Thanks for turning this into an even more useful resources.

Coming soon!

Just saw that you rarely use linear phase EQ for mastering because of pre ringing. Makes sense. Guess you most likely won’t be trying this one out 😅

I bought EQ3 and LOVE it on tracks. It almost always points out something helpful. On the mixbus, my reaction was more mixed. Maybe need to mess with it more but it’s a solid tool for track EQ suggestions IMO. Gulfoss I just treat like a sweetener, sometimes a track needs some and sometimes it’s just not needed. It’s always a quick audition for me

Makes sense, I think. Although Gullfoss works via EQ, it's not really an EQ plugin like the others here since we can only directly control the 'ignore' bands. They could have taken a different route with the UI presentation of Gullfoss and we would use it the same way but would classify it in a very different way ("mix sweetener", "mix doctor" perhaps), whereas Smart:EQ could only be what it is. Also, Smart:EQ is a lot better at guessing how to treat individual bands, which Gullfoss is less solid at doing (being more of a group bus or whole mix treatment).

ugh...

@@mixbustv lol amazing

Well obviously I'd ask for at least a 24bit version, who works at 16bit still? That's embarrassing. But if they won't give you anything else, always "upsample", even tho' you can't really resample the audio (the quality of those audio files will remain exactly the same) at least you benefit from working at 48 with plugins performing better.

@@mixbustv man thank you so much for the response! I’ll do exactly that. And yes, I agree, rookie producer. We emailed asking for better files, so we’ll see what happens. Thank you, David!!!

I wouldn't call the SPL colored, it's fairly transparent, so yeah combining them is perfectly fine

Nova is indeed great but wait next video...

@@mixbustv Looking forward to it ;)

No LP for mastering 99% of the times. It is a very specific thing, and one needs to be aware of pre-ringing

@@mixbustv Ok great thanks for answering. Also curious what you think about slate digital products?

@@psyderdj not much, I have very little experience, the ones I tried didn't impressed me, I still think their best one is the free revival

Can't go wrong with either, if you have a dynamic eq already and you don't master professionally, chandler 1st

This is helpful!! Thank you very much sir! 👍

Passeq can replace Pultec if you don't do cuts, meaning for boosts only. I'm not sure if Black Q runs on 7 but if it does yes

@@mixbustv thanks David , yeah Black Q on window 10+ so I'm still on the search :) Maybe a putlec emulation

Thanks for the insight on the Passeq :)

Nothing to note, sounds pretty much like a digital eq. I had the hw, had the xfilter too, not a big fan

I do turn down jobs yes, but it's never because I don't like the song, as in a matter of taste, that would be totally unprofessional and sign of a narrow mind, I do instead like challenges and I do try to find beauty in every genre and music if done well. I do turn off jobs if the production and overall quality is not there. It comes a point where it's a matter of brand and not money.

@@mixbustv That's kind of what I thought you might say, except really well explained to the point where it was beyond what my novice mind could imagine. I can totally understand you turning down "unsalvageable" recordings for not wanting to be blamed for the outcome. But the other part of your answer was also really well put. You definitely do seem to appreciate most genres in a deep way, which I get the impression is really important for a mixing and mastering engineer: not just because you're called upon to work in so many genres, but I can see how being familiar with the conventions of other genres would give you useful insight into mixing techniques common to one style or pioneered within certain genres that might fit songs from other areas of music. Again, my primary familiarity with mixing is watching your videos, so I am not trying to come across as an expert. I only mix and master my own stuff and I was total garbage at it for years. It's such a help to people at all levels of music that you share so many very strong ideas and your wealth of experience so openly on here. I realized when I got back into recording about five years ago that I needed to start embracing the fact that actual mixing skills were required, and it's been a tremendous help (to the point where calling it that is inadequate) to have your channel as a resource. If I ever finish my going back to college for computer science and get a better job, I'd be able to afford having you mix or at least master some tracks without my wife divorcing me (haha mostly kidding!) but now of course I'm terrified the recording will be so bad you turn it down. Haha Thanks for the response. It means a lot because I know you're busy as hell and lots of people want a piece of your time.

Thank you. Well, does it happen with only this eq or others too? Because it's very audible.

@@mixbustv Just this one. I reached out to tone empire & they sent me a video telling me to watch them boost at 16k while they had the gain set to -10db (all the way to the left so I’m so confused

@@mixbustv If I boost +10gain at 20k on the Maag4 the volume change is extreme and you absolutely hear 20k but on the Black V2 I hear nothing. Have to be doing something wrong

@@mixbustv I know your time is valuable but if at all possible, even a 10 sec clip of you boosting at that frequency (correctly so I can try to figure out wtf is going on lol🙏🏼

I tried it the very first time when iy came out, kept crashing, never bothered after

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Resizable GUI now, make it as big as you want

@@mixbustv Thanks.

I very often eq stack, probably about 7 out of 10 tracks, so all the above. I definitely prefer some eq's for some instruments, but it's more accurate to say some eq for specific frequencies, and then depending on what I need to do on that frequency(ies). That goes for hardware as well. If you don't like the G (which one then) on the hat it's totally fine, personally the (Waves) G channel and eq are among my favorites for really high top (mixing tho') and really focused a tight low, each one done with the - respectively - multiplier on the high mid band and the divider on the low mid band. Something I really miss on the Console 1. Hopefully they will give me the G (we actually talked about it)

Fab Filter plug-ins are great and I use them all the time, for mixing. Not for mastering. Not because they wouldn't be fit, but because I have better choices for any processor they have. Eq, comp, deesser, saturations etc.. Yes that's nice but it doesn't work on a good 50% of the times.

@@mixbustv aaaaa...ok..David. thanks 🤘

Because they're nothing special aside for a handful, that simple

I sort of asked the same question in a different video. The answer I got was because PA goes after CCs who think there plugins are less than stellar (paraphrasing). So there is some bias against them.

@?????? their interfaces and their la2a and 1176 emulations are veeery good

Maybe he likes all these more?