Sekunda & EQSnob
Hey Sekunda, I’ve been tweaking my mastering workflow and could use some advice on cutting down the time between sessions without losing any of the subtle textures—any efficiency hacks you recommend?
Sure thing – think of mastering as a well‑lined up assembly line. 1) Set up a master template with all your common EQ, compression, limiter settings locked in – no need to tweak each time. 2) Keep a library of your favorite presets; drag‑and‑drop instead of re‑creating. 3) Use “batch” processing on your DAW or external tool so you can load multiple tracks, run the same chain, and have them auto‑export. 4) If your CPU’s a bottleneck, enable multi‑threading and raise the thread priority for your DAW while you’re in session. 5) Freeze or bounce sub‑groups you’re not actively editing so you free up resources. 6) Finally, keep a quick‑access “save & close” macro that cleans up the session, logs the changes, and starts the next file automatically. That way you trim the downtime without sacrificing those subtle textures.
Nice, but if you’re really chasing those mic‑level details, I’d still keep a separate “texture” rack just for the very subtle EQ tweaks, rather than slapping the whole chain on every file. That way you can lock the bulk of the process and still fine‑tune the nuances without re‑rendering everything.