mastering compression
O.K. I've read the slams of dspdev and nicholas, but when you talk about mastering compressors, its the Manleys and other tube based units that aren't nuetral that get the raves and the use. Some people have giving glowing reviews to the mastercomp, while others rip on him for one reason or another(I know his self promotion is annoying). I demo'd the mastercomp and thought it sounded beautiful. I was wondering how the optimizer compared to it. Really looking for opinions on the two. thank-you
I'm not sure if this is going to answer your question or not but here goes....
I think the quality of a mastering device has less to do with the device itself and more to do with the person operating it. There, I said it. Go ahead and shoot me for saying that if you wanna.
Case in point: Recently, I had a couple of clients who had been to one of the biggest and best known mastering studios here in the Chicago area. Client one complained that he had spent thousands of dollars and the result sounded like crap. When I listened to the CD, it did indeed sound pretty bad. In fact, it was so bad I couldn't believe it actually came from this studio. A short while later, client two comes in with a CD, mastered at the same place, that sounded like pure gold. Go figure.
My assumption (which may be wrong) is that both projects were mastered on the same equipment by different people - one who knew what he was doing and one who didn't.
I'll tell ya this about the Optimaster - the wizard function alone is worth the price of admission. At least in my case, being able to push a button and get about 90% of the way there makes my job a lot easier. Especially for tighter budget productions.
Trust your ears!
I think the quality of a mastering device has less to do with the device itself and more to do with the person operating it. There, I said it. Go ahead and shoot me for saying that if you wanna.
Case in point: Recently, I had a couple of clients who had been to one of the biggest and best known mastering studios here in the Chicago area. Client one complained that he had spent thousands of dollars and the result sounded like crap. When I listened to the CD, it did indeed sound pretty bad. In fact, it was so bad I couldn't believe it actually came from this studio. A short while later, client two comes in with a CD, mastered at the same place, that sounded like pure gold. Go figure.
My assumption (which may be wrong) is that both projects were mastered on the same equipment by different people - one who knew what he was doing and one who didn't.
I'll tell ya this about the Optimaster - the wizard function alone is worth the price of admission. At least in my case, being able to push a button and get about 90% of the way there makes my job a lot easier. Especially for tighter budget productions.
Trust your ears!
gentlemen holster your guns
I have an instramental performance I have to convert from 96/24 to 44/16. I have Nuendo which does samplerate conversions(but not real well) so I've been playing around with different processes getting the signal from one format to another. Is there a software plug-in or program that is considered to be very good for this?
I have an instramental performance I have to convert from 96/24 to 44/16. I have Nuendo which does samplerate conversions(but not real well) so I've been playing around with different processes getting the signal from one format to another. Is there a software plug-in or program that is considered to be very good for this?
About support, Dadev.co has been create in 1999 and as of today (in September 2004) I still update and support my devices.
Subhuman, take a free Scope dev Kit, adn show us how to do better stuff. It is easy to post +2000 message on a board with critics like these.
At the end it is just a negative advertising that is not justified at all.
Subhuman, take a free Scope dev Kit, adn show us how to do better stuff. It is easy to post +2000 message on a board with critics like these.
At the end it is just a negative advertising that is not justified at all.