Reference 2 Plugin Review

Today we're taking a look at the update to one of my all-time favorite plugins, Reference 2 by Mastering The Mix! This is an absolute game-changer of a plugin and will likely help you make huge improvements to your mixes!
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[@johnnythomas7314]

Thanks for the great review of Reference 2, good luck with the channel!

[@BetterMixes]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked the video.

[@brettvogelmusic]

Thank you so much for this video! This is the 4th video I've watched for help. This is by far the best tutorial!

[@BetterMixes]

Awesome! I'm so glad to hear it was helpful!

[@xsrecords6299]

So amazingly explained... Thank you so much...

[@BetterMixes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MPHORROCKS]

Really helpful video. Thanks! :)

[@BetterMixes]

I'm glad I was able to help! Thanks for watching!

[@RudyBanks]

Awesome Job! 👍👍👍

[@BetterMixes]

Thanks so much!

[@solemnoath]

Nice! Very helpful. I think you have helped make a sale.

[@BetterMixes]

They should really give me a commission 😆 But seriously, it's a killer plugin and I'm sure it'll help you improve your mixes!

[@santiagoabad2272]

really nice plugin! and the explanation was much better than other 10k+ videos i have seen, deserves more views!!!

[@BetterMixes]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@eaccin]

best video on Reference 2!

[@BetterMixes]

Thanks so much!

[@michaeld.7520]

Thanks!

[@BetterMixes]

No problem! I'm always happy to help!

[@simonwoods5902]

Thanks - this is a better tutorial than Mastering the Mix's version! :)

[@BetterMixes]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@eskei83]

Great video! Do you use Match or Difference? I felt in my plug-in the line feature was „upside down“

[@BetterMixes]

I use the difference setting, I believe. I bought the original Reference when it first came out which didn't have the option for the match setting, so I just got used to the difference one! But I'm glad you liked the video!

[@DWINC]

Love it, but what to do when you use Spotify instead of wave files since I don’t own wave files?

[@BetterMixes]

That's a good question! Sometimes I'll download the song off of KZbin (it's not the best quality, but it's usually good enough for general referencing) or with the newest version of Pro Tools, it's easy to record straight from Spotify. If you have the high quality setting on in Spotify, then that's usually pretty good. But yeah, it's definitely a little trickier now that you can't really buy music many places to own the wave file!

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

Why does my Line Level seem to change (as if to another song) when I flip from my Original to the Reference (not changing the ref)? Shouldn't it always be the same difference/match curve of the two files? I understand the Width changes to show each file but not the Level line. Thanks!

[@BetterMixes]

Hmm, it definitely shouldn't be doing that! That sounds like it might be a bug to me. I'd reach out to Mastering The Mix to see if they can help you sort it out.

[@TM-fx5le]

You still uploading? :/

[@BetterMixes]

I will be soon! My break has been a bit longer than I was planning, I've had a lot going on, but I've got a ton of ideas for cool new videos! So keep an eye out!