![]() ![]() Clarity is the sole reason we do any levelling, panning, stereo adjustments, compression etc.īy putting a limiter on your master bus, you're essentially reducing the dynamic range of your mix. Mixing is about clarity and balance across the board. Mixing, contrary to popular opinion, isn't about extracting as much loudness as you can from your track. Overusing limiters however, will reduce your dynamic range, while introducing clipping and other digital sound artefacts in your track. ![]() It's attractive, it's easy, you can mix how loud you want, and turn it down to proper levels with a limiter. One of the first things you'll learn as a mixing engineer is, don't cheat with a limiter on your master bus. That's the quick answer, but as usual, it's a bit more nuanced than that. If you want to send your mix off to get mastered, you should aim for around -6dB Peak, and anywhere from -23 dBFS RMS or LUFS to -18 dBFS RMS or LUFS average. How Loud Should My Track Be Before Mastering? Best dB Level for Mixing – How Loud Should I Be Mixing?.How Loud Should My Track Be Before Mastering?.Every song does not have to be loud.Įdit: I wouldn't try putting an eq on the master bus and cut some low mids out to get loudness, it's something I would think about while mixing. Some records would do better with more dynamic range and less loudness. I wouldn't recommend using all these techniques on one mix. 10)Wide mixes can also be perceived as louder.ĭon't over compress a mix, it can bring the loudness down. 9) Having a dip in the low mids of your mix (Bass and dance music producers like Skrillex and hardwell tend to have a dip in the low mids of their mixes) but be careful with this one, it can suck the life out of the mix sometimes. 7)In some genres where the main destination of playback is a live setting like dance music, clipping can be used to make it louder. 5)Having more of 1k-7khz in your mix can give loudness, but this range can also make it harsh. 4) Having a definite place for your instruments in your mix in terms of frequency and clarity will let you limit the whole mix more. Use compression for glue or to control the punch or smoothness on the master bus. Heavy compression on the master bus can actually turn down the loudness. 2)Using a Clippers can help 3) Compression doesn't necessarily give loudness. Few good ways to get louder mixes: 1)If you really want loudness, high pass at 30-35Hz because most speakers that the average listener uses won't be reproducing under 40Hz. Sometimes having more low end can show a higher LUFS levels but when compared to other records, your mix might have less perceived loudness. LUFS is just a standard of measurement and doesn't necessarily show loudness perceived by us all the time. ![]() Perceived loudness is a subjective measurement. So with all that said, what are your guys' tricks? How do you go about all this? And what would your mixing recommendations be? How some of the pros get the "radio" sound? I know it all starts with the song itself, the arrangement, the sample selection, instrument selection, making sure things don't clash right from the very start, the production phase itself, but even then a well made song/arrangement is being mixed to achieve a certain "sound", the ability of being able to get pushed hard in the mastering stage. Is it all just the usual stuff that I read about all the time? Serial compression, cutting out unnecessary/inaudible frequencies that take up a lot of space in the mix volume wise, limiting, and just a general balance? I am aware that perceived loudness is one thing and LUFS is another and that a lot of the perceived "hit" is in the mid/low mid range and all that, but I just really want to know, what leads to a mix that you are able to push hard in the mastering stage? My mixes, even though they hit the "commercial" LUFS level (-8, -9 LUFS and that's after the mastering stage of course) they are not as loud as let's even say, Spotify mixes measured with YouLean Loudness Meter. I know it's all been said a million times but I'm still at a loss. ![]()
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