They are nice, yes. They're also free from many places, since I believe Kjaerhus went out of business some years ago.
However, as CPU power and other things continue to increase, the quality of the tools often increases as well.
Usually for mastering, you want tools that are very transparent. You don't want to hear a compressor pumping or a limiter working. For example, I don't like Boost11 much, because I can really hear it acting on the material.
If you explore the LP64 compressor, be sure to pick say, the soft mastering preset, and actually explore and adjust the bands to taste. You can even solo each band, hear what is going on with just the midrange, for example.
A couple other mid/side stereo tools I've heard about but haven't tried yet are:
1. http://rekkerd.org/matthew-lindsay-ncl-phase-eq/ and apparently Voxengo have one called MSED.If someone could check those out and get back to us, that would be great.
Chris At 12:01 PM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
Hello, in my opinion the Kjaerhus audio plugins are very good in mastering, and more importantly they contain good built -in presets which can be quickly controlled using any screen reader for example in Sound Forge. I am very happy that I found this mailing list where we can discuss methods for working with music software using screen readers.More about me: http://www.johnykrekan.com/setlang-en.html?PHPSESSID=ed574a3be08fed4250c82228a3632fe3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <csmart8@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:37 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mastering softwareLast but not least, you need something to fiddle with the stereo image.Again, Sonar and Sound Forge can both do this to some degree.Brainworx make excellent plug-ins for this. An older plug-in for this is Waves S1.Anyway, read about M/S stereo, the formula involved etc. so you understand what's going on a bit.Chris PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribeFor other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faqPLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribeFor other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq
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