Yes we know that there are many other free “mastering” buss compressor plugins out there, and sure they all give you that kind of final touch and glue to you mixes, but in all honesty MSI Stereo Buss does it better than most others plain and simple. This is a Windows only plugin but even so it’s very special. We already talked about this plugin in a previous post about the best free VST plugins overall but we’re going to give it some more attention here again. 3 Stereo Buss by Minimal System Group (MSI) A must have for anyone working with percussive and rhythmic materials. The UI is very simple to use and it features a large knob for controlling the amount of the desired effect.īy going to the sweet side you get very smooth transients and a silky tonal character, while going over to the bitter side you’re getting much more pronounced tonal characteristics and more aggressive transients. Basically, this is a tone and transient shaper plugin which can make your individual tracks go from biting hard to silky smooth. Bitter Sweet is their freeware audio sweetening tool.

Compared to V1, it has a better-looking GUI which is resizable with reduced CPU usage and is more stable than the previous one.įLUX is a very well-known company with amazing high-quality plugins respected by many audio professionals. It is a must-have visual tool for every producer and mixing engineer on a budget as it will help determine the proper amount of loudness without sacrificing the sound quality and dynamic range of the track. This is a freeware loudness metering plugin featuring four metering modes (LUFS, LRA, DR and true peak). This is where Loudness Meter 2 by Youlean comes in to play. One of the most important aspects of proper mixing and mastering is monitoring.

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