Brainworx® bx_masterdesk
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Easily deliver polished, professional masters.
Developed by Brainworx, and based on a complete chain of field-proven, high-end, professional analog mastering processors, the bx_masterdesk plug-in provides a fully featured mastering environment in a single plug-in that’s as easy to use as it is powerful.
Whether you’re in the rehearsal room quickly polishing a reference track, or a professional engineer delivering masters to record labels, the bx_masterdesk plug-in offers a complete, intuitive mastering processing chain.Now You Can:
Master your mixes quickly and easily with professional-sounding results
Easily sculpt masters with the powerful Bass, Mid, Treble, and Presence EQ
Select from four compressor modes and effortlessly dial in the proper compression characteristics
Use Brainwork’s acclaimed M/S processing to tweak the stereo image with the Mono Maker and Stereo Enhance features
Take a Listen
Simple, Yet Powerful
Mastering requires a balanced, highly tuned processing chain, which can be both complex and expensive. The bx_masterdesk plug-in takes much of the guesswork out of the mastering process by combining several parameters into single controls with carefully chosen individual audio processors, each pre-tuned for easy and effective results.
Four Compressors
The bx_masterdesk’s compressor section makes it easy to add energy to your masters without any pumping or unwanted artifacts. Inspired by classic designs, but transformed for the needs of modern DAW production, the compressor section features four different operating modes, each with its own attack and release rate for quick parallel compression textures.
Easy EQ
The EQ section of the bx_masterdesk plug-in lets you dial in broad stroke tonal adjustments using an intuitive control set that resembles a guitar amp's tone stack. Simply turn the Bass, Mid, Treble, and Presence knobs to quickly and subtly tweak the EQ curve of your master.
Final Touches
For final seasoning, the bx_masterdesk plug-in sports two resonant filters, perfect for cleaning up low-end rumble and taming harsh transients. The bx_masterdesk’s precision metering will ensure your levels are always correct, while Brainworx’s renowned M/S processing lets you artfully shape the width of your masters.
Customer Reviews
I. Macaulay
July 23, 2021
Easy to use
I tried several other mastering plugins and this is my favorite.
Read MoreE. Hasselberg
July 4, 2021
Not only for light mastering
I use this one at the end of my mix chain to get it ready for mastering. It is the easiest way to improve any mix, tighten it up and glue it together.
Read MoreC. Brown
May 15, 2021
No More Need to Stack Mastering Plugs!
Wow, so nice to have so much functionally in one mastering plugin. Saved me from buying the 3 mastering plugins that I was planning on. Nice job....
Read MoreC. Emery
May 2, 2021
Tundering Jesus!!!
I don’t even care about the apocalypse after getting this plugin & interacting with the Dream weavers over at Universal Audio. Good luck with your waves plugins boys .. you...
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Key Features
A simple to use, all-in-one mastering chain
Four types of compressor circuits
Simple, powerful EQ "tonestack" style EQ
Brainwork’s acclaimed M/S processing, Mono Maker, and Stereo Enhance features
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Customer Reviews
Brainworx bx_masterdesk
I. Macaulay
Easy to use
I tried several other mastering plugins and this is my favorite.
E. Hasselberg
Not only for light mastering
I use this one at the end of my mix chain to get it ready for mastering. It is the easiest way to improve any mix, tighten it up and glue it together.
L. Tian Siung
Do the job fast
easy to use and fast.
C. Brown
No More Need to Stack Mastering Plugs!
Wow, so nice to have so much functionally in one mastering plugin. Saved me from buying the 3 mastering plugins that I was planning on. Nice job.
D. Bouresli
A most have
A most have
C. Emery
Tundering Jesus!!!
I don’t even care about the apocalypse after getting this plugin & interacting with the Dream weavers over at Universal Audio.
Good luck with your waves plugins boys .. you can’t touch this stuff.
Quality through the roof.
In one word .. WallaWallaDingDong
‘Exceptional’ works too.I. Kalugina
A Kind of Magic
Many thanks guys for this fabulous plug-in - it`s a sort of "must have" "One KNOB" plugs in your arsenal. Of course it has many knobs and you can change parameters - but it`s so intuitive and obvious! "Classic" Version is ok and good enough. This one will go further with some useful parameters such as Mono maker for example... "Masterdesk" is number one for Fast "Demo" master. ps. Many Thanks to Dirk Ulrich for creavity and neverending enthusiasm .
K. Paige
Oh man!
2 clicks and bamm!!! I am LOVING this plug-in. I don't how I've gone so long without it. I'm using to master my live Ableton tracks. So good
J. Napolitano
Brainworx BX Masterdesk
Great sounding master Eq very happy with this from UAD
J. Howard
Loving This Plug-in
being an engineer who mainly tracks vocals. This plug-in makes it easy at the end of a session to have a really good sounding track.
B. Waller
A Mastering Marvel
The plugin is the best mastering DAW tool I have ever used. The presets are golden! I found myself farming out my mastering to Cloud AI. I was always told doing your own mastering is waste of time. However I found the AI were altering the quality of my mixes. Once I used this plugin and A/B to some industry tracks; I knew!!! Great Plugin game changer!!!
B. Young
Brainworx bx_masterdesk
Great!!!!
A. Reichle
Klingt einfach sensationell !!
Das PlugIn übersteigt meine Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Noch nie war das finale Master-Ergebnis so nah am Sound amtlicher "Radio-Produktionen". Es ist zusammen mit dem Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder zum unverzichtbaren Tool in meiner Master-Spur geworden. Es macht einfach nur Freude.
S. Lawson
Yep... its really good
This is one of those plugin you are going to hate yourself for not getting sooner. While no one plugin will ever truly take the place of a great mastering engineer in a good room - this comes pretty darn close. Client take-home test mixes are *MUCH* quicker produce and they have punch, volume and clarity. I have literally scrapped my entire mastering chain and substituted it for bx_masterdesk.
b. Nieminen
Super easy to use
I think this works perfectly for my mixes to get the final touch, and it’s so super easy to use. I like very much the widening button.
R. Stuebs
Hard Rock!
Easy to handle. Excellent and fast results.
I use this plugin in LUNA for mastering my friends Hard Rock songs.
R. Schuld
Magic masterdesk
Bisher habe ich in Logic Pro Play-alongs für Gitarrenmusik eingespielt. Schon mit den fantastischen Presets gelingen auf allen Medien ( Auto CD , headphone, Streaming) gute Endmixes. Klare Kaufempfehlung.
L. Lawrence
TRUST YOUR INSTINCT
If you are a good mixer and have good taste and sense of balance, this thing is gold! I used to get my works mastered by an engineer at one of London's studios but more than once I have felt disappointed and had to request amendments. Engineers have their own taste and attending a mastering session is very expensive. Unattended mastering doesn't always bring great results. This is a great solution for that.
R. Burggraaf
Latency
Latency Logic
M. Jiaras
Sounds fantastic
Found it to be an essential part of my master buss
