mastering

[killabutcha]

Does digidesign make a mastering program for pro tools "i want to master my own music cause everyone else charges so much" if so whats,
it called and is it good enough to produce a good sounding project ready for radio play

[Ducky]

Now there's a loaded question....

Digi probably has some of the tools...

Waves certainly does if you are ready to empty your wallet from now on!
"LIFE'S TO SHORT FOR ==>> WUP!!!" (obligatory non-referral statement)

It is Waves' L2 brick wall limiter and linear phase processors that most people feel they need to do "HOT MIXES". Sony also has a great collection of mastering plugins at a similar price point (BUT NO WUP!)

..and if you want to play with a loaded plugin for easy money, check out Izotope Ozone 3 or their 64 bit bundle at $199-/$299-. Definitly a S-load of stuff in this one.

[Ducky]

By the way, do you have the monitors, room acoustics, etc... that will allow you to judge if the mix is good? That is one of the things you are paying a mastering engineer for not to mention a lot of other 'goodies and tricks' including a "guarantee" it will be good on radio. You are probably looking for 'broadcast' plugins for this.

[EGS]

Search the DUC; LOTS of great info from really smart people on the topic. Here's just one such thread:
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...=961238&Forum=,,,,All_Forums,,,,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Ma in=960652&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=50792&dat erange=1&newerval=1&newertype=m&olderval=&oldertyp e=&bodyprev=#Post961238