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A basic mastering chain looks like this:
EQ--> Compressor --> Limiter
You have to listen to what the song needs. I have heard that answer for years and I really disliked it, but it's true. Compare to commercial songs and decide.
There are countless discussions about whether you should put the eq or the compressor in front and I think this is the most useful answer: corrective compression (to make the spectral balance better) should be used before the compressor. If you use eq to color the sound (for example, make it more vintage; add warmth or flavor), you can use it after the compressor.
So now you can extend your chain to this, if necessary:
Corrective EQ --> Compressor --> Colour EQ --> Limiter
I'm still learning about mastering (and I hope I'll never stop learning) and I realize that I need much less compression than I thought of in the first place. I work mainly with electronic music and in lots of cases I don't use compression at all. Or there are other ways to be creative with compression, like saturation or using a clipper. I use parallel compression more and more these days. It doesn't destroy the dynamics like regular compression.
Sometimes it's necessary to make your songs broader. You need a stereo imager to achieve this. I put it after the compressor or the coloring eq.
If you want your song really loud, you can put a clipper before the limiter. I don't advice to make your songs really loud because it destoys the dynamics but we all know that feeling that we want our song as loud as commercial songs.
So now we can extend our mastering chain to this:
Corrective EQ --> Compressor --> Coloring EQ --> Stereo Imager --> Clipper --> Limiter
Some people say you can put the clipper behind the limiter, after all, lots of AD/DA converters add clipping as last part in the chain, but when I do this, I just hear more distortion and somehow it doesn't work for me. Maybe it does for you. Try it, you should trust your ears more than any tutorial.
Remember that you don't always need all plugins, these are just recommendations. Listen to what your songs need.
Some plugins I like a lot:
Corrective EQ:
DDMF eq's
DMGaudio EQuality
Voxengo Harmonieq
Compressor:
PSP mastercomp
PSP Oldtimer
Cytomic The Glue (great for parallel compression)
Variety of sound's density (freeware)
Voxengo Polysquasher
Coloring EQ:
DMGaudio EQuality
Voxengo Harmonieq
Stereo Imager:
DDMF Stereooerets
Hbasm stereoizer
Clipper:
Gvst Gclip
Stillwell Event horizon+
Limiter:
Jeroen Breebaart Barricade Pro
Voxengo Elephant
PSP Audioware Xenon