Best online solution for mastering and software alternatives.

[scad]

Dear all,

I am a composer but I am not so confortable with the mastering side.
What are the best online solutions for mastering your tracks ? Do you have a correct software alternatives ? My goal is to be able to supply a correct master for library placement at any time. I would like to avoid to go in music studio.
Thank you
Best regards.

[Vlad]

Not the answer you want: learn to do it yourself or pay someone. Using online sites like LANDR has a REALLY good chance of ruining your track. (Unless you were talking about finding a human to do it)

It IS part of this business, so I would suggest learning this skill.

[scad]

Thank you Vlad. That’s an option. For the online point, I thought more at a real music studio online. Landr is more a pure algorithm solution.
I am curious but what kind of hardware/software do you use for the mastering ?

[MichaelL]

Using online sites like LANDR has a REALLY good chance of ruining your track.

+1

DO NOT be afraid of mastering. If you’ve got the know how and ears to mix your tracks you can master. There’s no magic to it.

Get yourself some good plugins from Izotope, or Flux (They’ve got a subscrition now).

Watch as many tutorials as you can.

[vlad]

Hi Scad, a real music studio will give nice results I would think….assuming your mixes are great.

My setup does not include hardware, and has changed over time but this is what I typically use now (track/music dependent, of course):

Fab Filter ProQ2

112dB Compressor (I think it is called ‘blue’)

Ozone 5 for stereo enhancement, saturation, limiting

All of that said, I believe I can get results with stock plugins that are pretty close to what I am doing with all of that junk above!!

Your ears are the most important tool that you own.

[Art Munson]

Check out this https://musiclibraryreport.com/mastering/mastering-what%E2%80%99s-the-deal/. Also try the search box in the upper right. Search on “mastering” (no quotes) been discussed much here.

[scad]

Thank you MichaelL. I had a look on Flux. It seems really interesting.

[scad]

Thank you Vlad for sharing your software plugin. It is really helpful.

Thank you Art Munson. I did not find a subject on online solution. I will have a look on your link.

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