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REFERENCE 2
Get closer than ever to the sound of your favourite mixes.
Ever felt your mix didn’t sound as good as your reference tracks? It can be frustrating not knowing exactly how to get your music comparable to your favourite mixes. That’s why Mastering The Mix created REFERENCE. It’s packed with powerful tools and never seen before insights to help you get closer than ever to the sound of your favourite music.
Key Benefits
- Compare your mix or master to up to 12 reference tracks and create multiple loops so you can quickly compare various sections of your track to your reference.
- Instantly and accurately match the loudness of your track and your references. This is crucial for a fair comparison and for making informed decisions on how to shape your sound.
- Visual and actionable insights to make matching the true peak, loudness, EQ balance, punch, and stereo width of your reference tracks easier than ever.
- Includes an additional source plugin called REFSEND that allows you to bypass entire FX chains to make loudness-matched A/B comparisons.
How To Use REFERENCE 2
1. Load Your References
Load up an instance of REFERENCE as the final plugin on your master bus. REFERENCE should come after your metering plugin but before any speaker / headphone calibration software (if you use it). Drag and drop the reference tracks you want to use onto the Wave Transport.
2. Level Match
Your mix will most likely be a lot quieter than your reference tracks giving you the misconception that it has a weaker bass and less clarity in the high frequencies. The Level Match button will allow you to compare your mix to the reference tracks without bias, allowing you to make informed mixing decisions.
3. Gain Insights
The visuals in the Trinity Display show you how your EQ balance, stereo width and compression compares to your reference track. You can also click to solo a frequency band allowing you to zone in on the intricate differences between your mix and your references.
Learn more about Reference 2.
EXPOSE 2
Release Your Music with Confidence
EXPOSE 2 is a standalone audio quality control application that helps you identify issues with your music.
So many tracks get distributed with a poor EQ balance, true peak clipping, over-compression, phase issues, and more. Mastering the Mix wants you to catch these issues before it's too late. With EXPOSE 2, you can deliver the best listening experience and release your music with confidence.
How Will EXPOSE Transform Your Music Productions?
- Overview - Drop your music into EXPOSE to identify any technical issues before releasing it to the world.
- Problem Solved - So many tracks get distributed with a poor EQ balance, true peak clipping, over-compression, phase issues, and more. It takes 3 seconds to identify these issues in EXPOSE before it's too late.
- Get Started - Open EXPOSE (it’s a standalone app, so you won't need a DAW) then drag and drop your music into it. Select the preset based on your distribution method (streaming, club, CD, etc). The analysis feedback gives you specific feedback on how to resolve the issues and optimize your music for release within your DAW.
- Highlight 1 - Helps you hit your technical goals, whether you’re aiming for a super-loud club master, or trying to optimize your music to sound great on streaming sites.
- Highlight 2 - See how the average tonal balance of your song compares to your reference track, or our genre-specific presets. All of which were created using sonic profiles from commercially successful tracks.
Learn more about EXPOSE 2.
System Requirements
Mac:
- macOS 10.10 or higher (macOS 12 Monterey + Apple M1 Silicon supported).
- AU, VST 2/3 or AAX host (64-bit only)
Windows:
- Windows 7, 8 or 10
- VST 2/3 or AAX host (64-bit only)
Available in VST, VST3, Audio Units and AAX formats (64-bit only).
Please note: AAX compatible with Pro Tools 11 and later only.
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