.
Adjust the reference with the spectrum linear EQ envelopes.
AAMS Suggestions, automatic calculations in charts and displays, allways updated.
DSP Analyzer Player, plays your audio file, hear changes directly, adjust, then master.
Audio Processing power!
DSP-EQ - 100 Band Spectrum Equalizer with auto setup..
DSP-Compressor - 8 Band Multiband Soft Tube Compressor with auto setup..
DSP-Loudness - Balancing and Loudness according to preset limiting and loudness levels.
All audio formats!
AudioFormats
Audio Import Formats - WAV, MP3, MP2, MWA, FLAC, AAC, M4a, WAVpack, Monkey Audio, OGG Vorbis, APE.
Now you can listen what you expect!
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 10 Feb, 2003 from Netherlands
AAMS V3 Auto Audio Mastering System Key Features (Pro):
One button audio mastering!
Over 200+ different styles to compare your track to.
Requires very little user input.
Create you own sound.
Audio Analyzing power!
Analyzer, analyzes your original audio file to a Source file.
Source File, your original analyzed and imported audio source file.
Reference Database File, out of the Reference Database of +200 Styles.
User Reference File, create reference files out of a batch.
Adjust the reference with the spectrum linear EQ envelopes.
AAMS Suggestions, automatic calculations in charts and displays, allways updated.
DSP Analyzer Player, plays your audio file, hear changes directly, adjust, then master.
Audio Processing power!
DSP-EQ - 100 Band Spectrum Equalizer with auto setup..
DSP-Compressor - 8 Band Multiband Soft Tube Compressor with auto setup..
DSP-Loudness - Balancing and Loudness according to preset limiting and loudness levels.
All audio formats!
AudioFormats
Audio Import Formats - WAV, MP3, MP2, MWA, FLAC, AAC, M4a, WAVpack, Monkey Audio, OGG Vorbis, APE.
Now you can listen what you expect!
One button audio mastering!
Over 200+ different styles to compare your track to.
Requires very little user input.
Create you own sound.
Audio Analyzing power!
Analyzer, analyzes your original audio file to a Source file.
Source File, your original analyzed and imported audio source file.
Reference Database File, out of the Reference Database of +200 Styles.
User Reference File, create reference files out of a batch.
Adjust the reference with the spectrum linear EQ envelopes.
AAMS Suggestions, automatic calculations in charts and displays, allways updated.
DSP Analyzer Player, plays your audio file, hear changes directly, adjust, then master.
Audio Processing power!
DSP-EQ - 100 Band Spectrum Equalizer with auto setup..
DSP-Compressor - 8 Band Multiband Soft Tube Compressor with auto setup..
DSP-Loudness - Balancing and Loudness according to preset limiting and loudness levels.
All audio formats!
AudioFormats
Audio Import Formats - WAV, MP3, MP2, MWA, FLAC, AAC, M4a, WAVpack, Monkey Audio, OGG Vorbis, APE.
Now you can listen what you expect!
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 10 Feb, 2003 from Netherlands
www.curioza.com
Welcome to aams, the introduction towards Automatic Audio Mastering!
As a musician or engineer working on music, you need the best sound possible when releasing material to the public. To audio master a mix towards a professional commercial quality recording and to create a sound for all audio speaker systems is a difficult and time consuming task.
This is where aams steps in and takes control!
aams is windows freeware for Audio Mastering. Featuring 100 Band Equalizer, 8 Multiband Compression, Balancing and Loudness settings for internal DSP Processing with all audio corrections automaticly done purely inside the aams Program. Also aams installs a Reference Database of 200+ Musical styles. Making the mastering process easy and less time consuming, having a good overall commercial sound quality, to process your Mix to a commercial great sounding Master.
Now you can listen to what you expect!
Welcome to aams, the introduction towards Automatic Audio Mastering!
As a musician or engineer working on music, you need the best sound possible when releasing material to the public. To audio master a mix towards a professional commercial quality recording and to create a sound for all audio speaker systems is a difficult and time consuming task.
This is where aams steps in and takes control!
aams is windows freeware for Audio Mastering. Featuring 100 Band Equalizer, 8 Multiband Compression, Balancing and Loudness settings for internal DSP Processing with all audio corrections automaticly done purely inside the aams Program. Also aams installs a Reference Database of 200+ Musical styles. Making the mastering process easy and less time consuming, having a good overall commercial sound quality, to process your Mix to a commercial great sounding Master.
Now you can listen to what you expect!