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Jul 12 2018, 08:08 PM
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Before streaming services, the compression of an album didn't matter. Producers intentionally squashed the song to be louder so it could be noticed on radio/TV more and this started a trend similar to mp3 where people got used to lower quality sounding music.
Streaming services today eliminated this by applying algo's. If the track it too hot, the levels are decreased and it simply sounds bad. I recently started using spotify and noticed a lot of old bands made re-masters specifically for this reason. So simply today, we have a new standard to adapt before mastering a song. https://www.masteringthemix.com/blogs/learn...ify-and-youtube Streaming Service Playback Level Apple Music *Soundcheck On* ~ 16 LUFS YouTube ~ 13 LUFS Spotify ~ 14 LUFS Tidal ~ 14 LUFS The LUFS is the value of such compression and the chart shows which service processes your song less if you send your master at certain levels. The closer you get the level the better, from this chart seems ~ 14 LUFS is ideal. There are also plug-ins which can help you during mastering to nail the compression. I don't know which is best but started testing one in the melda freeware bundle https://www.meldaproduction.com/MFreeFXBundle Keep in mind for lesson uploads here in GMC this has no importance, infact since no mastering is involved you might already be uploading the best possible sound  But those who produces their songs will benefit from this info, its worth learning and updating your mastering routine.PS; if you don't want to be so critical, atleast upload your song here (somehow its very fast to upload) http://www.loudnesspenalty.com/# and it will report what would happen. This post has been edited by Mertay: Jul 12 2018, 08:29 PM |
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Jul 17 2018, 01:29 AM
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QUOTE (Mertay @ Jul 12 2018, 07:08 PM)  The LUFS is the value of such compression and the chart shows which service processes your song less if you send your master at certain levels. The closer you get the level the better, from this chart seems ~ 14 LUFS is ideal. Good advice. These changes basically mean the end of the loudness wars. Cubase users have a built-in loudness meter in the ControlRoom section of the mixer and it's a good idea to use it before submitting. One thing that confused me. I couldn't figure out why you were telling people use a loudness of "about" (the ~ character) 14 LUFS. Then I looked at the article you linked and they made a mistake there that you copied. That should be -14 LUFS, not ~14 LUFS . -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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