Loudness is still one of the hottest topics in mastering. In this episode we discuss why louder is better, but Too Loud is worse. And...
- Why you must set the gain FIRST
- How your plugins are fooling you
- Optimising dynamics for online loudness
- How loudness matching can be liberating
- 90% of mastering in nutshell
Links:
Audio Bloggers Live
http://productionadvice.co.uk/audio-bloggers-live/
Radio loudness – the Truth
Loudness research
Perception plugin
Spotify loudness
Dynamic range database
Dynameter