My ears tell me I have a good master, and I don't think it's over compressed or over limited for popular bluegrass today. Maybe someone else would hear it completely differently. I can't post the link to the mp3 until I make a few more posts.
I'm having problems getting my integrated LUFS close to -14. This track is at about -10.5. So I understand I can't master to iTunes very well. They're going to lower the volume to make it fit their loudness, and I think it sounds great at this dynamic range. So I just wanted someone who's been doing mastering a while answer this - is this an acceptable loudness to send to the digital media (they can do whatever they want with it I suppose).
EDIT:
Here's the audio. After working on the bass, I got it to -14 LUFS with true peak of -0.9dB.
BTW this is our band, doing a song written by Bruce Robison.
Traveling Soldier master - Banjo Hangout Jukebox
I'm having problems getting my integrated LUFS close to -14. This track is at about -10.5. So I understand I can't master to iTunes very well. They're going to lower the volume to make it fit their loudness, and I think it sounds great at this dynamic range. So I just wanted someone who's been doing mastering a while answer this - is this an acceptable loudness to send to the digital media (they can do whatever they want with it I suppose).
EDIT:
Here's the audio. After working on the bass, I got it to -14 LUFS with true peak of -0.9dB.
BTW this is our band, doing a song written by Bruce Robison.
Traveling Soldier master - Banjo Hangout Jukebox
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