The TC Electronic FINALIZER 96K Studio Mastering Processor. A single box solution to convert, shape, enhance, normalize, expand, squeeze, trim, fade, dither, and balance final mixes for professional mastering in your studio.
The TC Electronic Finailizer 96K is one of the most powerful mastering tools on the market so you must be careful when using this exceptional product. Read the Mastering Tutorial below before purchasing this mastering weapon!
TC Finalizer Mastering Tutorial
The TC Electronic Finailizer 96K is incredibly powerful and you can easily overdo it. You need to learn to really listen to what the processor is doing and not just make the mix as loud as possible. Master using it's multi-band compressor limiter as well as convert, enhance and bring things you would never hear otherwise! A good set of monitors such as Dynaudio also helps.
The TC Electronic FINALIZER 96K delivers unprecedented levels of clarity, warmth and punch to your mix. It also can make your mix incredibly loud! Inserted between the stereo output of your mixer or workstation and your master recording media, the Finalizer 96K dramatically rounds out your material, creating that "radio ready" sound - previously unattainable outside a professional mastering house. 30 presets automatically produce quality masters. Or specify 4 simple parameters and the wizard will do the setup. The TC Electronic Finalizer 96K has an extremely advanced intuitive LCD interface that gives you precision monitoring and control of every stage in the signal path: analysis of signal types, internal effects abilities, external inserts, EQ, spectral stereo imaging, normalizer, compressor/limiter/expander, crossover, and much more. XLR (AES/EBU), RCA (S/PDIF), and optical (Tos-link, ADAT) connectors, plus balanced XLR's. Asynchronous conversion with 5 sample rates.
The main features of the TC Electronic FINALIZER 96K include: