 What's The Best Mastering Program For Os X?, Mastering Original Songs - CD Production |
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I'm an old pro at songwriting, performing and recording (I'm presently recording with a Roland VS-1880 Digital Studio) ... but now I'm getting into mastering my own tracks on my Mac G4 - OS X and trying to educate myself on the processes.
I'm trying to decide which one of two mastering programs I want to purchase: 1 - T-RackS - my favorite so far ... tube sounds and mastering ONLY. 2 - Sound Forge 7.0 Is anyone familiar with either of these? Or do you have other suggestions? ProTools is a bit pricey ... especially considering I ONLY want a mastering suite. Thanks. This post has been edited by horvath: Thu 9 Oct 2003, 14:49 -------------------- Alan Horvath
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Fri 10 Oct 2003, 16:20
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Peak 4 is out now and supports 24-bit recordings. T-Racks 24 also supports 24-bit recordings (the clue is in the name) and the company are at pains to stress that keeping files at 24-bit quality during the mastering process is infinitely preferable to 16-bit. Can't fault the logic of that.
Probably the best mastering app for Mac has been Emagic's Waveburner Pro, but that's been languishing in OS 9 hell for years. However, I did read today that once Panther is released, Apple will have corrected their omission of true Red-Book compliance that is missing in Jaguar. Emagic have had WB Pro ready to go for months, apparently, but have been waiting for this problem to be ironed out at source. On the other hand, Roxio Toast With Jam and Peak 4 both say they can burn Red-Book compliant CDs right now in 10.2, so don't ask me who is telling the truth - I'm just repeating what I've read (like a true internet gossip). Anyway, I sincerely hope the WB Pro story is true, because I have it, it's excellent and I'll be first in line for the OS X upgrade. I do have an earlier version of T-Racks, too, and it's OK. You can get a good sound out of it, if you know what you're doing. To that end, I recommend absolutely everyone, whatever music they're making, should buy Mastering Audio by Bob Katz - the only studio reference book you'll ever need. |
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horvath What's The Best Mastering Program For Os X? Thu 9 Oct 2003, 14:47
cinemafia I don't have any experience with T-RackS, and ... Thu 9 Oct 2003, 16:26 horvath Thanks, bro' ...
16-bit ain't a problem .... Thu 9 Oct 2003, 18:04 cinemafia Too true, there are so many applications available... Thu 9 Oct 2003, 19:47 horvath Man, you said it! Learning all this stuff is ... Fri 10 Oct 2003, 14:02 horvath Thanks, bro'! -- I just ordered "Mast... Sat 11 Oct 2003, 15:59 genehardage After reading all the posts on this question I... Thu 16 Oct 2003, 00:44 ramblingjoel I recently purchased a powerbook with presonus fir... Fri 27 May 2005, 16:21 Jsegura If you had budget for Ozone 3 of iZotope, you woul... Fri 27 May 2005, 18:02 pdgood I've just begun learning about mastering recen... Fri 27 May 2005, 22:26 coldharbour Some good basic points you've gathered, pdgood... Fri 27 May 2005, 23:32 Jsegura We cannot forget that plug is also instruments to ... Sat 28 May 2005, 10:52 chappy Hi, I'm a part time mastering engineer. I pre... Sat 28 May 2005, 17:22 Jsegura When the music is good, really good it does not ma... Sat 28 May 2005, 19:22 chappy Philisophically speaking, you are quite right. Un... Sun 29 May 2005, 15:59 Jsegura I do not agree. If you want to call philosophy to ... Sun 29 May 2005, 18:19 chappy Well, I'm not quite sure exactly what you are ... Mon 30 May 2005, 14:39
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