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Master Plan by Musik Hack [Released]
You may know this killer mastering app from its big sibling desktop plugin. Very effective way to test a master on your final mix.
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/master-plan-musik-hack/id6478506385
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Been looking into this since I saw it mentioned in the sales thread. Now itching to get home and buy it because, holy smokes, it's awesome. I'm liking this new effect paradigm - like XVox, just a couple of controls and lots of cleverness going on behind the scenes. Good results fast.
Gus just reached out to let me know he started this thread, if you have any questions drop them here!
Congrats on the launch!
Cool release. Any chance for an iPhone version?
Hey, this looks interesting.. I only wonder why it is a striped down version of the original?
If we get a lot of comments and some interest in the iPad version then yes, that’s something we’ll look at!
@MusikHackSam
Hello, bought..
How to control the output volume?
Is it stripped down? Nit mentioned on the AppStore I don’t think. I just bought it but will be activating a refund in the next 14 days if it’s a stripped down version as there no reason fir that. It’s a very simple app functionally in the first place (which is the point).
Yes, the desktop plugin has more controls and sells for a lot more money (9x). We wanted to make the iPad version a lot more affordable, so we took the most used controls that leverage the best technology in Master Plan (loud, wide) for the AUv3. The App Store description says “streamlined” and the pictures show all the controls, but we can update the description and do not want it to be misleading in any way.
The UI of the iPad version looks like it could easily fit onto an iPhone without much issue. So would it require a lot of extra coding to port it? (I'm not a dev, so I'm asking genuinely.)
The loud knob pushes volume up but limits it to prevent peaks in the final master. We have the post-limiter output locked in the iPad version because Stan and the majority of our desktop users don’t change the output level, but we can look into adding it if it will help you make better masters.
I’ll have to look into it, but I understand what you’re saying. It’s not the coding so much as reconfiguring where things go when the interface resizes and things get super small. Nothing is more frustrating than when touch controls make you feel like you can’t get at the control you want to.
How is this stripped down? I don't see it in the description.
I tested the desktop version and quite liked it but haven't bought yet. Might buy the iOS version though as the price is tempting.
It’s missing these controls and input/output trim [edit: and the speaker monitoring sim options]
Understandable. If you had the full version with that bottom strip I could see it being an issue. The streamlined version on iPad would fit an iPhone Pro Max screen seamlessly it seems. I will buy one it's available for iPhone as this limiter looks awesome and probably sounds awesome too.
ah, that's slightly putting me off thx Gus
but maybe after reading some user experiences
It’s also missing some extra controls on the right side. Anyway @MusikHackSam why not make an extra IAP for the full version?
Would be interested if it makes it to iPhone 👍
That’s definitely an option! I do want people happy with the initial purchase though, so I’ll make sure to think it through.
Apologies I missed it in the description. And thanks for coming and explaining.
This is not meant as anything but a bit of user feedback on iOS - I will have to do the refund if the controls mentioned are missing. That’s really most of the functionality and why I bought it (my fault for not checking) - I appreciate the basic controls being there but we have a huge array of excellent inexpensive mastering apps from fabfilter and toneboosters etc on iOS and it does kind of reduce it to a mastering preview app as the first post says,
I understand the pricing but it’s just the nature of things that iOS pricing is scaled down a great deal without such large compromises in function
Anyway thanks for coming on the forum and engaging
To add, the reason I’m disappointed and it’s not for me as is, is that I watched a couple of videos on YouTube and I think a fully functional version is exactly right for me, and particularly given the ecosystem, a good iOS fit like the recent QVox app. So it’s because I think it’s a great product on desktop. I wouldn’t pay for a reduced version but I would pay a bit more for a full version.
Yes, just release the full version, ask more, everybody happy 😊
Release full and I’m in.
I also would love a FULL version with all parameters included and would pay additional cost for that version 🙏
Congratulations on the release @MusikHackSam
Congratulations. Thanks for bringing your software to the iPad and checking in on the forums. Purchased and add me to the list of a potential IAP purchaser if you decide to go that route. Cheers!
+1 for IAP and iPhone user here 😉
I guess you can say that...wait for it...the Master Plan is laid out before you @MusikHackSam (Yeah, I'm old enough now that I can make shitty Dad jokes lol.)
I don't think you have a very strong point there, many (most) developers release exact copies of their desktop plugins to iOS and still, the price is around 10x less. The reasons for it are many but one strong one is that you can't sell your license like you often can with a VST/AU.
+1
Hey there! Sam, I have a question that probably gives away how inexperienced I am when it comes to mastering and Master Plan itself, but here it goes: what kind of plugins you think should go together with the streamlined version in the mastering chain in order to compensate for the functions that are absent? A compressor or saturation plugin, perhaps? And I don’t mean that in a negative way: having an app that can replace a few of them, even if not all, in my mastering chain will probably make wonders for me in terms of saving me some time, since I’m about to become a dad. 👶🏻
Thank you so much and consider me as one of the IAP enthusiasts!