I increased the gain without triggering the limiter, as well as introduced some moderate transient expansion, and analog emulated harmonic distortion.

I added some air for the high end, some focus which clarifies the mids, a small amount of body for the low-mids, a little push to bring quieter aspects of the signal forward, and a tiny amount of stereo expansion. It was designed to include everything you’d need for a quick master, but it can be used subtly in a chain to really augment a master. It’s an EQ, an exciter, an expander, and more. One – Mastering Processor One handles a lot of processing. This averaged about 0.3dB to 0.7dB of attenuation. I used a moderate release speed, 3 bands to isolate the frequencies, and a soft de-essing type to keep the effect subtle. With some very subtle settings, I used this de-esser to control the high frequencies – mainly sibilance.

De-Esser A de-esser will calm down sibilance before amplifying the signal and potentially making sibilance worse.

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