mark skinner
Active member
Hello , I have been having major problems mastering a song for upload to SoundCloud. My 16 bit cd mix is fine. I'm uploading my streaming mix at 32 bit -14 lufs , eq'd and leveled for streaming using Ozone. The problem I'm having on this song (and others like it) is when the site applies their processing , they are Totally Destroying my fade ins and outs. The fade in levels are being boosted way up then their compressor slams everything down when the song reaches a normal level. Fade outs are boosted then cut off abruptly. I'm using these uploads as a tool to get mixing and mastering suggestions from my Daw forum. Is this just the nature of the beast using a streaming service , or is it mainly SoundCloud. I just can't imagine anyone not being able to do a fade in or a nice long fade out on a laid back acoustic song. Thanks for any insight .. mark