Hello,
When I play my latest track, which I mixed and mastered myself, Voxengo Span Plus indicates it has an RMS of -11.5 when the song has been playing from start to finish.
That's not extremely loud but I can't stand songs that are 'Death Magnetic'-loud anyway.
I managed to keep some dynamics; take a look at this picture:
The limiter which is of course the last plugin in my masterchain (Fabfilter Pro-L) only catches a few peaks, nothing more.
I'm pretty happy about the result.
You can listen and download the song here. Maybe someone wants to do some measuring on it.
https://soundcloud.com/manducator/butterfly-2But I'm not looking for feedback on the song itself, there's another forum's section for that.
I'm more into feedback about the mixing/mastering process. I'm interested in sharing techniques.
I didn't use a compressor on the whole mix or master, only on indiviudal instruments.
The trick I used is this: I used a clipper (LVC Audio's Clipshifter, but others will work fine too) and clipped 2-2.5 dB off of the peaks but I only mixed 40% of this sound into the mix, so 60% is dry sound.
I used U-he Satin (the BH Masterbuss Rhick and Warm for -15 dB RMS preset) before the clipper. And the Fabfilter Pro-L after the clipper. That are all dynamics plugins I used.
Do you think I'm onto something for future masterings without destroying all dynamics?
Do you have other tricks to keep dynamics and obtain a decent loudness? Feel free to share.
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