Testbench: Master the Mix Reference 2

> Getting things right at mastering stage often requires context – grounding yourself to the standard of a commercial track. You can do this using a different DAW channel, but Reference 2 aims to make the process easier.

You can load in up to four reference tracks (or use a plugin in your DAW), to compare them in terms of loudness, frequency weightings, stereo width and even dynamics across the frequency spectrum. Handy features like track alignment, level matching and switching between references are all made incredibly easy. Using the innovative Trinity Display, it lets you monitor three properties of your two tracks from a single place, making visualising what’s happening easy. Let’s look closer…