The whole “sound” of the chain is meant to create a style of leveling and tonal character that provides a “sheen” by softening transients while still allowing for the perception of punch and lift to the loudness of the track can reach into extreme levels providing a mix is well balanced, and then provide a prominent low-end emphasis. I set about trying to replicate my signature chain as closely as possible using only what is available with Cakewalk Bandlab’s Suite in order to answer this one question: can stock plugins in Cakewalk by Bandlab achieve high-quality mastering? I’ve invested lots over years refining and dialing in my custom signature chains for EDM to get very specific characters.
It would seem like a natural conclusion, after all. I decided to dive in and see if I could agree with their perspective, that you have to invest hundreds – sometimes even thousands of dollars on high-end, mastering-centric plugins to achieve a commercial quality result. Even some reputable artists with decent-sized followings were telling their producer communities that they would never recommend using stock Ableton tools for mastering. However, the overall tone of most responses seems to be the case. Now, no one just came out and said it outright. “You can’t master with stock plugins, go buy more!” Daily, I see people asking the same questions about mastering: if it’s possible with stock plugins, or what plugins should they get? While I must say that the debates rage much more heavily in certain groups like Producer Dojo and Ableton Live, there was a common denominator among them I peruse a lot of facebook production and DAW groups daily looking to help others in my free time.
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