I've struggled with this forever and it gets on my nerves to a point where I'm no longer satisfied with my tracks in the end.
I went to music production school, followed YouTube videos from pros and teachers, watched the Deadmau5 masterclass... But never ever will my master sound as loud and clear as the pros.
Everything seems okay until I get to the limiting. That's where I lose the kick punchiness and high end clarity (that's if I over-crank it) but when I don't it's like half as loud as the pros.
What do my levels need to be pre-limiting for best dynamics and clarity conservation?
I hate this whole loudness war because my music is good pre-limiting. Why don't DJs just raise the track gain?
Any ideas on what I could be doing pre-limiting in my master chain that could affect the final output? (I use the classics; multiband compression, EQ, harmonic excitement, etc.
I went to music production school, followed YouTube videos from pros and teachers, watched the Deadmau5 masterclass... But never ever will my master sound as loud and clear as the pros.
Everything seems okay until I get to the limiting. That's where I lose the kick punchiness and high end clarity (that's if I over-crank it) but when I don't it's like half as loud as the pros.
What do my levels need to be pre-limiting for best dynamics and clarity conservation?
I hate this whole loudness war because my music is good pre-limiting. Why don't DJs just raise the track gain?
Any ideas on what I could be doing pre-limiting in my master chain that could affect the final output? (I use the classics; multiband compression, EQ, harmonic excitement, etc.