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On 31 aug 2007, at 18.13, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill wrote: > Hi everyone, > > when going from mixdown to premaster, what is your favourite > toolchain. > Especially questions like: > > * what is the usual order and choice of devices (not specific >model, > more generally parametric EQ, compressor, limiter) ? > * is there a standard setup, or do you change devices/order from > case to case? > * which devices (here, the make and model counts)? > * digital or analogue? > > Thanks, > > Rainer A) First I create a stereo file of the mix without any mastering treatment at all. B) Then I do a certain classic mastering treatment that looks like this: Stereo Mix clone 1 --> phase inverting Stereo Mix clone 2 --> stereo swapping Stereo Mix clone 3 --> mono Stereo Mix clone 1 + Stereo Mix clone 2 --> merged into Sub mix 1 (carefully balancing levels The mono signal added to Sub mix 1 (carefully balancing levels) Final Stereo Output --> stereo swapping (to get Left and Right right again) C) Then I am at the stage where your posted questions are relevant. To the final stereo output I apply processing as below: Combined frequency and and stereo correlation meter and goniometer (not affecting sound, only for reading out data), EQ, multi band compressor (sometimes, not always), limiter, a second combined frequency and and stereo correlation meter and goniometer. The only change I do from project to project is that I do not always use a multi band compressor. In multi channel projects I usually achieve the requested musical dynamics by treatments of each single track. I use only the devices that are part of Logic Pro. They are digital. __________________ (Disclaimer) You asked for "pre mastering" so it might be that you intend to have a professional mastering engineer treat the mix? These days I rarely do that but back when I was associated with record labels that was the way to go, and then it is the basic stereo file as in (A) above that should be delivered to the mastering house. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international)