Top 10 Mastering Equalizer Plugins (and tricks 😎) Before and After Mastering
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00:00 OVERVIEW
1:40 EQ#1 AND LOW END TRICKS
5:43 MIX VS MASTER
6:08 EQ #2 TOP END TRICKS
7:54 MIX vs MASTER 2
9:13 EQ #3 Removing Moving Resonances
10:23 MIX vs MASTER 3
10:42 EQ #4 Mid Side EQ and Matching
15:35 EQ #5 Sweetening Tube EQ
18:54 MIX vs MASTER 4
19:14 EQ #6 KING OF MIDRANGE
22:56 EQ #7 SHINY TOP END AND DEEP LOWS
26:30 EQ #8 VINTAGE MULTISHELVES TRICK
29:48 EQ #9 FAMOUS AIR BAND
31:40 GEM DROP
33:02 EQ #10 THE MAGIC EQ
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00:00 OVERVIEW
1:40 EQ#1 AND LOW END TRICKS
5:43 MIX VS MASTER
6:08 EQ #2 TOP END TRICKS
7:54 MIX vs MASTER 2
9:13 EQ #3 Removing Moving Resonances
10:23 MIX vs MASTER 3
10:42 EQ #4 Mid Side EQ and Matching
15:35 EQ #5 Sweetening Tube EQ
18:54 MIX vs MASTER 4
19:14 EQ #6 KING OF MIDRANGE
22:56 EQ #7 SHINY TOP END AND DEEP LOWS
26:30 EQ #8 VINTAGE MULTISHELVES TRICK
29:48 EQ #9 FAMOUS AIR BAND
31:40 GEM DROP
33:02 EQ #10 THE MAGIC EQ
00:00 OVERVIEW
1:40 EQ#1 AND LOW END TRICKS
5:43 MIX VS MASTER
6:08 EQ #2 TOP END TRICKS
7:54 MIX vs MASTER 2
9:13 EQ #3 Removing Moving Resonances
10:23 MIX vs MASTER 3
10:42 EQ #4 Mid Side EQ and Matching
15:35 EQ #5 Sweetening Tube EQ
18:54 MIX vs MASTER 4
19:14 EQ #6 KING OF MIDRANGE
22:56 EQ #7 SHINY TOP END AND DEEP LOWS
26:30 EQ #8 VINTAGE MULTISHELVES TRICK
29:48 EQ #9 FAMOUS AIR BAND
31:40 GEM DROP
33:02 EQ #10 THE MAGIC EQ
Thanks for turning this into an even more useful resources.
Wow! Really looking forward to this! 😎
Thank you so much David! All of your videos are game changers for me! Learning so much from you !
Always learning new things from this channel love it!
Fantastic!!! I would love to see a similar video featuring mastering compressors!
Coming soon!
Very interesting as always. Thank you David.
Idk about the "best" but great software, sure. What about MAAT Blue and Orange? Acustica has some VERY serious mastering EQs, Zynaptiq Unfilter, DMG Equilibrum, obviously. Even more obvious, ProQ 3... etc etc. There's a lot of very good mastering EQs out there.
MAN KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!! YOU HAVE CHANGED OUR LIVES!
I'm trusting you David with all the plugins recommendations. I'm just buying the one I actually love how they sound.
David, this was another fantastic video of yours - you got my attention for the entire 37 minutes - totally enjoyed it and learned a lot - as usual :) Big big thank you!
Thanks again for sharing your valuable insights man.
I just had a dream last night and I'm serious, I just dreamed about working with you David and my dream recreated all of your equipments, also showing me how to mix and master like you do in your videos haha. Pretty damn rare but cool! Thank you so much for your knowledge master. Grazie!
the SlickEQ M sounds great, very smooth and clean
Thanks Champion!
maag and smarteq are beautiful ! tnx
Thanks David!
Congrats on the new Pro Tools David !
Wow! Wasn’t expecting the RS56. I have it but rarely use it, time to experiment! I’m personally a fan of Voxengo Marvel EQ for mastering or mixbus. It’s free, linear phase, and has mid side capabilities. Worth trying if you haven’t already.
Just saw that you rarely use linear phase EQ for mastering because of pre ringing. Makes sense. Guess you most likely won’t be trying this one out 😅
Thanks so much fo this! Would love to know what you think of Crave : )
I just used the Tone Empire Black EQ v2 on my mix bus in conjunction with my Knif Soma EQ. Man oh man!!! 😁😁😁😁
Nova is great love TDR stuff
Cool!
Some of my favorites are Acustica Magenta, and the Bettermaker EQ from plugin alliance
Would there be anyway to get a diagram of your analog chain with the 500 stuff you have connected? I really enjoyed the video on how to get the hardware sample delay. I was wondering on what SSL piece you have ADAT connected to your MOTU. I am trying to do the same with my old Focusrite Octopre but it doesn't work. I am not really worried about that, I am looking to upgrade from that either way. Great videos man!!
I use the TDR Nova quite a bit for ducking the low mids on the mix. Can't believe there's a free version. The MAAG eq has its uses also.
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Nice
What about MAAT EQ ORANGE and RED ? What's your opinion ? I love the Weiss eq it sounds good.
Black Q V2 is £19 ($22,59) at the moment, so I grabbed one. It's no brainer
I'm mad i missed on that sale Softube had for the Weiss EQ1
Do you have an opinion on the Melda TurboEQ?
What's the song in the 4th example?
make a review on antress black dragon modern eq A clone of Pulteq eq adds Analoge warmth ads good air and transparent but adds a good color which you want .. adds harmonic destrotion please do make a video a review on it.
great video!! both bundles Zener/bender and Weiss are on sale for about the same price right now . I have not had a chance to try Weiss yet, which one would you recommend for hiphop R&B out of the two companies ? Thank you sir!
Can't go wrong with either, if you have a dynamic eq already and you don't master professionally, chandler 1st
This is helpful!! Thank you very much sir! 👍
Thanks for the great video David! Does the passeq replace the pultec for low end boost so to speak? Also my maag and 1073 have a harsh high end... any favorites for high end that run on windows 7?
Passeq can replace Pultec if you don't do cuts, meaning for boosts only. I'm not sure if Black Q runs on 7 but if it does yes
@@mixbustv thanks David , yeah Black Q on window 10+ so I'm still on the search :) Maybe a putlec emulation
Thanks for the insight on the Passeq :)
Nice! Just looking for some mastering eq and dynamic eq. TDR Nova GE seems to me as great bang for the buck :)
Nova is indeed great but wait next video...
@@mixbustv Looking forward to it ;)
Plug-in Alliance Amek and Bx Hybrid EQ
ugh...
@@mixbustv lol amazing
How would you rate the elysia museq plugin? In particular its high band is extremely nice.
Nothing to note, sounds pretty much like a digital eq. I had the hw, had the xfilter too, not a big fan
Would combining the SPL with the Chandler be a good idea or too much colouration? Seems like leveraging them both to compliment each others strengths would be a good move?
I wouldn't call the SPL colored, it's fairly transparent, so yeah combining them is perfectly fine
Great analysis and explanation. Man, those mastering before and afters are nuts!
Unrelated question: do you ever turn down mixing/mastering jobs because you don't like the music? Like, if you can't stand a song, do you pass on it, or are you too professional?
I do turn down jobs yes, but it's never because I don't like the song, as in a matter of taste, that would be totally unprofessional and sign of a narrow mind, I do instead like challenges and I do try to find beauty in every genre and music if done well. I do turn off jobs if the production and overall quality is not there. It comes a point where it's a matter of brand and not money.
@@mixbustv That's kind of what I thought you might say, except really well explained to the point where it was beyond what my novice mind could imagine. I can totally understand you turning down "unsalvageable" recordings for not wanting to be blamed for the outcome. But the other part of your answer was also really well put. You definitely do seem to appreciate most genres in a deep way, which I get the impression is really important for a mixing and mastering engineer: not just because you're called upon to work in so many genres, but I can see how being familiar with the conventions of other genres would give you useful insight into mixing techniques common to one style or pioneered within certain genres that might fit songs from other areas of music. Again, my primary familiarity with mixing is watching your videos, so I am not trying to come across as an expert. I only mix and master my own stuff and I was total garbage at it for years. It's such a help to people at all levels of music that you share so many very strong ideas and your wealth of experience so openly on here. I realized when I got back into recording about five years ago that I needed to start embracing the fact that actual mixing skills were required, and it's been a tremendous help (to the point where calling it that is inadequate) to have your channel as a resource. If I ever finish my going back to college for computer science and get a better job, I'd be able to afford having you mix or at least master some tracks without my wife divorcing me (haha mostly kidding!) but now of course I'm terrified the recording will be so bad you turn it down. Haha
Thanks for the response. It means a lot because I know you're busy as hell and lots of people want a piece of your time.
SmartEQ3 over Gulfoss. Interesting!!
I bought EQ3 and LOVE it on tracks. It almost always points out something helpful. On the mixbus, my reaction was more mixed. Maybe need to mess with it more but it’s a solid tool for track EQ suggestions IMO. Gulfoss I just treat like a sweetener, sometimes a track needs some and sometimes it’s just not needed. It’s always a quick audition for me
Makes sense, I think. Although Gullfoss works via EQ, it's not really an EQ plugin like the others here since we can only directly control the 'ignore' bands. They could have taken a different route with the UI presentation of Gullfoss and we would use it the same way but would classify it in a very different way ("mix sweetener", "mix doctor" perhaps), whereas Smart:EQ could only be what it is. Also, Smart:EQ is a lot better at guessing how to treat individual bands, which Gullfoss is less solid at doing (being more of a group bus or whole mix treatment).
David, I have a question and you’re the only person I trust to give the proper guidance. I tracked a clients vocals yesterday at 24bit/48kHz. Today, he sent the instrumental trackouts from the producer for mixing and they’re all 16bit/44.1kHz. I’m using Ableton. Should I upsample the instrumental files to 24bit/48kHz to match the vocals? Or should I downsample the vocals to 16bit/44.1kHz to match the beat? Or is there another even better alternative? Note, I’m using lots of saturation and plugins with oversampling. I mix and master in separate sessions, and will also be mastering this song. I really appreciate all your work. Thank you!
Well obviously I'd ask for at least a 24bit version, who works at 16bit still? That's embarrassing. But if they won't give you anything else, always "upsample", even tho' you can't really resample the audio (the quality of those audio files will remain exactly the same) at least you benefit from working at 48 with plugins performing better.
@@mixbustv man thank you so much for the response! I’ll do exactly that. And yes, I agree, rookie producer. We emailed asking for better files, so we’ll see what happens. Thank you, David!!!
Why no Acusticas? They are the best
20:10 definitely no autotune on that track ha
Why Nectar EQ over Sound Radix SurferEQ? Just curious
I tried it the very first time when iy came out, kept crashing, never bothered after
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Do you ever use linear phase EQ's or modes on EQ's for mastering at all? Or is it a very specific time and place kinda thing? Have been really going down a rabbit hole of your videos recently, I love the no bullshit honest opinion approach, super refreshing!
No LP for mastering 99% of the times. It is a very specific thing, and one needs to be aware of pre-ringing
@@mixbustv Ok great thanks for answering. Also curious what you think about slate digital products?
@@psyderdj not much, I have very little experience, the ones I tried didn't impressed me, I still think their best one is the free revival
Plugin Alliance the new mastering Amek eq!I Loved!👌😍
Sooo clean sound and massive control in the lowend! 😱🤗
And bax shelfing eq! 👍
Very cool video again but I sent my mix weeks ago for consultation and no reply. I hope I can get an answer here.
Please send your mix as a member to bookinghfs@gmail.com
Question - Black Q V2 is amazing, but when the air band is set to 16k , even when boosted +10db there is absolutely no change. I hear it just fine at 8K-10k but as you venture farther to the right there’s nothing. Am I missing something? Amazing video btw!
Thank you. Well, does it happen with only this eq or others too? Because it's very audible.
@@mixbustv Just this one. I reached out to tone empire & they sent me a video telling me to watch them boost at 16k while they had the gain set to -10db (all the way to the left so I’m so confused
@@mixbustv If I boost +10gain at 20k on the Maag4 the volume change is extreme and you absolutely hear 20k but on the Black V2 I hear nothing. Have to be doing something wrong
@@mixbustv I know your time is valuable but if at all possible, even a 10 sec clip of you boosting at that frequency (correctly so I can try to figure out wtf is going on lol🙏🏼
Excellent information! Even on so common topics like this David has something very useful to say. Somehow I'm pleased to see some unpopular units and their usage. Thanks!
The only kind of dark side, in my opinion, is that some tracks have extremly aggressive lyrics. I always try to skip the passages where the artist talks/sings about ... mothers. I think it would be more pleasant to jugde plugins with some neutral audio tracks.
Do you ever do EQ stacking or is that bullshit and you really on need one like an SSL G Channel? Or just a favorite eq for certain sounds. Like I really don't like the SSL G on my HH. I don't know why. I am sure it's me. It just sounds like it really darkens my HH and I actually like how it sounds right off my Korg EMX-1. That nice 909 open hh. And no, not for mastering, but during mixing.
I very often eq stack, probably about 7 out of 10 tracks, so all the above. I definitely prefer some eq's for some instruments, but it's more accurate to say some eq for specific frequencies, and then depending on what I need to do on that frequency(ies). That goes for hardware as well. If you don't like the G (which one then) on the hat it's totally fine, personally the (Waves) G channel and eq are among my favorites for really high top (mixing tho') and really focused a tight low, each one done with the - respectively - multiplier on the high mid band and the divider on the low mid band. Something I really miss on the Console 1. Hopefully they will give me the G (we actually talked about it)
Gems after Gems
thanks great video as always !
my eq 1 would be the Weiss like you
but i got complete different options for the rest
i think that Acustica Audio's EQ are on another league
You should try
-Opal : SOOOOO much balls and modjo !!!
-Erin : SOOOOOO smooth
-Diamond EQ : it's simply just like cheating ... it's too easy to sound good with it
-Coffee : if you like the curve bender i think that Acustica killed UAD and Softube on this one
-Jade: Best top end in the plugin game (emulate the Maag and the Kush Clariphonic)
but i'll try your choices !
The only thing about the softube Weiss for me is that all the nobs and buttons etc are way too small.
Resizable GUI now, make it as big as you want
@@mixbustv Thanks.
Great video, thanks! (shame about the "nucular" pronounciation. oops!)
Gulfoss;) Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering chain:)
You really dont use the Fabfilter stuff? Is it because everybody use it? 🤭 The top end of the Maag is sooo sweet. 😁😋
Fab Filter plug-ins are great and I use them all the time, for mixing. Not for mastering. Not because they wouldn't be fit, but because I have better choices for any processor they have. Eq, comp, deesser, saturations etc..
Yes that's nice but it doesn't work on a good 50% of the times.
@@mixbustv aaaaa...ok..David. thanks 🤘
Why do you dislike so much Plugin Alliance? I just don't understand that
Because they're nothing special aside for a handful, that simple
I sort of asked the same question in a different video. The answer I got was because PA goes after CCs who think there plugins are less than stellar (paraphrasing). So there is some bias against them.
Incomplete. Universal Audio and Acustica Audio plugins are missing. They are too famous and used plugins not to be taken into consideration
@?????? their interfaces and their la2a and 1176 emulations are veeery good
Maybe he likes all these more?
make a review on antress black dragon modern eq A clone of Pulteq eq adds Analoge warmth ads good air and transparent but adds a good color which you want .. adds harmonic destrotion please do make a video a review on it.