Help Reaching Target LUFS For My Tracks
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thanks @cts - good timing. they've got a sale on now so will give this a look over. cheers!
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Help Reaching Target LUFS For My Tracks
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That's really helpful. Thanks, I'll give this a try.
Help Reaching Target LUFS For My Tracks
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Hey @RobJones @SimonShackleton and all, - would love your advice. At the end of the mixing stage, generally my premaster overall track LUFS hit -20 LUFS with the master bus fader hitting -6db (this is the reading I get when playing the whole track, not just the loudest section, through a metering plug in - I use Youlean). At the mastering stage, how do I get my tracks to hit -9 LUFS (when play the entire track through Youlean) like my reference tracks do because I can't hammer the limiter on the master bus by adding a threshold of -11 to -12 db with a ceiling of -1db as that ruins the track with artefacts (weird clipping/clicks etc). Only other plugs in on the master bus when I'm mastering are generally a glue compressor, EQ, saturator and Sonnox inflater, which are added at unity gain and so aren't making track's overall LUFS reading louder which leaves the overall LUFS reading of my tracks coming out at about -15 LUFS. I can push the limiter a bit to get to the target -14LUFS for streaming platforms but for my bounce down for use in the clubs, the tracks just don't stand up against the other track's played because -15 LUFS is just too quiet in comparison. I use Ozone's Maximizer as my Limiter plug in. I mainly write House/Tech House. Any tips welcome as I'm feeling quite frustrated - just want to get my tracks out there asap. Hugest thank you!