Something like this?

https://kilohearts.com/products/disperser

Instead, I'll sometimes use Pro-L in series like my normal chain, but setting the first limiter up to act as a clipper which offers a lot more control without completely killing transients and keeps good dynamic range to the track.

Thanks for the tip!!

Well, if an EQ doesn't work on the sound, maybe it's time to reach for a multiband compressor.

If a certain part of the bassline sounds too weak, you could bring back some life by 'bracketing' those freqencies with a multiband and compress it a bit to get it better into the mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqZAxLqJkzA

That was a fun video! Thanks for sharing!

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-2

But 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.

What pingpong delay? Is there a high feedback? Does having a higher feedback cause the delay to repeat/last longer? Is the delay automated? Is there a gate on the delay?What kind of reverb/room?

I'm sorry but I don't know the answers to all the questions and I think it's strange to waste so much time on trying to recreate it while you can create something original, something new.

You could try creating your subbass with a sinewave and add a bit of distortion. Or a low passed saw wave with a little bit of distortion.

Reverb is a bit the opposite of clarity. If you use it, filter out the lows.