Are you sure you mean LUFS and not simply dBFS? LUFS is a type of average level, not a peak level. A file at -1LUFS would be horribly compressed/limited/clipped.
I'm very sure, cheers. -1LUFS on PEAKS only is what was meant by the comment.
Are you sure you mean LUFS and not simply dBFS? LUFS is a type of average level, not a peak level. A file at -1LUFS would be horribly compressed/limited/clipped.
I'm very sure, cheers. -1LUFS on PEAKS only is what was meant by the comment.
But LUFS is by definition an average measurement. It may be a LUFS meter, but I bet the correct unit for the peak level is simply dBFS.
well,
whenever i play back a tune on soundcloud, or any other streaming service,
if it's too soft compared to other ones,
i just turn it up.
it is dirt simple, to turn the volume up.
usually, what i find is that the softer sounding songs, cranked up, sound WAY WAY WAY WAY better than the slammed ones.
they usually have good dynamics, better sounding mixes, and don't hurt my ears after a while, like most of the other LOUD MASTERED SONGS do,
with very few exceptions,
even on pro material.
now if you want your stuff to sound LOUD just to compete with the LOUD GROUP,
then you have to learn to master your material.
you can either pay a pro to do it (highly recommended) or do it yourself (i've heard more bad home mastered material than any other issue that exists).
I'd definitely add some mix buss compression that does like 1-2 dB gain reduction. It's easy to overdo it though.Basics to follow?
I'd definitely add some mix buss compression that does like 1-2 dB gain reduction. It's easy to overdo it though.
Regarding loudness, just make sure the peak level on the master track is around -4 dBFS and you'll be fine.
A lot of people online normalize their mixes and so they blast you in the face. Quality suffers somewhat along with normalizing though because you raise the noise level compared with the rest of the mix.
Mastering is much more than just loudness though and can actually be done super cheap and instantly with websites like LANDR and WaveMod.
It's not a professional mastering engineer but it's damn better than most of us can do at home and you receive your track back immediately.
Hope that helped!