I tend to use Izotope Ozone. It’s expensive but the Maximiser, Imager and the Tonal Balance Control are such brilliant tools. TBC especially. You feed it a reference track and it shows exactly how yours compares (and it can automatically EQ match, if you want).
Worth checking out Sugar as well for overall mix enhancement, it feels like a bit of a cheat but it does a lot of really nice “sparkle” stuff soooooo easily.
Don’t want to give the impression that plug-ins are the answer, mind. It’s mostly about practice, learning how to use EQ, and using reference tracks. Still got a long way to go myself.
I tend to use Izotope Ozone. It’s expensive but the Maximiser, Imager and the Tonal Balance Control are such brilliant tools. TBC especially. You feed it a reference track and it shows exactly how yours compares (and it can automatically EQ match, if you want).
Worth checking out Sugar as well for overall mix enhancement, it feels like a bit of a cheat but it does a lot of really nice “sparkle” stuff soooooo easily.
https://process.audio/en/products/sugar
Don’t want to give the impression that plug-ins are the answer, mind. It’s mostly about practice, learning how to use EQ, and using reference tracks. Still got a long way to go myself.