Can You Recommend A Mastering Chain For Under £10,000?

In this video I discuss how my recommendation for a mastering chain a a £10,000 budget. As far as mastering chains go this isn't an expensive mastering chain and is considered a low budget for a mastering chain. But I feel given the budget this chain I suggest is perfect. I know I'd be able to get great results using it.

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[SVN_SEAS]

You can also do a WesAudio mastering chain

[damionhill]

I recommend using plugins..
I'm in debt at the moment with my flashy mix bus Chain.

[SVN_SEAS]

I have a RHEA VARI-MU COMPRESSOR WESAUDIO > SPL BIG 500 (STEREO width)>DIONE (SSL BUS COMP)> PROMETHEUS (PULTEC)> HANDSOME AUDIO ZULU (TAPE SATURATION) > PHOEBE (WESAUDIO 1073 PRE) and back into my interface

[kagaro]

As someone who has a ton of experience creating stereo masters and Dolby Atmos masters, what do you think the future of stereo is going to be? Do you see a day when you sell all your bus compressors and EQs and only use analog gear for tracking and some single track mixing here and there, staying mainly in the box using the Dolby Atmos Renderer? Just curious about where you see the industry headed. It seems like a properly produced, mixed and mastered stereo track will be able to "beat" a Dolby Atmos Stereo Fold Down but would love to hear your thoughts on the subject and how you see the future effecting your equipment setup. Thanks!!

Also if people are working in very loud, often EDM, genres, how does Atmos keep pace. Also often tracks are needed for DJ sets and stereo and sometimes mono playback at festivals and clubs - would love to hear you comment on this and how Atmos might fit in (or not) to this paradigm. Really appreciate your insight!!!

[joseveiga]

Hi Paul! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a small studio where I mainly do experimental electronic music and some mixing and mastering work for some clients. I recently started investing in some hardware (I have a wes audio ng bus comp and a ssl fusion, which is a small rack). My converter is a rme fireface ucx, I know it's just an ok converter, I'm satisfied, but I know it's far from a mastering grade converter. I'm thinking of getting a better converter like a lynx studio hilo and an equalizer to complete my rack (do you think museq is a good option to use before wes audio ng bus, or do you suggest another eq)? Thanks and keep up the good work!
Cheers,
José

[joeyramonelookalike]

Great video. What about a hardware mixing chain under 10k?

[russtheguitarist]

Curious if you’ve tried the GOLY Porter Grinder and how you feel it compares with the HCL Thermos. They’re both 4 band mastering EQ’s with M/S options around the 3k mark, but I’m guessing they sound very different.

[mattsupakorn]

Just wondering are you able to use hardware equipment when mixing in Dolby Atmos also can you insert something like a g comp compressor on the mix bus? Atmos is a different world to me

How do you master an entire album which contains different vocals and different styles?
Which one Is it easier Mastering each of every 10 singles or an entire album

[Lewis_Emblack]

Curious to see what your chain looks like now as see you have changed it around a bit.

[lauraovalle]

Hi, Paul. I hope you are good!. I have a small doubt, I hope you can solve it for me. I have the museq connected to the fusion in MID/SIDE mode. My question is, the museq becomes a mid/side eq and the right side SIDE and the left side MID of the eq, is that so? In other words, if I only want to use the Side part to equalize, I only have to have the right button connected (right) or if I only want to use the Mid, the button (LEFT) is correct? thank you!

[JescowMason]

which from the bettermaker units would you recommend buying first, if you have none of these (assuming you don't have any other hardware for mastering)

[amateurmusicstudio]

Tegeler Audio??? Have you ever tried any of their gear?

[lauraovalle]

Hi PAUL, so it's better to put the compressor in front of the eq?. In the chain that he recommended to me a few days ago, he recommended me to put.

FUSION + MUSEQ + SSL THE BUSS + NVLOPE + BETTERMAKER LIMITER, I think the EQ was before the compressor?

[konjstip]

And, two months after this video, this chain is £12, 000

[infojunkie]

Maybe a better question is: what is a 10k mastering chain meant to achieve? Will someone be able to professionally master on it and get a good income from a 10k chain? Or is it self master - mastering’s quite cheap compared to time (so you’d need to have 100+ tunes ready to publish to break even? ‘Ish’) and I bet if you offered a mastering engineer a retained you’d get a healthy discount for bulk…. I came to conclusion that building a ‘proper’ mastering chain was overkill and a waste of time and money. Better pay a pro who focuses on that task and spend the money on better mix gear. What I’d really pay for is 10k worth of consulting to help me get my mix game up to scratch that the mastering was much easier at the end of it 😂.

[bonafontciel]

On another topic, curious what’s you take on Mastering switchers like the SPL Hermes . I’ve never seen a video about it on your channel. Perhaps this may be a good topic for the future