I guess the question I was trying to ask what specifically is sheen. I ran across this in a Sound on Sound article which aaid:

Originally Posted By: Sound on Sound
Prior to mastering, you might be surprised at just how ordinary some mixes sound. Mastering often involves nothing more than compression, limiting and equalisation, but it has a disproportionate effect because of the quality of the equipment being used and the expertise of the person using it.

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One popular mastering technique is to apply an overall boost of just one or two dBs at around 15kHz with a wide bandwidth setting. This is what people mean when they talk about 'air EQ', 'sheen' or 'gloss'.
So although people use this term in various ways, in the audio mastering sense, this seems to refer to a brightness the mix has, often achieved by correctly applying an EQ boost.

Does that sound right?


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?