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Micimago - STAR (Original Mix)
« on: January 14, 2016, 07:54:51 am »
Hi guys !
I am an 18-year old producer and DJ from Malta.
I have just released this Progressive House track.
Would love to hear some opinions about it !

https://soundcloud.com/micimago/micimago-starmp3-1

Check it out ;)

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Re: Micimago - STAR (Original Mix)
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2016, 08:53:14 am »
Nice filtered starting. Sounds good on my adioteknika heaphones.

The drop @ 1:15 is awesome, great bassline!

The final drop @ 3:15 is pretty strong, should be a dancefloor filler.

Maybe it's mastered a bit too loud for my old ears. What's the RMS?

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Re: Micimago - STAR (Original Mix)
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2016, 09:12:29 am »
Thanks for the positive feedback !
Yes it may be mastered a bit too loud.  In the drop, the whole track is peaking at 0db.
How do you actually find the RMS ? (Sorry for the noob concern :P)

Mici

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Re: Micimago - STAR (Original Mix)
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2016, 09:17:48 am »
Peaking @ 0 dBFS is normal, altough -0.1 or -0.3 would be better.

Here's a free plugin to measure the RMS. The numbers are in the left corner below.

http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/

It's best to make a 4 or 8-bar loop of the loudest part en measure that RMS. Clicking on the number resets them.

If you want to know the RMS of the whole song, reset the numbers and let it play from start to finish.

RMS is some kind of average loudness. You can compare it with other songs to get a hint on how loud you want to go.

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Re: Micimago - STAR (Original Mix)
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2016, 09:21:55 am »
Oh this is interesting !
The RMS in the loudest part is -5.9. 
This will be very useful now :)
Thanks !

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Re: Micimago - STAR (Original Mix)
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2016, 09:36:46 am »
Wow, that's loud!!

Now read/see some info about the loudness wars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

It's up to you if you join the wars or not but the fact that I heard that your music was very loud (listening to an whole album this loud would be ear fatigueing) means something.

Cheers