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moosers
Published on 06/19/09 at 09:27
The Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack wasn't hard to install at all and was overall a really quick process. I didn't have any compatibility problems or other errors and the whole process only took a few minutes. The interface of the software is really easy to follow and I didn't have any problems at all understanding exactly what everything did. This goes for both of the plug-ins in the pack, which are somewhat similar plug-ins. I don't have the manual for the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack, but the plug-ins are easy to use and a manual isn't necessary if you don't have one.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
Even when I have used these plug-ins in the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack for things other than mastering, they have run very smoothly and without issues. While I do usually use them for mastering, I find that they occasionally work great for mixing and I will throw a few of them up at once, which usually isn't a problem depending on what I am already running. I have these plug-ins running on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM and I've never really had a problem with these plug-ins no this system. Since they are made for mastering though, I wouldn't recommend using too many of them at one because they simply aren't suited for this type of use.
OVERALL OPINION
After using the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack for about a year, I've been very pleased with the clean sound quality that this set of EQs provides me with, both for mastering and for mixing. However, unless you are going to use these primarily for mastering I wouldn't recommend picking them up because this is really what they are best at and using them for mixing on occasion is a bonus and the price isn't cheap enough that you could use them as a luxury. If you are a mastering engineer looking for a great set of EQs, the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack definitely provides that.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
Even when I have used these plug-ins in the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack for things other than mastering, they have run very smoothly and without issues. While I do usually use them for mastering, I find that they occasionally work great for mixing and I will throw a few of them up at once, which usually isn't a problem depending on what I am already running. I have these plug-ins running on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM and I've never really had a problem with these plug-ins no this system. Since they are made for mastering though, I wouldn't recommend using too many of them at one because they simply aren't suited for this type of use.
OVERALL OPINION
After using the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack for about a year, I've been very pleased with the clean sound quality that this set of EQs provides me with, both for mastering and for mixing. However, unless you are going to use these primarily for mastering I wouldn't recommend picking them up because this is really what they are best at and using them for mixing on occasion is a bonus and the price isn't cheap enough that you could use them as a luxury. If you are a mastering engineer looking for a great set of EQs, the Abbey Road Plug-ins TG Mastering Pack definitely provides that.