Recent content by gbowling

It's not about compressing anything I have to match anything anyone else has. It's a matter of understanding. Some songs, in some genre's, can be mastered to -8 and sound pretty good or can be mastered to -14 and sound marginally better. By marginally, I mean close enough that many listeners...

Anyone seen this site? https://www.loudnesspenalty.com/ It's a nice concept, but I'm still not sold on what all these companies are saying about loudness on streaming sites. For instance, I personally know and own masters of a couple of albums that were mastered to just around the -14 LUFS...

Yea agree about the questionable info, but the overall gist that these songs are totally smashed to bits to be as loud as possible is correct. It is sort of a pissing contest between the bands and labels, but both want as much play and as much revenue as they can get off a recording, so they...

One thing that happens when you compress things this much, is that lower sounds and wash rise up to the same levels as the primary sounds of a track. For "in the box" songs, comprised of loops, virtual instruments, etc. Which is what most of the grammy songs are these days, you can get away...

All over the internet and there are articles about how loud to make your songs. Most of these say around -14LUFS integrated or somewhere close. But when you look at chart topping records, it's a totally different story. Here's an article analyzing the songs from the 2021 grammy awards...

We just released our new album Blue Sky by The Moderns. We would love some feedback and also any help determining the best song to promote as our first single. You can check it out on spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/3teWnjZooTbdfuJj2ohGcR If you like it, please follow us on...

I purchased this unit new in the late 80s. I used it for one CD in the early 90s and it's been sitting in my house since. So, I need to find a good home for it. Make offer. Located in Northern Michigan.