Okay,
So I know I may get some backlash here by buying into the loudness war, but I believe a great amount of the general public prefers loud music as opposed to quiet music, so, I am asking about any tips here to raise the perceived loudness (not necessarily RMS) of my tracks. I am hoping to bring them closer to comparable to the loudest mixes out at the moment without losing all sense of quality and dynamics in my music (I work hard to achieve those). So, If anybody has any tips or has gone through this type of struggle please reply!
Thanks!
I beleive matt zo said something about having less in your mix increases the overall loudness of the track, because you have less competiting elements that are being balanced out.
and honestly, you're going to run into some issues if you're trying to maximize your loudness with out loosing dynamics. that's just the way optimization works.
if you really want a loud track, make one synthesizer and have that be the only thing you mix lol.
other wise: kick, snare, cymbals, sub bass, bass wubs, lead. that's it man. you can get your balance just right those are the only elements you'll need to push a loud af mix.
But that stuff tends to be incredibly harsh to listen to because of the volume. i turn my volume down because a lot of these "big league" dudes just crush the shit out of their mix. Caspa does a really good job of this. He gets the loudness out, but doesn't over do it. it's honestly quite excellent hearing any thing he puts out now, because i don't have to turn it down in order to actually hear it.