In last month's SOS we looked at the other Waves bundle endorsed by a celebrity mixer, the Maserati Collection. The Fairchild 660 and 670 variable‑mu compressors are possibly the most collectable items of vintage audio gear in the world, so it's hard not to feel a twinge of envy when we learn that Waves were able to choose 'the best sounding” unit from Jack Joseph Puig's vast collection for modelling purposes! The Puigchild emulation is one of three plug‑ins in the JJP Collection, and the other two are likewise based on gear that the great man uses in his own room at LA's Ocean Way Studios, namely the Pultec EQ1‑PA and MEQ5 equalisers. Now, thanks to Waves, you can get your hands on some of the same goodies. Since every mastering has different requirements, 10 different brickwall limiters, countless compressors, EQs, or various saturation tools and analog tape simulations belong to the arsenal ofįor a transparent depth graduation & stereo width, we rely on the so-called MS technology.Renowned mix engineer Jack Joseph Puig employs his massive collection of vintage outboard gear on everything from the Black Crowes to Black Eyed Peas. Hills, Slate Digital, Softube, Solid State Logic (SSL), Sonnox, SPL, Sound Radix, Soundtheory, TC Electronic, UAD, Valhalla, Vertigo, Waves and Weiss, besides others.

Mix, Meter Plugs, Milennia, Newfangled Audio, Neve, Oek Sound, Pro Audio DSP, Process Audio, PSP, Pulsar, Pultec, Shadow Dangerous Music, Dear Reality,Įventide, Denise Audio, Elysia, Empirical Labs, FabFilter, Fabrice Gabriel, Flux, Focusrite, Izotope, Kazrog, KushĪudio, Leapwing, Lindell Audio, Maag, Manley, Mastering The Schulz, Black Box Analog, Black Salt, Brainworx. On the digital domain we use tools from Acustica Audio, Antares, Ben SPL, Tegeler, WES Audio, Universal Audio and Handcrafted Labs (HCL) with digital converters (AD/DA) from Dangerous On the analog side, mastering processors from Bettermaker, Solid Stage Logic /SSL, Thermionic Culture, Rupert Neve, The room correction was measured by Markus Bertram (MB Acoustics) using Dirac Room Correction.įor the actual mastering process we work HYBRID (analog & digital) to combine the best of both worlds.

In addition to an acoustically optimized room and trained ears, the sound monitor speaker builds the heart of every mastering studio.ĭance Mastering relies on the current Trio 11 reference class from Focal Audio alongside with 2 FocalĪuratone Super Sound Cubes are used as near-field loudspeakers while Audeze MM-500 headphones are available for the finest details.

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