Fine. It was about time I built my own audio mastering setup. Why? Because I actually like standalone mastering software. (I'm old and cranky)
And yes, I did call it Lord of the Mastering, hahaha. Over the top? Obviously. My wife has to put up with this every day. You all got off easy.
This is “reference mastering,” but with a twist that basically turns it into a full-blown control freak’s playground. You don’t load a mastered track to "borrow" and call it a day. You start there… and then immediately decide you don’t trust it.
Yeah, the thing is that the reference profile, is something you can edit in LOTM.
And it doesn’t stop there. You’ve got an entire chain behind it 60+ DSP plugins. Sixty. Plus.
It’s pure C++. No massive, bloated frameworks dragging it down, no “let’s just import half the internet”. Lean, hand-rolled code. Small, fast, and annoyingly efficient.
And I'm fine with any comments. Like it? Hate it? Call me a genius or a half-deaf geezer, we are still friends.
Only for Windows for now because I get all itchy when I open XCode on MAC...
Home: https://www.mediachance.com/lotm/
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/lotm-- ... cranky-man
I've been making software since 1999
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Fine. It was about time I built my own audio mastering setup. Why? Because I actually like standalone mastering software. (I'm old and cranky)
And yes, I did call it Lord of the Mastering, hahaha. Over the top? Obviously. My wife has to put up with this every day. You all got off easy.
This is “reference mastering,” but with a twist that basically turns it into a full-blown control freak’s playground. You don’t load a mastered track to "borrow" and call it a day. You start there… and then immediately decide you don’t trust it.
Yeah, the thing is that the reference profile, is something you can edit in LOTM.
And it doesn’t stop there. You’ve got an entire chain behind it 60+ DSP plugins. Sixty. Plus.
It’s pure C++. No massive, bloated frameworks dragging it down, no “let’s just import half the internet”. Lean, hand-rolled code. Small, fast, and annoyingly efficient.
And I'm fine with any comments. Like it? Hate it? Call me a genius or a half-deaf geezer, we are still friends.
Only for Windows for now because I get all itchy when I open XCode on MAC...
Home: https://www.mediachance.com/lotm/
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/lotm-- ... cranky-man
I've been making software since 1999
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