T-Racks....

[dirty_bass]

as said before the OLD waves stuff isn't that fresh anymore. gui-wise they are great, though, imo. i have heard a lot of nice stuff about the new ones, though. the ssl things...

some people say URS are blinders...not as good as they look (esp for the price). i don't know.

i have never been to an analogue studio myself (i think) but i am pretty sure today we are spoilt for choices actually. i truely think you could put out excellent productions using freeware alone. but maybe that's just me.

There is some very good freeware, but not really in the mastering field, unless you could educate me.

Posifopit is an exceptionally nice EQ however, and Endorphin is a nice warm compressor, but there don`t seem to be enough decent free mastering plugs.

[loopdon]

You might be onto something there, Steve.
I must investigate further. I know some but i want to present the best stuff in the freeware league. At least i can offer another excellent eq to start with, that most definetely can be used over a full mix and as a track insert as well. It is

Eliosound AirEQ



"Mixing, mastering, tracking - whatever your sampling frequency is - AirEQ always brings you the same high quality equalization in the entire audio range. And you can use it on every track, without overloading your CPU. Its quality, ergonomics and efficiency will make AirEQ an essential musical tool when excellent analog-like equalization, ease of use and low CPU usage are required."

http://www.eliosound.com/aireq

This might remind you of the analogue days. At least i have heard similar opinions.

I am talking about the (very generous, imo) demo of this plugin, which doesn't expire and has no volume drops etc. So it is very usable and offers the same sound quality as the full (and pretty expensive) version:

Limited AirEQ demo version features :

* Same sound quality than the full version
* No time limitation
* No preset creation, edition or save
* Parameters not saved in host, that's mean that equalization parameters are reset on each AirEQ launch
* No automation support
* No "Class Bands by Frequency Order" option
* No A/B Comparison
* Render is deactivated (this is not true; render DOES work, tested just yesterday)

http://www.eliosound.com/download/aireqwindemo

[dirty_bass]

tried it out and it`s a really nice eq.

Settings not saved in host though.:(

[loopdon]

tried it out and it`s a really nice eq.

Settings not saved in host though.:(

i know. but wasn't it exactly like that until TOTAL RECALL came?
or am i way off?

[loopdon]

Nyquist eq came to my mind as well:



Parametric graphic equalizer with excellent response all the way up to Nyquist. It never clicks, and it handles deep bass well too. The Nyquist frequency is the highest representable frequency for a given sample rate. The trebliest of the treble. Most other digital eqs have great problems producing a natural sound here.

- 2005-04-09: It now displays properly in Cubase SX on Mac OS X.
- Now has 5 bands instead of 3 due to popular demand. The old 3 band version can be downloaded here (Windows VST).
- The song loading bug has now been fixed.

http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/#effects

http://www.smartelectronix.com/refer...2004-11-10.zip