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From the email they sent when I put in a sample song and asked for the more detailed analysis: "Since streaming services are going to turn loud music down anyw
by jtbayly 8y ago
From the email they sent when I put in a sample song and asked for the more detailed analysis:
"Since streaming services are going to turn loud music down anyway, more and more people are deciding they would prefer to take control of this process themselves, and optimize their music for the best possible results."
and
"We recommend avoiding very large negative LP values, especially on YouTube because songs like this often sound “smaller” than those with LP scores closer to zero.
Hear it for yourself
For example, compare the loud sections of these two Metallica songs on YouTube - The Day That Never Comes (LP -5.8)[1] and Hardwired (LP -2.4)[2]. Which has more impact?
Loudness normalization means you have the opportunity to make your music sound better, too. In our experience, LP between 0 and -2 on YouTube will work well for even the loudest genres. For example, Drake’s recent hit God’s Plan has a score of LP -0.8 on YouTube, and it sounds huge."
[1]: https://youtu.be/dkNfNR1WYMY https://youtu.be/dkNfNR1WYMY
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBHL3v4d3I&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBHL3v4d3I&feature=youtu.be
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVfcZ0ZcFM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVfcZ0ZcFM&feature=youtu.be
- jtbayly 8y agoIronically, after a brief sampling, the first Metallica song seems to have more "impact" to me, and the second seems to be smaller. Admittedly, I didn't listen to the whole of either one. But I found it odd enough to mention.
- oldcynic 8y agoIronic you pick on Metallica as example as they basically "won" the loudness wars[0] with the release of Death Magnetic. So ridiculously overblown and compressed that it was clipping constantly and heavily featured in mainstream media. Even one of the album's mastering engineers complained. Lars thought it was great. [0] http://recordinghacks.com/2008/12/20/metallica-wins-the-loudness-wars/ http://recordinghacks.com/2008/12/20/metallica-wins-the-loud...
- jtbayly 8y agoJust to be clear, it is the site authors who wrote that about the two Metallica songs, not me.