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Tools that provide visual feedback, when used properly, can help you make better mixing decisions. A spectrum analyzer is one of these tools. SPAN is my favorite spectrum analyzer. You can control the ballistics and response of its graph, which makes it flexible enough for a wide variety of tasks.
You can even route multiple tracks into SPAN and compare their frequency content. Voxengo has a few other free VST plugins. The mid and side solo buttons are also useful. The more time you spend on a mix, the more attached you become to what it sounds like.
This makes it progressively harder to make good mixing decisions. Given enough time, even the worst mix will start to sound decent. This is one reason I recommend mixing quickly and impulsively. The first step towards more efficient mixing is to track how much time you spend doing it.
Project Time makes this easy. Add it to a track, and it will start counting. The timer automatically stops when you close the session, and starts when you open it up again. MeldaProduction makes some great plugins. They range from workhorse tools like a compressor and EQ, to less common effects like a ring modulator, flanger, and oscilloscope.
BitterSweet is among the best transient shapers out there. This simple plugin can achieve a wide variety of effects. Turn the knob to the right to add punch to drums, enhance the pluck of an acoustic guitar, or boost the consonants in a vocal performance.
Turn the knob to the left to soften tracks and push them back in the soundstage. You can vary the intensity of the effect by controlling the volume of different types of noise, the degree of wear and tear, and the decade your sound is from.
The results range from subtle filtering to Edison phonograph. This plugin is great for special effects, like filtering down a vocal or making an intro sound tiny. Share your pick in the comment section below.
Due to their undeniable complexity, a seasoned engineer can easily spend hours mastering a single vocal track…. Afterall, compressing and paying special attention to levels on the most dynamic instrument only makes sense.
With vocal audio constantly wavering between high and low levels, a good compressor is nothing short of essential to the final mastering process. Check out some of these options to achieve a cohesive, condensed vocal sound. With a simple yet sleek user interface, this plugin is approachable to engineers at all ends of the spectrum. Each band is equipped with a modest visualizer, allowing you to see how your sound is being altered at different frequency ranges.
Although some producers may find the lack of options control-wise limiting, OTT is quick to get you to the sound you desire without wasting unnecessary time.
Overall, the price is more than right, and OTT does an excellent job at evening out levels. Its most notable feature is the 4 built-in presets with deep, relaxed, negative, and dual mono compression modes. To add to its retro vibe, the VST has an embedded meter that looks like those on vintage rack mounts and is just as useful. The main focus of the plugin is the input and output, nothing else really besides the compression modes, making it a great option for beginners.
For a seasoned engineer, this VST may be oversimplified, but those looking for efficiency or that classic mono sound, this is an excellent choice. Here are a couple of free EQs that can fulfill all of your vocal mastering needs.
In general, this EQ plugin is great for the entire production process, but it also has a couple of key features that lend themselves particularly towards vocal mastering. You are able to add an unlimited amount of bands to give absolute clarity to the vocal and add polish to its final master. The bandwidth can be widened or narrowed with a few mouse clicks, streamlining the process.
ReaEQ comes equipped with high and low pass filters, bands, much more. The central visualizer makes it easy to locate all of your bands. Although the plugin is not the most aesthetically pleasing, it certainly works well and has a lot of features that normally come with paid plugins. This EQ is super useful in achieving a retro sound, as it is a digitized version of an analog-style Equalizer. Luftikus is set up like a traditional rack mount and has 5 fixed-frequency EQ bands with corresponding knobs.
This feature could be seen as limiting during the mastering process as you cannot type in specific frequencies in the same way that you can with previously mentioned ReaEQ. Luftikus has a separate section dedicated to boosting the high-end frequencies and a couple of preset options between 2. Outside of the presets, the high-end boost has a knob that can be altered for a more specific vocal top-end boost.
The colorful interface makes it exciting to use and Luftikus proves to consistently create masters with a bit more of a vintage feel. The Novap is a hybrid between a compressor and an equalizer making it a fine resource for mastering. The plugin is centered around the main visualizer where you can view the waveforms and respective bands. Since it also acts as a compressor, there is a small level meter as well to prevent clipping the vocal tracks.
This unique combination makes the VST a one-stop-shop for vocal mastering. Although sidechaining is traditionally done within the mixing stage, it is certainly worth mentioning that this plugin has sidechain capabilities built-in, along with high and low pass filters. It comes with attack, release, and ratio knobs and a separate toggle for mastering. For those looking to do both processes anyway, this plugin certainly accelerates mastering and will give you a more put together sound as the EQ and compressor interact with one another beautifully.
A less common but underrated gating possibility is centered around the vocals.
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