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Three VU meter tips for mastering

Using a VU metering plugin can sometimes be helpful when mastering, despite it being such an old and outdated way of measuring loudness. The LUFS meter is generally more useful for measuring loudness, but the VU meter can provide some basic visual information about dynamics and tonal balance. Note that all “VU meters” are not …

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Gain staging – Build your perfect mastering chain

This is the first part in a series about building your own mastering chain. We will dive deeper into specifics about the different parts of a mastering chain, like EQs, compressors and peak limiters later. But the first and in our opinion most important step to building a great sounding, versatile and reusable mastering chain …

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Three must-know features in Reaper for mastering

There are many features in Reaper that are very useful when mastering. In this article we’ll have a look at three features that in my opinion are the the most important ones! Feature # 1 – Custom keyboard shortcuts A big reason for the popularity of Reaper is the ability to customize it however you …

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