jr mastering
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Chances are your mix is unbalanced. Either your bass or upper mids are 3-4dbs too loud.
if this is the case, Once you maximize to get the lower section loud enough, the other section will distort. If this is the case, you have to balance your mix. You can fix it in the mix or in mastering. This is the problem 90% of the time if you can't make the song loud enough.
If you're in the 10%. You can always make songs louder by using the multiband compressor and compressing each band with a high ratio and a low to medium threshold, before loudness maximizing.
But the key is to get your mix right or master it correctly to begin with, not compress it do death and kill all your dynamic range.
I talk about this in EXTREME detail in my video course and book.
Good luck with your music!
if this is the case, Once you maximize to get the lower section loud enough, the other section will distort. If this is the case, you have to balance your mix. You can fix it in the mix or in mastering. This is the problem 90% of the time if you can't make the song loud enough.
If you're in the 10%. You can always make songs louder by using the multiband compressor and compressing each band with a high ratio and a low to medium threshold, before loudness maximizing.
But the key is to get your mix right or master it correctly to begin with, not compress it do death and kill all your dynamic range.
I talk about this in EXTREME detail in my video course and book.
Good luck with your music!