This show is short & sweet - but essential listening if you’re interested in getting better results with online loudness - and balanced, musical dynamics for your masters.
In this episode Ian describes:
- How he increased playback loudness on Spotify by 3.3 dB for a song by reducing it’s overall loudness by 1.5 dB, and why it sounded better afterwards
- What to do if your song gets turned down more than you expect online
- Why you have to be careful with contrast on Spotify
- How reducing dynamics can make your music sound more dynamic
- Why musical decisions work better than technical ones
Links
Episode 44 - Loudness Units 101
Episode 51 - What is Loudness Penalty?
Episode 52 - Don't aim for LUFS targets online
Episode 54 - When loudness normalization goes wrong
Dynamic Range Day
Loudness Penalty
This was a really interesting podcast! As I aim for really quite dynamic (instrumental) song structures, knowing this is useful during the composition, production and mix stages so that I can make sure that I get the dynamics whilst not causing myself issues further down the line!