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Even though I think that the final stage of mastering a track should really be left to a mastering professional, us mixing engineers canget a вЂњpseudo masterвЂќ ready for the client to listen to. If we canвЂ™t get it to sound even somewhat competitive than chances are that our mix may seem inferior to everything else.

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In my post How to Treat the Master Bus, I showed a fairly minimalist approach on how I treat the master bus and to be honest I still approach it very similarly today.

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Free mastering plugins for reaper how to# The difference with this track, that I вЂњmasteredвЂќ, is that IвЂ™m applying the plugins to a two track and not to the master bus of a mixing project.

I actually prefer to do any вЂњpseudo masteringвЂќ while IвЂ™m mixing, just in case something sticks out that I may not have noticed before. That way I can make tweaks as IвЂ™m mixing the song, in real time.

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That said, there are still some great tips here for those situations where maybe you donвЂ™t have access to a full breakdown of the track, like when youвЂ™re mixing vocals into an instrumental. I wanted to show that even with FREE or cheap plugins you can get really good results.ThereвЂ™s so much great freeware out there that I felt like I could get a better sound using the FREE VSTвЂ™s that are available as opposed to the FREE RTAS/AAX plugins.I chose to use these VSTs for this article for a couple of reasons: Free mastering plugins for reaper full# I honestly donвЂ™t feel like I could have done quite that same job using only FREE plugins with Pro Tools. I probably could have done something decent but for the most part the best sounding freeware is definitely in VST format. You could always try and use that VST to RTAS wrapper from FXpansion but from my understanding some VSTвЂ™s donвЂ™t work when they are wrapped, so there are no guarantees. We need to have some objectives when weвЂ™re mastering a track and since every track is different that means our goals will be different. In this particular case, I listened to the record a few times so I could decide what needed to be done. For the most part I actually liked the tone of the record and didnвЂ™t want to get too far away from the original sound. So with that in mind I determined that the track could come up in volume, could be a touch wider, could be a bit tighter sounding and could also benefit from a little more focus in the mid range. I used 3 methods to achieve all those goals: Limiting, EQ and some saturation.Д®ach of those methods served a much different purpose but they also complimented each other. For example, to get the track louder, limiting wouldnвЂ™t have been enough and thatвЂ™s where the saturation complimented the limiter at achieving more volume. But at the same time the saturation also complimented the EQ in bringing out some more mid range focus. What the Mix Sounded Like, Before I Started So the bottom line is that if one link in the chain was missing, all of my initial goals would not have been achieved since they all helped each other out. I used the FerricTDS for a couple reasons.The first reason is to try and get some extra colour and add a little bit of meat to the track. This plugin does a pretty decent job of filling in those empty holes that some amateur tracks tend to have.

Dynamics вЂ“В This section helped to tighten up the track a little bit and it also seemed to bring forward the drums and lead synth.

There is no attack setting for the dynamics but to me it sounds like a slow attack which worked well in this case.

I didnвЂ™t hear anything damaging being done to the transients so I went with it.

RecoveryВ вЂ“ This could also be called the release.

I have it set to the fastest because the track has a high BPM to begin with and a slower release seemed to be inhibiting the natural bounce, which is never a good thing.

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