Steve's Place<p>I've been using the Mastering Assistant in Logic Pro more. Some observations. Your mileage will definitely vary.</p><p>Really, don't put anything after it, and don't forget to run it after making changes. You don't need the Adaptive Limiter. Mastering Assistant keeps it limited to -1 db already. You probably don't need Gain to fiddle with the final level. The ones I've done this way are fine.</p><p>I prefer to mix in Transparent mode. Clean mode is nice. The other two are interesting.</p><p>Loudness seems to pulse if you have it too high. Again, I prefer to mix just with Transparent mode without any Loudness. It's okay, and I've used it to fatten a recording up.</p><p>Unless it's a mix that sounds dead or mushed up, you probably don't need Excite. Especially if you used a similar effect on anything.</p><p>The Mastering Assistant will decide if the recording needs to be wider or narrower. If you must, there is a knob for that.</p><p>You get the mix. You run Mastering Assistant. You edit the mix. You run Mastering Assistant. The only effect I've been using on the final mix for these is a reverb, but I could see adding compression.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/MusicProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicProduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/tags/LogicPro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LogicPro</span></a></p>