Borza Mastering Studio Tour - The State of the Studio, October 2022
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- Hey team! Here's a quick walkthrough of my mastering studio and signal chain as of October 2022. Any questions on any particulars, let me know in the comments!
Acoustics and Studio Monitors:
Acoustic Treatment by LA Sound Panels
Kii Three
Kali Audio
Grace M905 Monitor Control
Hardware:
Lynx Hilo Mastering Converter
Dangerous Convert-2
Dangerous Convert-AD+
Manley Backbone Mastering Console
Dangerous BAX EQ
Thermionic Culture "The Phoenix" Mastering Plus Compressor
Manley Massive Passive Mastering Edition
Manley SLAM! Mastering Edition
Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Master Buss Processor
TC Electronics Clarity M
DAWs:
Myriad
HOFA CD-Burn.DDP.Master
WaveLab Pro 11
iZotope Rx 8
Reaper
Plugins:
FabFilter Suite of Plugins
iZotope Ozone 10
Plugin Alliance
Klanghelm VUMT
Tone Projects Unisum and Kelvin
Oxford Inflator
DDMF Magic Death Eye
DDMF PluginDoctor
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Web: www.borzamastering.com
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Annoying presentation and difficult to watch. Won't be subscribing.
Thanks for the feedback Robert 😊
How could I improve?
I disagree……yeah, that’s all I got. I disagree
Wonderful presentation. Enjoyed watching every second of it, but you are entitled to your opinion of course.
Dude really? Will goes out of his way to explain everything in awesome detail, I love his videos, please don’t change the way you do videos Will just because of one douche! The rest of us really appreciate all your videos, been subscribed for years now, I am a fan of your work bro, we are also friends on Facebook, I am the guy that also has the Manley Slam (Mastering version) remember you asked me to do some tests with plugin doctor, I will get to that pretty soon, been going thru some stuff in my life, but will get to it soon, cheers bro 😃🙌💯
You must be aiming for a tiktok vlog
Thanks a lot for choosing Kii THREE 🙏🏻😊
I just discovered your video and you have helped me immensely in my quest for information, (Slam vs Shadowhills, Covert AD+ vs Hilo). Thank you so much for posting this studio tour...I am a new subscriber 😀
Well done! good luck on the new place.
Thank you!
Very insightful
Great episode! 🙌🏻
Thank you so much!
Best video intro ever......to the point
Cool to see the updated setup and great video as usual! Would love to see a video on your pros/cons with Ozone 10 like you mentioned and actually would love to see a video about the side of mastering most people don’t see. Like you said, the DDP, metadata, all that stuff. Anyways love the content as always!👍🤘
Thank you! I’m editing an Oz10 video right now 😊
@@WillBorza awesome!!! Very curious! 👍
Oh welcome back to LA!
Thanks! I missed the food most of all. Love being back :)
Missed seeing the analog in the algorithm. Need more videos. The goat of mastering
Thank you so much!
NICE SPEAKERS :)
Just found your channel - thanks for the great content. I also use Reaper and recently found out it does DDP too!
I haven’t gotten into making ddp’s with reaper. For that I use Hofa or wavelab if it needs extra attention
Though a bit messy, I like your style! Subbed.
Thank you so much! Sorry for the mess 😬
Will please make video of how you use your Manley Slam please. Cheers bro 😃🙌💯
I use my Hilo as my monitor controller, send AES out to my Dutch & Dutch 8c monitors, monitor outs to HR824s, and line outs to a Behringer Headphone Amp. Control it all with the Hilo Remote App on screen which also gives me control of the Hilo phones out separately.
Nice review. I definitely agree with your take on the Massive Passive. Going on year 3 with mine...love it. I'm trying to get my hands on a SLAM at some point. Does yours have the DAC output, and if so, do you ever use it?
Very interesting. My slam is my main preamp and I hardly use it's compressors. Must try them again. It's DAC never worked. I love my massive passive but also mostly for tracking since it is immediate and never sounds bad. Love the Tone projects stuff, The unisum is much more than a mastering compressor and Kelvin can bring the transformers into the DAW.
every time you post I see more gear I want lol
Get it! Sorry for the gear lust haha
Please do a separate video on the Slam.
Can you do an updated studio tour
What’s your opinion of the ADL600? I’m using it on mixbus . Love it
whaaaaat uuuppp what monitors you mastering with now never mind you just explain it. Thank you always
The Kii 3's replaced the barefoots 👀? So, what indifference was found in the IN-8s during your duration of use that prompted the purchase of the Kii 3s?
I've read reviews about the sound image being scooped compared to other high end monitors like KH80s & SC205s. Can you elaborate on the experience thus far, both pros & cons of the IN-8 V2s?
You need to update your website! No Slam in the dynamics section! #justsaying😂😂😂p.s. which of your two TC Phoenix or Slam do find you reach for when mastering dance music tracks?
SLAM is gonna help reinforce the pumping effect if the dance track is lacking there, or the Phoenix would thicken it up if the track is feeling a little sparse or disconnected.
so you dont use the mbp for compression ?
Neve MBP has built in input and/or output transformers? In addition to the red&blue silk? I’ve always suspected mine was doing something internally.
Yeeep! Check the Hammerstein on Plugin Doctor 😊
What power supply your using ?
Can you talk about how you find clients? I’m tired of having people in my house to record songs.. Its bought me all my gear, never would have been able to afford a massive passive or a Shelford without it but how can I get mixing and mastering clients without recording artist in house. Thanks! Your entire studio is awesome.
would be interested to hear this too - maybe another video?
SH is Opto + VCA, not Fet, it's LA3A & SSL G-Buss in one box)
Hi, Will! Welcome back to Glendale. I wonder how can one become an assistant to you?
Thanks! shoot me an email :)
Hello! I have a Hilo and do occasionally clip it. I'm wondering what sounds better about clipping the Dangerous? Thanks!
It’s mostly just amount of clipping. To me, if the hilo clips very occasionally at a random transient for just a moment but I don’t hear it, I’m not going to go reprint because the red clip light came in in my DAW. But I’m not going to intentionally push 1,2,3+ dBs into the Hilo.
I’ve been able to push 8+dB into the AD+ and have it sound great. Ultimately I would back off from +8 over zero because hot damn that’s probably too loud. But it’s nice to know that the point of AD isn’t your limiting factor for loudness.
@@WillBorza I have the Lynx Aurora 8 (n) and the Burl for ADC via AES. What are your thoughts on the Burl's clipping/sound vs the Dangerous?
Also, would you swap out or upgrade in anything in my chain on the in-between?
Lynx - Iron Age Audioworks V2 EQ (5500 clone) - On the Moon Spacecraft Stereo Enhancer - Louder than Liftoff Silver Bullet - Black Box HG2 - Stam Audio MK1 4000A (SSL Style Bus Compressor) - Audioscape D-Comp (Zener Diode Compressor/Limiter) - Neve MBP II - Burl B2
I see you have 1 eq, 2 color boxes, and 3 dynamics processors. I’d maybe trade your least used compressor for a 2nd EQ, that way you’ll have 2, 2, and 2. Do you have a way to swap the order of these units or are they all wired in series? If you can’t swap them around, I would stagger the compressors out so that they’re not all grouped at the end of the chain. Maybe SSL first, zener in the middle, and MBP at the end, but pick the order in which they sound best and support each other the most.
@@WillBorza At the moment they are wired in series but I was thinking about getting the Flock Audio Patch as a patchbay. Funny you say that about the 2nd EQ, as that's what I feel like I'm in need of. What do you recommend, like a second alternative to the Massive Passive, which is pretty steep, if any other great choices exist in your view?
The regular Massive Passive is a bit cheaper and totally qualified to master with. And the Massive Passive really is just a pultec on steroids, so something pultec-y might be nice for you as an alternate sound to fthe 5500 emulation, and depending on who makes it, significantly less than the Massivo.
Does the ad+ clip better than pure2? I have the pure2. Looking for change for something better. Maybe dangerous, crane song or Lavry gold , or u think the pure 2 is super ok to keep ? Thanks.
If you can afford the Lavry Gold, there is nothing better. I'm saving up for one!
@@WillBorza as AD, the new Lavry gold savtr is the best one. How about dac? Lavry gold also ? Thanks. Your channel is awesome 👏👏
Definitely lavry both ways if you can
Are you using your Massive Passive with balanced or unbalanced outputs?
Balanced (xlr, with transformer)
Do you have the analog version of the m905? Is it doing conversion or is that the convert 2? And if you're using the covert 2 and the ad+ what the heck is the Hilo doing lol?
Hilo is the digital backbone. It connects my computer to the Dangerous Converts which send and receive my analog equipment. It sends analog out to my Grace M905, and it sends optical out to my TC Clarity M. Great little box 😊
Got it.
more vocal chain video
I have an rme802 do i need i higher end converter if i decide to get out to analog and back in? Or at least one that i can do some clipping?
Have you tried clipping it? Not sure how it will sound, I’ve never used one.
@@WillBorza yes I’ve tried it getting out of rme to ssl fusion and back in and you can only shave 1-3 db , after that you can hear unpleasant distortion, at least in my likings! I use OVC128 and it sounds much better even clipping higher levels like 5-6db!
Do you use the sfe on the mbp?
Almost never
Are you still working for Howie? Or out on your own?
Still helping out at Howie's part time
Need more asc tube traps
I want to build more. These two are real ASC’s but I just can’t justify the price
Hi Will, love your content, wish you would produce more. I noticed that you are selling your Dangerous Convert converters on Reverb. Can you say why? Are you getting other converters? Thanks!
As someone who respects Will's level of absolute knowledge, I am SO CURIOUS to know why he's moving on from specific devices, maybe what he's looking to get instead, and, most importantly: "Why?"
For me, knowing why an ME makes certain design decisions is SO enlightening.
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