[LAU] Top DSP plugins?

[James Stone]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:28 PM, S C Rigler <riglersc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy at autostatic.com>
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>> On 10/19/2011 10:52 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> > +1, regarding to Jamin is good and it does work without pumping.
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>> I'm not so fond of JAMin. It has flaws and consumes way too much CPU.
>> About a year ago Patrick Shirkey mentioned that there was no other JACK
>> application that attempts to provide a complete mastering chain. But
>> that was about a year ago, at the moment it is perfectly possible to
>> create a similar tool chain with the help of plug-ins. I prefer plug-ins
>> then, more flexible.
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> If I want to be loud I'm happy with the results I get using linuxDSP's
> Multiband Compressor and the TAP Scaling Limiter.
>
> --Steve

Some really interesting things here. I think the main issue for me has
been finding a good reverb that I'm happy with. Never tried any of the
convolution solutions though - so will give that a go.

Regarding mastering, I've heard good things about nama, but never used
it myself:

http://ecmdr.infogami.com/blog/

J