Driving myself a little mad again. It's part of my job, I guess.

If there were flies in winter, I could hear them fart. Or at least I'd believe I could.

And louder always sounds better, so when I have the #Voxengo #Elephant as mastering limiter after that #Korneff #Sitral Klangfilter, I can easily fool myself by just 0.8dB more output…

Some people call it #Mastering, for me it's just part of the entire recording/mixdown thing. Trying to make it as best as it can get, sound-wise…

… so that folks can pump up their iPhone speakers and enjoy.

#recording #mixdown #LinuxAudio #LinuxProAudio #SitralKlangfilter

So today I bought the #Korneff #Sitral #Klangfilter audio #plugin.

I don't think $65 is exactly inexpensive for a piece of software that does a good job, but only one job.

Still, the last analog-emulating EQ I had bought, was #Harrison #LegacyQ which unfortunately never really worked properly on my system due to GUI issues. While I like the SSL9000 analog EQ emulation in my #Mixbus10pro by Harrison, I don't really love any of their EQs for boosting frequencies in mastering.

The Sitral, which actually features 3 old Siemens broadcast EQ variants, does this better to my ears.

It's only real downside is that it consumes shitloads of CPU power, especially in HQ mode with oversampling.

So why did I buy?
1. It does what I need.
2. A native Linux version exists.

Other reasons to trigger a purchase decicion: Price is still bareable. Installation is easy. A free demo exists. No license dongle shit like #iLok.

https://korneffaudio.com/product/sitral-klangfilter-w295/

#LinuxAudio #LinuxProAudio #LinuxRecording #Recording