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My mastering chain

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Michael Keilhofer View Drop Down
Joined: Oct 25, 2025
Posted: Dec 31, 2025 at 5:27am
There are only a few things I use when mastering music:
1) Newfangled Elevate
2) Magna BB tubes
3) Heatwave
4) SPL Big
5) ProQ 4

#1 adds punch, #2 adds harmonics, #3 adds sizzle, #4 makes it sound more live and larger sound, and #5 is used to add to any dips and reduce any peaks in frequency. i.e., smooth things out.

Here''s on eof my latest: 
Song - I Was Too Much Fire
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Michael Keilhofer View Drop Down
Joined: Oct 25, 2025
Posted: Feb 25, 2026 at 5:27am
Since writing this post, I've changed my chain significantly. Because I was using so many plugins, I was running a high CPU usage. So, I discovered I could produce the same or better result by using fewer or different plugins. I also discovered that having a better mix to start with made a big difference. But that's a different discussion.

Now I use the Waves L4 first, then the Heatwave, and finally the ProQ4 for any minor frequency tweaks. This is simpler yet gives a better result.




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