how loud should the volume be before limiting

[djclueveli]

how loud should the volume be before you apply the final limiting when mastering?

 

[treymonfauntre]

somewhere between 14 and 17

 

[djclueveli]

14 and 17 what?

 

[fraserhutch]

14 and 17 what?

exactly.


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[Change of POETS]

exactly.


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hahaha....

 

[Farview]

How long is a piece of string? The answer to both those questions is the same.

The closest answer that anyone can give is "probably quieter"

 

[Reggie]

how loud should the volume be before you apply the final limiting when mastering?

If you're talking about right before your last piece in the chain--the limiter, then anything between about -20 and zero is kool and the gang.

 

[mixsit]

how loud should the volume be before you apply the final limiting when mastering?

If we assume that you want the final (post limiter) to be at/near full scale, then the question would be a) how hot (and/or dense) is the mix to begin with, and b) how much limiting would you like on top of that?
Wayne

 

[flatfinger]

Wide and sweeping generalizations for $1000, alex.