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smccarthy945
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I am not a professional when it comes to mastering but I do my best. I have been using Sound Forge and L3 for a while and just tried Adobe Audition with its mastering module. It has an exciter, maximizer, etc. I don't know if its just me (that's why I'm posting) but the quality I am getting out of Adobe Audition vs Waves L3 is amazing. The mix sounds like it has more life to it and much clearer.
Has anyone else used Adobe Audition and seen the same results?
Yes. Most definitely. Theres sadly an army of guys here at Gearslutz who dont have a clue about how good Audition is. Two of my better mixed songs that just.....seemed to have turned out really nicely mix-wise were done using the little Mastering Module in Audition.
Here's one:
SoundClick artist: RasCricket - Original Reggae and Dub Productions ~ Small Axe Studios ~(no, its not the best thing ever, but its a great mix for someone who had taken 4 years off of home production and had only owned Audition for like, 2 months at that point ~ granted, my mix was well panned and placed and had some B+ levels going on already BEFORE I slapped the Mastering Module on the master channel. So, with all that said, this here is a good example of what that module can do, finishing-touch wise, for someone who had just got back into home recording and wasnt even on the VST kick yet. Not a bad mix.)
Yeah, CEP was good, but Audition is better. Thats my opinion. Could you burn CD's with ISRC codes, UPC codes, and CD text in CEP? I cant remember, honestly. But to be very truthful, the CD burning options and the Spectral Tools are two very good reasons to upgrade to AA 3.0.
Its true that "pay to play" plug ins are good.....however, to those of us who have done enough A/B testing and enough work with the standard plugs that come with Audition, Im not sure you can convince us that this is a clear cut fact. Its actually far from a fact. Many of the plugs in Audition rival or beat Waves plugs.
Yeah, like Franco said: Remove a cough, or in my case chair squeaks and tinking glasses just ONCE and youll feel a little different about still being with CEP. Perhaps. It was a slam dunk for me, I know. Ive never looked back.
One thing we'll agree on, is the magnitude of how great CEP has been over the years to get a very high quality product in the hands of home-producers. Ive long been a serious fan.