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Metropolis Masters with Sonnox

The Metropolis Group has purchased 10 Sonnox Oxford Limiters and 10 Oxford EQs.

Oxford, UK (August 31, 2011)–The Metropolis Group, Europe’s largest independent mastering facility, has purchased 10 Sonnox Oxford Limiters and 10 Oxford EQs.

Sonnox sales and marketing manager Nathan Eames reports that the plug-in acquisition was vetted by Metropolis Group technology development manager, Crispin Murray. “We test drove a good number of plug-ins, and Sonnox were the ones that everyone seemed to come back to,” Murray said. “Because they were the most transparent of all we tried, they are now installed in all 10 of our mastering suites.”

Mastering engineer Miles Showell comments, “Transparency is particularly important with loudness. I don’t think we’re mastering any louder than we used to. We won’t go down the ‘level at all costs’ route, but you do need to compete. If your stuff isn’t loud enough, clients will just go elsewhere. It’s better that we do it as cleanly as possible, rather than just smash the hell out of something, to get it loud. The Oxford Limiter is the cleanest one we have. I use it on probably 85 percent of my work and have come up with a setting with a slight tape compression feel to it, which makes things sound really nice.

“We like the fact that it doesn’t run out of steam quickly,” Showell adds. “If you push things really hard, some other bits of kit we use do. Especially with vocals, which tend to tear and break up. The Oxford Limiter doesn’t get all crispy and nasty when you push it hard.”

Murray adds, “We’re also impressed that the Limiter doesn’t affect stereo imaging. The width and ambience stay the same, so the room doesn’t suddenly get smaller.”

“It’s also respectful of transients,” Showell interjects. “It tends not to push drums back into the track, so you still get the attack. Your transients remain intact. And, it doesn’t just crush the whole thing.”

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