It’s totally free.
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It certainly can’t hurt. Good things will come out of it, even if it’s just a day’s worth of time.
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Yes it’s ridiculous that it’s free
Almost feel guilty using it so much haha
Havent used any other limiters I have bought since using this and that is quite a few
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revisiting this just to say that i was looking in to mastering solutions (dyn. and eq.).
I had limiter 6 that works really great, and was thinking to go for hardware eq, elysia xfilter. I wanted to try out plugins from elysia before i go hardware. I had some difficulties , demo plugins didn’t show up in bitwig, as they were some errors according to bitwig. But since i was trying out plugins (witch i usually never do, takes a lot of time, so many options!) i downloaded tdr slick eq M.
Week after bought it, sounds great to me, smooth and clear, nice bass , no mud . I don’t know how much better eq can be, but i was really surprised by this two vst’s in comb. I wanted to open up the mixes a bit, make them a bit softer and glue it together, i could say results are much better then expected.
So far with my hardware experiments I’ve just recorded the Stereo pair to a field recorder that does 24-bit recording, and then done finalising work ITB using the Slate Digital plugins, usually a bit of FG-Red compressor but not doing more than 1-2dB of gain reduction, then followed by the Slate FG-X mastering processor.
24-bit is important, then I don’t have to try to record very hot - plenty of headroom.
Two buss compressors rather than one seem to be a source of niceness - partly the coloration, but also if you don’t ask each one to do too much, the eventual output sounds much more natural.
I’m currently building a Gssl clone of the SSL stereo buss comp - initially to do some light compression as described above, I like the sound of those things, but still the ITB setup as well. Then the tracks that I do ITB can bear at least some tonal similarity to the ones from the hardware rig.
Also, a nice hardware compressor will come in handy if I get my gigging arse into gear this summer. Although in that situation I’ll hit the SSL a lot harder 
Thanks for posting, very interesting and informative video.
Second this
since I got one right now I can tell you I have a hands-on-feeling for compression. It’s better than twiddling around with a mouse in a daw. It maybe sounds strange but I learn about the way a compressor works by tactile experience. Since my whole chain of sound is pure analog, it feels and sounds really different to the music I’ve made before in a daw, not better (I’m no pro), but with more depth and less flat - hence the expression ‘natural’
Oh I meant to second your suggestion of the analog heat.
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I wouldn´t call it “Mastering”, but to protect my speakers and ears, I usually end my 2bus chain with a FMR RNLA.
it is small enough to take with me live, is absolutely unbelievably CHEAP for the sound (~200€), and it adds a subtle, but nice coloration to the sound.
it really does just glue everything together a bit. I never push it hard though, just 2-4 (sometimes 6, that´s about max I would ever do though) dB of gain reduction.
other than that, my plans revolve around a 500series lunchbox I started. eventually, I will “move” my 6-slot Fredenstein Bento6s rack to the “master insert”. the plan there then would be something similar to this:
-2x “color” preamps (as make up after analog summing possibly and/or for coloration since I am using preamps with the DIYRE color-cards for saturation etc.)
-stereo EQ (either elysia or 2x pultec clones)
-stereo comp/limiter, possibly a SSL 4000k clone / or similar
All of this because of the space saving factor of 500 series (3U instead of 6-10U for the above).
Since I am doing none of this professionally, I don´t care about stepped controls or doing recalls.
And yes, this is all just a big cry for help/G.A.S. attack 
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I really want to hear what she has to say, but in the first 5minutes I’ve found her manner so irritating that I can’t watch it! 
Great talk. I was expecting a lecture about how if you don’t have this or that gear you’re hopeless. But that wasn’t the case at all. Far from it. Really helps to remind me that people can geek out as much as they want on technical aspects, or drop a shit-ton of money on gear, but after nailing down the technical basics at least, the emotion, energy, and vibe of music rules the day.
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Goes to show how we all see things through different lenses. I found her quite pleasant and thought she must be very cool in order to work with all these artists for so long, and very generous to come and talk to students. She seemed like a no-BS type person. She shared her mastering chain, techniques, etc. so willingly. What’s not to like? Give her more than 5 minutes and you’ll probably be won over.
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