TC Electronic MD3 Stereo Mastering
Mastering Tools from System 6000 for PowerCore

Introduction
The MD3 Stereo Mastering package brings processing only known from the System 6000 to ProTools and PowerCore. This package presents professional production and mastering possibilities to the realm of DAWs, and integrates smoothly with serious music and film editing applications.

The MD3 Stereo Mastering package for ProTools and PowerCore includes two pristine algorithms, MD3 Multiband Dynamics and BrickWall Limiter:

MD3 Multiband Dynamics

Dual Mono and Stereo dynamics processing in three frequency bands. By offering a true side-chain split structure, MD3 is also capable of demanding mono material compression/limiting on two separate channels, not found in other multi-band dynamics processors. MD3 can be regarded as a high-end mastering tool. M and S components of a stereo signal can be processed separately and provide even more control making full use of the Spectral Stereo Enhancer.

Brickwall Limiter

If you are concerned about audio quality at the end listener, or have a desire to conserve talent, the BrickWall Limiter is the solution. While it cannot prevent destruction of dynamic range from happening at earlier stages in the production process, it does get rid of the signals known to generate distortion in consumer CD players, radio processors and data reduction codecs.

The PowerCore version of the plug-in can be used with any VST, AU or RTAS* compatible audio system.

*) RTAS (ProTools) is supported via the VST to RTAS adapter from FXpansion (optional).


Main Features

Multiband Dynamics:

Four band Parametric EQ
Three band Expander and Compressor
Limiter and Soft Clip functions
Use on Dual Mono sources or Stereo signals
MS mode for advanced image controlling
48 bit, fixed point, hi-res processing

Brickwall Limiter:

Low distortion, precision Limiter
Detects if signal is contaminated with 0dBFS+ peaks
Prevents downstream distortion from being generated
3 times up-sampled processing
48 bit, fixed point, hi-res processing


System Requirements

Windows:

PowerCore software 1.9.2 or higher
Windows XP
PIII 1GHz or faster
256MB RAM
VST compatible host application
System must meet requirements of the host application

Mac OS X:

PowerCore software 1.9.2 or higher
MacOS X (10.2 or higher)
G4/G5 (800MHz or faster)
256MB RAM
VST or Audio Units compatible host application
System must meet requirements of the host application