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mono-stereo I ask the mastering engineer to tell me whats he thinks needs correcting before they do their job. You hope you are getting better when there are less and less requested amends.

The your confident you can ask for a specific character for the master. There’s a little blurb on it here

https://begin.lhaudio.com/mastering

You do sometimes hear elements which you didn’t actively hear post master which you then want to either remove or drop in the mix.

Probably the most positive difference, for my ear, is a widening of the stereo spread.

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    All my factory pack files are missing in Ableton - they’re listed in the collection element on the left hand side, but says “The file could not be read. It may be corrupt or not licensed”. I’ve re-authorised at Ableton.com, but that didn’t work. Everything worked fine a little while ago, I’m currently working on a project with files from the factory pack like 909 Core Kit (and they all work fine), but it won’t let me start a new track with the 909 Core Kit, or anything else. I’ve sent a ticket to Ableton, but if anyone has any ideas, I’d appreciate it. Really annoyed.

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      apyssjw

      Snag the Focusrite FAST Reveal/Bundle instead. It’s more expensive than TrackSpacer, but it’s easier to use and does a better job. You can rent to own them over a year.

      Focusrite Balancer has taken up all of my sidechain processing duties for me and allows things to breathe properly in the mix because it only ducks the offending frequencies of what you’re sidechaining it from.

          loopdokter I’ve had trackspacer since the turn of the year. Does exactly what it says on the tin, only criticism is that it’s a bit resource heavy. Can believe other bits do just as good if not better job.

          What, if anything, have people got their eye on for black Friday etc?

              I’ll watch for the ableton sale, may upgrade to 11 finally. Looking at morph 2 maybe, but I can’t say there’s too much I need for plugins. Synplant 2 looks really interesting, I just can’t justify spending that much for something I don’t really need.

                Still thinking of reasons baseline generator.

                303abuser I can’t say there’s too much I need for plugins

                Boo that man (but yes) 🙂

                    apyssjw

                    Nothing. I’m officially plugin-in’ed out. Unless something absolutely ground breaking and earth shattering comes along, realistically speaking I don’t need another plugin until the day I die. I’ve bought certain plugins that I thought I’d use and haven’t used them once.

                    It kind of helps that I beta test for Universal Audio and get all of the Spark plugins gratis. Check them out if you haven’t already. They’re rapidly porting everything over to be AAX, VST3, AU ready.

                    I would love for FabFilter’s multiband compressor to go on a steep discount, but that’s a pipe dream. Considering what they charge for their stuff, I’m starting to find equally if not better tools for a much better price.

                      apyssjw I have more soft synths, compressors, eqs, delays, reverbs, saturators, colour tools, and tape emulations than I’ll ever need. If I can’t make music with what I have, there’s something seriously wrong. But new plugins are fun. 😅

                        apyssjw …I jumped through hoops to get that working, bought a full copy of Reason 12, waited ages for the native non-Rosetta version to come out etc. Think I’ve used it twice 😆

                            …fancy the Synplant 2 upgrade, the original synth is so cool, but this looks mental

                            If I needed another sound design tool, I’d be all over it.

                            Unbroken1 that’s the spirit🙂

                            I’ve bought a number of things, not used them for years and then come back to them. Spectrasonics stylus is in that bucket. It feels probably like old technology imho, but am using it loads.

                            That said there’s other bits which are still on the shelf. I bought a copy of melodyne when it came out and haven’t found a use for it.

                                apyssjw That said there’s other bits which are still on the shelf. I bought a copy of melodyne when it came out and haven’t found a use for it.

                                I used to use Melodyne loads but I probably haven’t touched it in two years. That said, about a year ago I snagged it on on a deep discount. It’s a good thing to have in your arsenal. I tend to use it more for pitch correction on vocals - which clearly I don’t work a lot with - than its time stretching capabilities.

                                    loopdokter yeah, I used it a little to make time stretched noises - but not much more.

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