Which comp for hiphop master?

[giankam]

hi
which comp do you think works fine during hip hop mastering?
and which settings should i use (slow attack, fast release)?

thanks

 

[MASSIVE Mastering]

There is no way anoyone could even hazard a guess at that question without actually hearing the mix in question. I may use one or more of a collection of compressors on HH/RnB mixes, but I don't know which, what order, what settings - None of that until I establish what the mix is asking for.

 

[orangeoctane]

Sometimes a song needs absolutely NOTHING at all. The trick is knowing when it does or when it doesn't and then picking the right tool or combination of tools to fix it.

 

[uebermann303]

But which soft-comp is able /good enough for mastering?

Is there any UA Comp that you ever used in Mastering? Or is mastering still a hardware/outboard domain?

thanks
chris

 

[orangeoctane]

Depends on your definition of \"mastering\". There's no reason you can't use plugins exclusively to master with. But the term is very loosely interpreted these days. Import into Wavelab, squash the hell of out it with Compressor X and Limiter Y, add some EQ somewhere in the chain for the hell of it, sequence the tracks, add fades, add markers, burn to CD, send to DiscMakers. To some, this is mastering.

I \"mastered\" an album a couple of weeks ago using just plugins. However, I have a solid grasp of audio principals and know when and why to use the tools at my disposal. Is it going to sound like it was done at a legitimate commercial mastering facility? Nope. But for my client who only had $250 to spend to master a whole album, I gave him $250 worth of my time, skills and experience to produce something that sounds acceptable and is \"in the ballpark\". Considering the budget and resources he had for recording and mixing, my \"mastering\" was right in line with the rest of his project.