Message 7/16
Date: 18-Sep-07 @ 02:03 PM -
RE: how loud?
Ive got no real settings that are right or wrong, i just try and use multiband to adjust the balance
of bass, mid and high, and it is possible to gentle squeeze stuff and sound ok, limiting well you
can use Logic pros adaptive limiter which allows scary amounts of limiting and you can get it
real loud.
But iam no mastering expert and your mix to start with really dictates what can be done after, its
funny simply knowledge makes better mixes, better mixes master better and mastered tracks
sound good if they retain some dynamics, but remember the average punter now listens to
compressed audio with reduced dynamic range, and most people dont give a rats arse how or
what was done to a track, just that they like it. I know people who would rather listen to their all in
one stereo with bass on full and the loudness button on, and if it distorts they luv it its percieved
as being louder better give me more.
Try some experiments to see how far you can go on making it louder some tracks work great,
others it totaly messes up, and remember pro mastering houses do it so much better but only if
the mix was perfect in the first place, home mixes rarely sound that much better unless you got
a perfect studio, just shows up the areas you need treat, ive heard stuff in the charts which has
been terribly recorded but it still sold loads!
Malk
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