tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78341932234190537372024-03-18T21:30:43.147-07:00More than loudnessBlog dedicated to artists who are looking for information on what to do to get revenue from their own music. Showbisness, Audio, Music Production and more.Noise Mastering Studio®http://www.blogger.com/profile/12979266799938063469noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834193223419053737.post-61439789997087817152021-05-12T15:32:00.002-07:002021-05-12T15:32:31.856-07:00Noise Talks Ep. 2 – Louder please: Streaming platforms and their loudness limits<p> I advice you to work your mixes at -15 LUFS and if you do your own mastering do not go beyond -13. Streaming services have a limit of -14 to -13 LUFS there is no point to go beyond that limit because they will turn it down anyway. </p><p>Be aware that the Peak-RMS method has been deprecated and now we use LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale). All DAWs have meters with scale in LUFS, and if not, there are plenty of plugins out there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="356" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oGIPw7wRR3E" width="482" youtube-src-id="oGIPw7wRR3E"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Conclusion</p><p><br /></p><p>What we just did is just an approximation to what streaming services do when the music's loudness, exceeds their limits, the difference being we only turned down faders but they will apply a limiter because, as you saw in the RHCP song when you play or decompress a file the signal could exceed its original peak and rest asure that a digital clip is something that no streaming service will ever allow</p><p><br /></p><p>Final considerations</p><p>Every time you measure a song's overall loudness, use the loudest part, the chorus is often that part in all cases you will have to dedicate a good amount of work on your mastering compressor in order to preserve the sense of changes in volume while complying with loudness standards.</p><p>If within your budget, a dedicated mastering studio can do this for you I can asure you, it will be worth the investment.</p><p>As much as meters can show us how many LUFS are between the loudest and softest passages Dynamic Range has more to do with the feeling we are trying to communicate and is closely bounded to the music genre.</p><p>In our example, whilst Halo has a lot of dynamic range between verse and chorus, Greedy has pretty much the same volume throughout the entire song as for Around the World well, we would appreciate some dynamic range</p><p>As you can see, it doesn't matter how much you turn up your mix when it comes to distribution channels, everything will be played back at the same volume and if you exceed their limits, the loudness reduction will be at the expense of your sound's quality</p><p>To be continued…</p><p><br /></p><p>For high-quality Audio Mix and Mastering Services email us to noisemastering@gmail.com or visit https://noisemastering.com</p><p>If you are looking for Music Production Services, please email us to noiseappmx@gmail.com and visit https://noiseapp.com.mx</p>Noise Mastering Studio®http://www.blogger.com/profile/12979266799938063469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834193223419053737.post-87631230360182483592021-05-04T09:21:00.001-07:002021-05-04T09:22:51.124-07:00Noise Talks – E1: Not all of our ideas will work in the song, no matter how good they are<p>The following song, has a sing-along effect on the audience, in fact, back then [2018] the audience actually asked the band to play it.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="359" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y8TtxfbDp04" width="458" youtube-src-id="Y8TtxfbDp04"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>One of the biggest problems during the making of an album is saying "No" to the artist. <b>Not all of our ideas will work no matter how good they are</b>. If you are producing your own music I advice you to pay close attention to this matter.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The song we are discussing is a 10 minute-long run that it's actually quite simple the the chord progression and the lyrics are quite simple; but the main melody is something that the audience greatly connects with.</p><p>During the course of the production we had hired a female singer to do some improvs at the end of the song with a Hindu technique that she used quite well. She then asked for a chance to show us something she was working on for another part of the song.</p><p>If you listen to the harmonizations <b>her idea was really good and interesting but; they are also too complicated </b>so we had to go on another direction and resorted to a lullaby, to do something easier to listen–that de audience could connect with, that's why in the video, at the beginning, the audience is singing with their hands up and waiving, because they really connected with that.</p><p>If [as the record's producer] I'd tried to make them to sing along with the first idea, truth is, it'd wouldn't work out at all. </p><p>In conclusion: <b>It's not about complicating the song to showoff our abilities as musicians or how much music theory we know, it's not about that but instead, to our audience singing along with you at your shows, that is really what we should be aiming for</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the tip of the week and I hope it'll be useful in your next record.</p><p>For mix and mastering services, email us to: noisemastering@gmail.com or visit our official website at <a href="https://noisemastering.com">https://noisemastering.com</a></p><p>For music production services, email us to: noiseappmx@gmail.com or visit our official website at <a href="https://noiseapp.com.mx">https://noiseapp.com.mx</a></p>Noise Mastering Studio®http://www.blogger.com/profile/12979266799938063469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834193223419053737.post-23985440226283120552021-01-19T09:27:00.003-08:002021-01-19T12:59:14.236-08:00Mastering in the analog domain<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hear the difference</span></h3><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cmtMTyptE2c" width="320" youtube-src-id="cmtMTyptE2c"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As you may hear in the comparison above, the analog sound is way better, with more definition. Indeed, there is a sense of depth and weight that sound acquires when processed in the analog domain that cannot be achieved with digital emulations, no matter how accurate they are. but…</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't let the knobs fool you</span></h3><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is true that a good mastering studio will most certainly process your music with analog gear but this is not something that magically will make your sound good. In fact, most people believe that the more analog gear we pass their music through, the better it will sound but it's quite the opposite.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6W8VeA3DeH_ogUITqhDFFgwqydSjcs2nekKg2e4TnJAAr7ozEcAfuoAIb9OZ1nrOIfotYVSqxDyr_wF0WnaG2Xqdeuy4gjZDMf2vu4Y-WlOm0y7ycik7f1oY0JEL5nyHrWhAkVbEEiM/s645/9ddba53b2f9f565161ccf37d8e888702.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="645" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6W8VeA3DeH_ogUITqhDFFgwqydSjcs2nekKg2e4TnJAAr7ozEcAfuoAIb9OZ1nrOIfotYVSqxDyr_wF0WnaG2Xqdeuy4gjZDMf2vu4Y-WlOm0y7ycik7f1oY0JEL5nyHrWhAkVbEEiM/s320/9ddba53b2f9f565161ccf37d8e888702.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most people think that the more analog gear there is, the better the studio… and the result!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Every analog processor has its own character and tone that color the sound in a very nice way, but this color is actually distortion, a very nice distortion so, two things: for this distortion to be that pleasant the gear must be of very high quality (very expensive) and second, distortion will sum from the first processor to the next and so on, so if you stack up too many processors, chances are you will get a lot of distortion and what once was a nice coloration will turn into a dirty blurry sound. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Magnetic Tape Example</span></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1gP_br4DIH8" width="320" youtube-src-id="1gP_br4DIH8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In this example, we didn't use any compressor at all, the compression you hear is just magnetic tape, Telefunken M15 to be precise; and as you can hear, it has a lot, and I mean a lot, of hiss, so if we go further with more analog gear we will also add distortion to that hiss. </span></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Conversion, the cornerstone</span></h3><p><span style="font-size: medium;">No matter how expensive, high-quality, professional-grade or whatever you want to call it, analog hardware is, none of this will add quality to the sound without a near-perfect conversion from the DAW to the analog gear and back again. And I'm not talking about audio interfaces (of which there are tons of brands, models and qualities) but dedicated units that only do conversion, and two of them are needed, one to go from the DAW to the analog gear (digital to analog converter or DAC) and one to return the signal to the DAW (analog to digital converter or DAC). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nb-YWW2PdFYYg7PzEjIgHetNCCJu4oRv7Dij-uaBaAzFZvPLZLGJPq3i6mMnRW_jq-liodbv7nEfP2AasLrPl9aJubUrtsCbcylTLwlFvWnq2FGTPTmMbrxi2miXV0Pdszee72xg19Y/s1805/apollo_x16_hero_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nb-YWW2PdFYYg7PzEjIgHetNCCJu4oRv7Dij-uaBaAzFZvPLZLGJPq3i6mMnRW_jq-liodbv7nEfP2AasLrPl9aJubUrtsCbcylTLwlFvWnq2FGTPTmMbrxi2miXV0Pdszee72xg19Y/s320/apollo_x16_hero_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Apollo x16 is one of the best interfaces in the market and offers 16 inputs and 16 outputs via db25 connections</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To put it in perspective, the Apollo x16 from universal audio (16-in/16-out) one of the best interfaces in the market costs around 4K whereas a 2-channel dedicated Burl Audio Bomber DAC costs around 2.5K, not to mention that you need another one to return your signal to digital, an ADC, which will cost you another 2.5K!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntRckRzcRBQpTq-1081WF20U9If36sSPD3HViiCpsszd3NZx5TvHcyl26yaXUFK90OFgAbejsq8207jfvMcF5M3BGtOjyz6_lhMTTgaEKM7Dc8COhM1pTKOcobWamuvt0zV_mBTjHF5g/s1000/burl2bombers_01-NESGE5Bjs9vSizKNWn3JvuVKrxbCggW0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntRckRzcRBQpTq-1081WF20U9If36sSPD3HViiCpsszd3NZx5TvHcyl26yaXUFK90OFgAbejsq8207jfvMcF5M3BGtOjyz6_lhMTTgaEKM7Dc8COhM1pTKOcobWamuvt0zV_mBTjHF5g/s320/burl2bombers_01-NESGE5Bjs9vSizKNWn3JvuVKrxbCggW0.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burl Audio Bomber DAC and ADC, both handle only 2 channels, we do use those models in the studio.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And why this huge difference in the price tag? Well, there are a lot of technical reasons like jitter and anti-aliasing but I don't think that the nitty-gritty will give you more idea than the comparisons you just heard. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lastly: Digital remains very important</span></h4><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A lot of people think that mastering is synonym of analog processing but there are actually a lot of stuff that must be done in the digital domain, for instance, dynamic EQ, which is very important for a clean master. Downward expansion is another process that is better done in the box, specially when it's multi-band. Space and depth recovery just can't be done in the analog domain and there are a bunch of other processes that belong in the box or with digital outboard gear.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The most obvious example is the use of Weiss DS1 Mk3 mastering compressor which is regarded as the pinnacle of mastering compression and it is a completely colorless digital unit. This compressor is so versatile and precise that almost every mastering studio has one, and being transparent allows the mastering chain to have more analog processing, so don't let anyone try to fool you, mastering is not about how analog you can be and digital is most certainly a very important part of a mastering chain.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjL9VYwyxW3SfNBxJZRCgrtGBivXT_Zm2DPgitrQXNsntDFgAz6VAxY3L1c196U46jtU-ms1GEKGxg80hnJEqEp-MXy4IG2WwBVMp6_LzFOTPXs1wrODm-KSz9wPDdUGfkXpFO__eg5k/s1600/weiss_ds-1_003.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjL9VYwyxW3SfNBxJZRCgrtGBivXT_Zm2DPgitrQXNsntDFgAz6VAxY3L1c196U46jtU-ms1GEKGxg80hnJEqEp-MXy4IG2WwBVMp6_LzFOTPXs1wrODm-KSz9wPDdUGfkXpFO__eg5k/s320/weiss_ds-1_003.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weiss DS1 Mk3 is regarded as the best mastering compressor ever made, completely digital and colorless, we use the software version as it is a 1 to 1 copy of the hardware.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Noise Mastering Studio®http://www.blogger.com/profile/12979266799938063469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834193223419053737.post-70654344741529844892021-01-08T17:38:00.000-08:002021-01-08T17:38:43.679-08:00Proper loudness for streaming releases<h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Louder, please</h4><div><br /></div><div><div>One of the most common requests from customers is more volume for their mixes.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is usually possible to make a mix louder (up to 10 dB!), especially in the digital environment, in fact, it is something you can do by yourself any maximizer –almost any plugin brand has at least one.</div><div><br /></div><div>The thing is, more volume does not mean better quality and a mix will not stand out on a Spotify or YouTube playlist because it has more volume; in fact it is the exact opposite.</div>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Loudness Penalty" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1050" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO_v7yGx-3zKycTCv0noOZGS7MqBKdu49-Bbm4oXnkgol0uhGAmihvEQ-otyS4fcn2FModPgKygfjJ-Hl0wQZOiTYWktX5g0M25tBoM8-KzoUp5bOpEEKXPO29TPFRSf6jh_Gk6dblT4/w320-h180/loudness-penalty.png" title="Este sitio muestra cuánto reduce o aumenta el volumen cada plataforma de streaming." width="320" /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Walk in your audience's shoes</h4><div><br /></div><div>When you listen to music in any of these services, ask yourself the question: Would I like to play a song, adjust the volume to my taste, just for the next song to play way louder (or quieter)?</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is why all digital platforms have volume standards, to make the user experience more pleasant (just as traditional radio does) and each one has its own standard, with Apple Music being the one that uses the least volume and therefore, allowing greater dynamic range.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because of this, if your music is too loud, each platform will adjust it until it meets its guidelines thus making useless to go louder.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="170" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YtRht-RlpXI" width="266" youtube-src-id="YtRht-RlpXI"></iframe></div>
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It's about your audience, not yourself</h4>
<br /><div>Remember that your audience is what makes you relevant, at the end of the day, they are the ones you want to attend your shows and listen to your music but ... What if it is not pleasant?</div><div><br /></div><div>To achieve loudness, it is necessary to take it from the dynamic range or in other words 'crush it', no exceptions, and there is nothing more harmful to your music than a sound with little or no transition between the lowest and highest volume (dynamic range), it is too boring and not very enjoyable for the listener.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another important thing is that crushing the sound to achieve volume generates a lot of distortion and although maximizers are specialized in minimizing it, and the listener may not know that the sound is distorted, they certainly won't have a pleasant experience.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Mastering is not about loudness</span></h3>
<br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lastly, keep in mind that mastering has more to do with 'polishing' your mix so that it delivers its best sound on any playback system and streaming service than just making it louder. In fact, what we do in terms of volume is to adjust it to meet the specifications of streaming services (approximately -13 LUFS).<br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Always remember that it is about standing out from other artists for the quality of the song through a clear, forceful and pleasant sound and not for being the one who 'yells' the loudest.</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></div></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">DIY</h4><div><br /></div><div>If what you are looking for is to increase the volume of your mix without resorting to a mastering studio like us, you can always use these plugins in the master bus of your mix, keep in mind that they are only a few options since there are many brands and models with different characteristics and sound:</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://go.nomadfactory.com/products/b265-Analog-Mastering-Tools/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Analog Mastering Tools</a> Nomad Factory – Single or multi-band maximizer at an affordable price</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIrMxD4IHSMV3lwMajysvx_qKzD7xiXTuICbNqGAeVlmuvxq7wcxksmNzvC8wCLQP8GxMQiPupOYIC_iftxdj10vDqC5oImjh6JVBbGRB5JizcQsEi37IcEZgM1-o3_p9Qd7fNdIxcs0/s780/11433401_800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIrMxD4IHSMV3lwMajysvx_qKzD7xiXTuICbNqGAeVlmuvxq7wcxksmNzvC8wCLQP8GxMQiPupOYIC_iftxdj10vDqC5oImjh6JVBbGRB5JizcQsEi37IcEZgM1-o3_p9Qd7fNdIxcs0/s320/11433401_800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.waves.com/plugins/l3-multimaximizer#introduction-to-the-l3-and-l3-ll-multimaximizers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">L3 Multimaximizer</a> Waves – An excellent multi-band option with independent release, a moderately priced option but Waves has constant offers on their products.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75p5qh9cn48s_ljc-NOwP_c1LRpDUtleRO55OZ03XOWB1pFjT5ShRFQ_JnXlUfIg1YI3rZGZHz3qi2_-EuBZ0SQiCP3a2jjE5VG4c46Ez7PLHv_zk3R72tnfuzn09j4F97RYaiqXbKKM/s461/l3-multimaximizer.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75p5qh9cn48s_ljc-NOwP_c1LRpDUtleRO55OZ03XOWB1pFjT5ShRFQ_JnXlUfIg1YI3rZGZHz3qi2_-EuBZ0SQiCP3a2jjE5VG4c46Ez7PLHv_zk3R72tnfuzn09j4F97RYaiqXbKKM/s320/l3-multimaximizer.png" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/mastering/precision-maximizer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Precision Maximizer</a> Universal Audio – If you have a little more to spend, this maximizer is an excellent option, just remember that you must have an Apollo interface or a Satellite accelerator from UAD</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9irCIu9icLZAKVC6iLHkpBjmPX4LrEXiW-Z179u4b4Xyo475AB43u6fFhTVWi9sai5ne88fwRtznG5FhmoeLSJYWLKvH1WMRqcfhypIZj0jtzAEJIr6hGsyL-pNWctegQdgi2PtgeBLM/s640/precision_maximizer_thumb__2x-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9irCIu9icLZAKVC6iLHkpBjmPX4LrEXiW-Z179u4b4Xyo475AB43u6fFhTVWi9sai5ne88fwRtznG5FhmoeLSJYWLKvH1WMRqcfhypIZj0jtzAEJIr6hGsyL-pNWctegQdgi2PtgeBLM/s320/precision_maximizer_thumb__2x-min.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_xl_v2.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bx_XL V2</a> Brainworx – This maximizer has the ability to process in M-S mode, it is not cheap but Plugin-Alliance has special sales very often.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbj4akBDuenLiUHrkZUZa7kn_qENu04Ju7Gdn54ZuOpsrg0cF240tMiBQx3L-v-Ds2umptvZCXx1EwiQAx8t3-j4zTuTCS-AAJLZxOWTyJ08WA_6TTS-Wk7YG4MwrNaFLFhAPQyoGl2I/s1500/bx-xl-v2-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbj4akBDuenLiUHrkZUZa7kn_qENu04Ju7Gdn54ZuOpsrg0cF240tMiBQx3L-v-Ds2umptvZCXx1EwiQAx8t3-j4zTuTCS-AAJLZxOWTyJ08WA_6TTS-Wk7YG4MwrNaFLFhAPQyoGl2I/s320/bx-xl-v2-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.mcdsp.com/plugin-index/ml8000/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ML8000</a> McDSP – One of the best plugins out there that can process multi band and single band at the same time. This tool is the one we use in Noise Mastering Studio® when we require software maximization.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLFIheVSgOejlCugbcb5wTcxsdIfrcOw_g64tMlWsf7iSK03im-0GfHvJBIIl7_YaOspktxAy0etBIT7_s5HRM3n85-TB8vRjZKus43AbC9mEqxkxMIxlHxzq8fi7Lj2JbBO2BDM_fOo/s800/14174187_800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLFIheVSgOejlCugbcb5wTcxsdIfrcOw_g64tMlWsf7iSK03im-0GfHvJBIIl7_YaOspktxAy0etBIT7_s5HRM3n85-TB8vRjZKus43AbC9mEqxkxMIxlHxzq8fi7Lj2JbBO2BDM_fOo/s320/14174187_800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /></div>Noise Mastering Studio®http://www.blogger.com/profile/12979266799938063469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834193223419053737.post-87378355458350743702018-11-21T18:02:00.001-08:002021-01-11T18:25:40.785-08:00How to deliver your mixes for mastering<span style="font-size: medium;"><span>To obtain the best possible result in mastering, ask the recording studio to export each "bounce" with the following characteristics:</span><br /><span><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLKk7jHaxoXoKqXJcOVCuhjt9Zvk8AEubhkEaEVK8dPzQRXPIGW62v2KH6B-aohjYYIBDoxRLG6vE2NDVcOmpTi52DrgQTg1ekePx1d_Izp0FA3J2B3rFzukshIv-0Nv0wbnPNXSrNLQ/s1600/retina_no_plugs2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1600" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLKk7jHaxoXoKqXJcOVCuhjt9Zvk8AEubhkEaEVK8dPzQRXPIGW62v2KH6B-aohjYYIBDoxRLG6vE2NDVcOmpTi52DrgQTg1ekePx1d_Izp0FA3J2B3rFzukshIv-0Nv0wbnPNXSrNLQ/s320/retina_no_plugs2.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Final volume between -20 and -15 LUFS</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">-5 dBFS maximum peak (recommended)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">No plugins on the master bus (except volume meters, goniometers, etc.)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">No fades (in or out)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Export with the same bit depth and sample rate as the project</span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Wav, AIFF, FLAC or ALAC formats</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;">Send the files through our official WeTransfer account: <a href="https://noisemastering.wetransfer.com">https://noisemastering.wetransfer.com</a><br /><br />If you want to know more about these requirements, keep reading.</span><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul></div><div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><h4><span style="font-size: medium;">Maximum volume from -20 to -15 LUFS</span></h4><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the most common situations that we encounter is the search for a higher volume when sending a song to be mastered, but if you want it to perform correctly on streaming platforms (Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, etc.), the volume of your song does not it should exceed -13 LUFS. <a href="https://morethanloudness.blogspot.com/2021/01/proper-loudness-for-streaming-releases.html" target="_blank">Read more about volume in mastering</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For this reason, the closer to this value you deliver your mixes, the less space you leave us to work with (headroom) and of course, the less volume difference you will find between the mastered and the unmastered </span><span style="font-size: large;">material</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Usually when a mix comes with too hot it's because the monitoring system has not been calibrated and the engineer does not know exactly what volume he is working at. Consider that after a few hours of working on a mix, the brain will perceive a lower volume due to hearing fatigue and the most common practice is to turn up the volume of the signal instead of either resting your ears or raising just the output volume and not the signal.</span></div></div><h4><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="font-size: medium;">Avoid plugins on the master bus</span></h4><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Except for measurement plugins like volume and mono-stereo correlation (goniometer), having something else on the master track affects the entire mix; generally these plugins appear as a consequence of turning up the volume (read the previous point), and can be compressors and / or limiters (maximizers). We recommend that you remove these plug-ins, and if the signal exceeds the recommended values or reaches the digital clip, simply lower the fader of your master bus until it reaches the indicated value –it generally corresponds to 0 dB on the fader scale.<br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTNEnHsnnjzm__zME2yysjJPvaA3V4TPNmRHTVcXj3t23wwuHqd_JpUPc25z7TG79ZwOkBppFtw0eCJMWkrGcFkbg79mQhyDRqBXZi5WjAALabcENiZZ0WrOHzXhuhzMkALel7pbyxwk/s1600/Pic_5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTNEnHsnnjzm__zME2yysjJPvaA3V4TPNmRHTVcXj3t23wwuHqd_JpUPc25z7TG79ZwOkBppFtw0eCJMWkrGcFkbg79mQhyDRqBXZi5WjAALabcENiZZ0WrOHzXhuhzMkALel7pbyxwk/s320/Pic_5.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There are other cases in which equalizers are added to give a certain "color" to the mix, this is not necessary when it is going to be sent to mastering since we have equalizers designed to handle complete mixes, you can trust is with handling the EQ curve with the utmost care.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Another important thing is that if you use an EQ on the master bus and it is not designed for mastering, it will end up introducing a lot of distortion, known as Intermodulation, one of the most damaging types of distortion for music.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AUwbzotpx-po5mloAOY8AYVAf_rHc0JNnO2CRoTlEm7FRzkq4gEONwYtkgjI0RZy_wq05SM2z1lnHvbstjfVESn3A6lVp2I2jwB3pMKOR7VmxmY_6v6_-2mRKoFf5UQzKjQ4Qy0tBbY/s1600/digital-clipping-1516x853.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AUwbzotpx-po5mloAOY8AYVAf_rHc0JNnO2CRoTlEm7FRzkq4gEONwYtkgjI0RZy_wq05SM2z1lnHvbstjfVESn3A6lVp2I2jwB3pMKOR7VmxmY_6v6_-2mRKoFf5UQzKjQ4Qy0tBbY/s320/digital-clipping-1516x853.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><h4><span style="font-size: medium;">Avoid fades </span></h4></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When you send your material to be mastered with us, we take care of applying fade-ins and fade-outs for each song –we have very precise tools to carry out this task, respecting the natural decay of the instruments.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There are some people who think that they should "turn off" the residual sound at the end of each song, however this is not necessary and allowing the natural decay of the instruments sounds very aesthetic.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_f-vUmsz5idERPdqLIFkuoYmVv6RK8SpqCLi8WBW22uWCYqFLMhPgqYaxn5XvQPhmzTaM-Q4S43AYayPDAIo2cAL5ePPVeMcpOhzcXTw3nohxaFnGmp0gldkfzdmrxQSTUB6H75kOrY/s1600/volume3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_f-vUmsz5idERPdqLIFkuoYmVv6RK8SpqCLi8WBW22uWCYqFLMhPgqYaxn5XvQPhmzTaM-Q4S43AYayPDAIo2cAL5ePPVeMcpOhzcXTw3nohxaFnGmp0gldkfzdmrxQSTUB6H75kOrY/s320/volume3.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h4><span style="font-size: medium;">Export your files with the same resolution</span></h4><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Most recording studios work at 48 KHz, we work with the highest resolution recommended for mastering (96 KHz) so many engineers feel committed to change the sample rate from 48 to 96 when bouncing, this is not necessary since we will do this conversion for you, in fact, unless you hire the In The Box service, all our masters will go out to the analog domain and will be captured back at 96 KHz, that is why we recommend you to send your mixes with the same resolution with which you worked the project, be it 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 or 192 KHz.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the case of bit depth it is not necessary to go beyond 24, if your project at 16, send as it this, but in all cases do not exceed 32 bits, it does not improve sound quality at all.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For sample rates, the higher the better, but for bit depth, going higher than 24 bits will not bring any improvement.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrFYk5esDtUY-F0qbj2axIIgkkPBv9gYq1OwkZ8NYKBGsfkFQSy8PH3oY1_9HRp4HRzXbF3YqMK9FQ7jw5Q_INgSBukOO4BZCKfRe-Q-HoKsqubu5UWy-XXiqHySPCBCaxK73VF5zOaQ/s320/How_to_bounce.png" width="320" /></span></div><h4><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="font-size: medium;">PCM or Lossless Formats</span></h4><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div>It also seems obvious but always send your files in PCM, that is, Wave (.wav) or AIFF (.aiff) since it is essential that information remains intact, as opposed to lossy formats such as mp3 and AAC (.m4a). If you want to save transfer time or space, use Lossless formats like FLAC and Apple Lossless (ALAC) as they contain exactly the same information as a PCM but in half the space.</div><div><br /></div><div>For quality reasons, we will not be able to process your music if it is sent in any format other than those mentioned.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Follow these recommendations and you will see that your masters will have a better sound; remember that the better the mix, the better the master.</div></span></div></div></div></div><div><div>
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