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Just read this article from 'Sound on Sound' magazine, thought some may find it interesting, basically saying that actually the loudness war has not reduced the dynamic range of modern music after all, and how it's the same as the 70's. It may get a bit technical at times (for some), but the...

Hi, I was just reading another thread on this forum about using test tones on speakers and thought I'd like to know how low a frequency my hi-fi speakers would reproduce, so I went to this web site http://www.eminent-tech.com/music/multimediatest.html and used the 50hz tone and could hear it...

When anyone talks about crest factors all I'm really thinking about is this:

HI, I was wondering if anyone can help, I have been making music using sampled guitars amongst other things and when I use individual notes they sound o.k. but when I try to add the notes to make a simple triad with them they always sound awful. I know the notes are right as when I change the...

Hi, I've been making music for a couple of years now, writing my own songs and doing covers, the problem I've come up with is where can I get Official lyrics from? The internet is full of lyric sites, some of them say official lyrics but there not, they all seem to be based on guesswork and not...

Hi, following on from my limiting thread I was just wondering whether people always use multiband compression on their final mixes, I'm not talking about using it to fix mix problems, rather using it to add density and excitement to a track, I was trying to decide if I like the immediate and...

Hi, Following on from my thread a week or so ago about making my mix louder, I've been experimenting with my limiter (W1,Clone of L1 Ultramaximizer) trying to get the best sound and I've discovered if I take the limiter off and just let the mix clip I can push the volume further before getting...

Hi, sorry to have so many posts at once, I just needed some help with my sub bass. when listening to alot of pro cd's on headphones I notice they have that nice wieghty sound of what i think is about 50hz to them and then when I play them on my stereo with a pretty good bass response they sound...

I have read online that I should by hi-cutting my mix at 15-16,000hz during mastering and after spectrally analysing a few mp3 this seems to be common place. What is the point of this and is it recomended?

:)Hi, i've just joined the forum and I have been making pop rock and dance tracks on my apple mac for a few years using Logic 6 and I am trying to make my final mp3's as loud as commercial tracks but I always seem to be a couple of decibels short. So far i'm multiband compresssing them at a...