Online mastering service: Is Landr better than CloudBounce?

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I am using CloudBounce to master my songs and am happy.

However, apparently, Landr is the most famous automatic mastering service.

Could you assess whether Landr is better?

Thank you for your advice.

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„Automatic“ and „Master“ is a contradiction... But maybe I am too old school...

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Check out Aria Mastering, I did a test a couple of years ago with Landr, Cloudbounce and Aria, Aria sounded the best to me followed by Landr then Cloudbounce.
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If it's automatic it can be done better in your DAW with proper plugins even with fixed settings.
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logifuzz-vst-plugins wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:08 am If it's automatic it can be done better in your DAW with proper plugins even with fixed settings.
Yes but which plugins and which settings exactly?
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It’s automatic and it’s not static settings.
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They're pretty much the same and I'm not sure if I can recommend either.. Do it yourself.. Create your sound..

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An alternative is iZotope Ozone.
My go-to for the master bus (combined with Neutron on the single tracks or subgroups).

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I agree with Martinjuenke. If you're not going to hire a professional to do your mastering then Ozone is the next best thing imo. The assistant will get you to a good starting point and then you can make adjustments from there. You can even load in references if you have a specific song/genre your aiming for.

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The results between the different automated mastering services will probably vary between songs and application settings.

In spite of creating my own final masters for years, I have subscriptions to CloudBounce and eMastered to use as test references against my own work and provide quick demos to collaborators after studio sessions. I have also tested Landr and Aria within the past year.

With that said, if a solid mix is furnished, all of the aforementioned automated mastering services perform a fairly decent job and, through machine learning and customer feedback, will continue to improve in the future. Overall, with either option, the results will probably be more than sufficient for low-budget, indie releases.

Therefore, I would test several tracks to determine which, or any, service you like the best; in regards to sound, workflow and price.

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Define best :?:
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if you are going to use an automated tool, try this:

Automatic mastering with free tools

1. Youlean Meter to figure out your LUFS
https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/

2. Limiter 6
https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/

No-knowledge mastering:
- Activate Limiter 6 (peaks control). Try out the presets, hear a few sections of the song to see which preset best suits your material. Aim for -1db ceiling.

- Use Youlean Meter to make sure you are setting your LUFS (average loudness) level to the desired export. -14 LUFS for Spotify.

As a bonus, play around with the Limiter 6 settings and you'd be learning about loudness while you are getting an easy master out of it.

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A similar, and pretty new, option to Ozone is Blackbox by Nammick: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/blackb ... al/details

I have tried it and liked how it worked. Haven't compared it to other software or services though.
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Another +1 for Ozone. In addition to the Assistant function that does a pretty solid job giving you either some ideas or a starting place to work with, there are a ton of genre or sound/style presets to give you some more ideas and/or starting places.

If the price tag is overly intimidating, Ozone 8/Neutron 2 can be had via subscription.

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