What's your favorite mastering plugins?

[michaux]

I'm sometimes asked to do mastering on low budget proejcts for clients who can't afford a real mastering engineer. What plugins do you like to use for mastering in Pro Tools and how do you use them?

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I used to run Sony inflator and Waves L2 , but now I run MD4 on my TC6000... not cheap, but the easiest and best sounding...

[sirpucho]

I run Waves phase linear Multiband, L2 and use Massemburg EQ for surgical work. I also run hardware inserts with a TLA EQ2 valve unit (if the mix is flat and needs some extra harmonics). If I need extra grit will use Impact occasionally and Sony Inflator at times.

Looking forward to trying Sony's limiter then if that's good maybe they'll get round to a multiband and then I can ditch Waves and their extortionate WUP. I love the L2 and PLM but WUP is a bitter pill to swallow (see previous threads on this WUP)