Loudness is still one of the hottest topics in mastering. In this episode we discuss why louder is better, but Too Loud is worse. And...

- Why you must set the gain FIRST
- How your plugins are fooling you
- Optimising dynamics for online loudness
- How loudness matching can be liberating
- 90% of mastering in nutshell

Links:

Audio Bloggers Live
http://productionadvice.co.uk/audio-bloggers-live/

Radio loudness – the Truth

Loudness research

Perception plugin

Spotify loudness

Dynamic range database

Dynameter

The Mastering Show #6 - Loudness

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The Mastering Show #6 - Loudness

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