My audio file sounds quiet after uploading it.

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After uploading my wav files, it sounds pretty quieter compared to other musicians' track. I have no clue why it happens. Here is my workflow.

1) Mixdown it as a wav file.
2) Mastering with Ozone.
3) Exporting it with LUFS -12.
4) Uploading it to the platforms such as Spotify, Youtube, Bandcamp and etc.

I'm using Studio One 7 and Reaper. It sounds good after exporting it, but sounds kinda meh after uploading it.
 
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I'm pretty sure Spotify and the others analyse the music you upload, then decide to either wreck it or assist it. I think that even when you've made your mastering decisions - in some genres, something kicks in to trigger them bending it? With so many people using so called mastering software, like Ozone - I wonder if Spotify and others identify the 'fingerprint', and undo what it did?

My guess is it detected excessive dynamics and squeezed.
 
I'm pretty sure Spotify and the others analyse the music you upload, then decide to either wreck it or assist it. I think that even when you've made your mastering decisions - in some genres, something kicks in to trigger them bending it? With so many people using so called mastering software, like Ozone - I wonder if Spotify and others identify the 'fingerprint', and undo what it did?

My guess is it detected excessive dynamics and squeezed.
What? Fingerprint it and undo it? What if I master it with stock plugins? Would they undo it whichever tool I use?
 
No - but the problem with plug in presets is that sometimes they do things to your music that you don't expect or have control of. I tried one once as an effect, not really for mastering that made the spotify make the music go loud/quiet/loud quiet. Wha happened was that there was a synth pulsing at about 30-40Hz, and it was pretty potent, but I could not hear it. Sounded fine in my studio. Spotify's system was turning the level up and down as the low sound was present/gone. Very strange.
 
Maybe if we could compare the two, it might help use determine what is changing. I thought Bandcamp didn't compress tracks, Spotify and Youtube definitely do.

OK, I just checked. If you have lossless files available for download, that's what comes down, but if you listen via streaming, it's 128KB MP3.
 
No - but the problem with plug in presets is that sometimes they do things to your music that you don't expect or have control of. I tried one once as an effect, not really for mastering that made the spotify make the music go loud/quiet/loud quiet. Wha happened was that there was a synth pulsing at about 30-40Hz, and it was pretty potent, but I could not hear it. Sounded fine in my studio. Spotify's system was turning the level up and down as the low sound was present/gone. Very strange.
OMG, that sound horrible. Thanks for sharing it.
 
Maybe if we could compare the two, it might help use determine what is changing. I thought Bandcamp didn't compress tracks, Spotify and Youtube definitely do.

OK, I just checked. If you have lossless files available for download, that's what comes down, but if you listen via streaming, it's 128KB MP3.
I just noticed it. I'm exporting my files with -9db this time. Thanks!
 
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