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    LUFS Question

    If you upload a song at -12lufs, this is not a problem, if you upload a song at -16lufs, then this can be minor issue. Basing the target at -14lufs I'm compressing around 3-6dbs on most tracks to make balancing easier and my LUFS normally hits -8 (loud) to -9(competetive), which sounds great...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    hmm... Yes this is better! but humour me..... high pass arp guitar at 150, low pass at 10khz, scoop a lot out at 1khz, boost some 8khz, if you brought up too much harsh then cut some 2-5khz, this will make your arp guitar (not the focus) give nice shimmery high end, turn it into a supporting...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    arpeggio sooooo loud. bury it
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    those figures look liks suggestions to high pass instruments in busy mixes. a piano extends much lower than guitar because it can play notes as low as bass guitar. Id high pass piano at 40hz if at all if it was a featured instrument a clap should have a lot of nice stuff at 200hz, a Hihat even...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    Electric guitar is great now. The solo guitar sounds bad to me still though. I don't think you EQ'd that at all? Ok, your other tracks sound like they are scooped drastically, high pass filtered too high and have top end boosts. To me, the electric rhythm guitar is the best sounding track in...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    I feel the same way, I struggle every day with it. I was getting fed up not knowing the best mic to use in my room with the best mic position/pre-amp settings etc. and I shit you not, I recorded the lead part 60 odd times and solo'd each one out in context of the song to see which one sounded...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    It might work in the track with boosting the crap out of 350-800hz maybe even 100hz to 800hz if your rhythm loses balls, and cutting the crap out of 1000khz+ and LPF at 8-11khz to taste. An electric guitar is not an organic sound and extreme EQ settings can work. But if you can try some other...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    it's just the electric guitar, it's stopping me from literally hearing anything else. A MASSIVE cut is needed with EQ in the highs, could be 4khz, could be 8khz. I am not so sure. It could probably do with both? Maybe even by as much as 10dbs or more? if you like that fizz you can easily keep it...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    I don't think there are any plugins to use as shortcuts. Getting your DAW set up correctly only takes minutes, I do it on the fly. I tried working to some templates once that I got from produce like a pro but I found in the end it actually slowed me down because my average mix is not a pop song...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    No a template is just where your DAW has all of your reverbs and bussing done for you to save you time, all faders would start out -infinity if I was to use a template. (which I never do) Not unless I am composing an orchestral score in which case I think I would die a little on the inside if I...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    forget about loudness. your mix probably has not even got the potential for it yet, get the balance right first with EQ and compression and make sure it translates, and sounds good at low and high volume. Just having your vocal set at the wrong volume and buried in the mix will destroy any hope...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    that EQ is pretty extreme, and I am surprised the guitar sounds as harsh in the high end with an EQ like this? It must have been really bright to start with? You don't really need to high pass any higher than 150, anymore than that will destroy the body of the guitar, I think you could probably...
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    If you run out of gain mixing tracks , should you compress it for more volume?

    A healthy cut at 2k or 3k, or maybe higher I'm not sure on the electric distorted guitars, which the guitars badly need will make those vocals a lot more apparant. If it sounds weird mid boosts 400-800hz or so to bring back some of the warmer thicker tone. Turn the vocals up probably 3db or...
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    Do tracks recorded ever sound slower on playback to you?

    I think if you are going to watch 1 video, make it that colt copperune SP? (Magic is in the mids) youtube video. You will notice instead of cutting the treble like I said, he does the same thing essentially by boosting the low mids/mid mids, if that makes sense. It's good to work both ways. It's...
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    Do tracks recorded ever sound slower on playback to you?

    Hey man. I used to HPF at 100-150 for guitars (like your rhythm) but I started getting much, much better results by high passing at 80hz, so instead of wiping out the stuff in between 80-150, I would place a nice bell cut in between and just turn it down until you notice the low end clear up...
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    Do tracks recorded ever sound slower on playback to you?

    I liked the tempo LazerBeakShiek. the fuzzy electric guitar needs some definite EQ attention on the top end though. My songs always seem to feel too slow, especially after listening to a more upbeat reference of the same song. I feel like slow bpm never really seems to work once I hear a...
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    Stereo Mix isn't translating well when played through smartphone speakers

    His phone sounds off when listening to a stereo file though, which phones would be expecting. There shouldn't be a problem unless his phone was to convert the stereo file to mono and as you say L+R doesn't function well. If it's the case that some devices play to mono by just muting a speaker...
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    Stereo Mix isn't translating well when played through smartphone speakers

    I really don't get it..... pro mixes translate to phones, and all mediums. There is a fine line spectrally and dynamically that you have to nail to get it to work though. Certainly wouldn't be happy losing instruments alltogether on a phone, I would have to insist on getting to the bottom of it...
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    New to Mastering

    If your mix sounds better without compression then definitely stop and evaluate. Could be your settings are wrong, or your mix balance is weighted too heavily to bass freqs, so your compressor pumps to that. If you make it sound worse then you can't recover your mix from that. Every choice all...
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    Effects for vocal and guitar

    vocals nice guitar overdone with EQ. instead of the massive cuts below 1khz. try to retain the warm by being more selective with your EQ, You probably need a little cut around 350hz just to tame back that lil bit of muddy indistinct sound. then scoop around 800 hz while your vocal is playing...
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