Mpc one mixing issues

NearTao wrote:At least one thing to notice from the chart above (and you can see this all over the place such as TV, radio etc...)... is the Soundcloud -1 peak, well a lot of platforms will drop your volume down a db or so because then when they sell advertisements they can make them sound overall louder by removing the peak/cap from advertisements, so that they will get the listener's attention more. It might sound silly, but this has been the case in countless services, and there are plenty of psychological studies to show that it does indeed cue a listener to pay more attention. Annoying? Certainly! Something you can control? Well not directly, but again... depends how much you want to chase the rabbit versus just making your own music. If you're trying to figure out how to get 100,000 impressions versus 200,000 impressions... then yeah worth the time... but if you're just trying to get from 5 impressions to 10 impressions... then it's not like it's putting more change in your pocket.

Honestly, it's all good stuff to know, but on the other hand some of the info here is really only relevant if you're going to be making substantial revenue from target platforms.

EDIT: Also just wanted to note, you're getting a lot of good info here for sure... and goes to show how diverse a background a lot of folks have here. Definitely take notes on what is valuable to you in your current journey into music... and don't be afraid to ignore stuff that you don't care about it... some of it just doesn't have meaning to you now, and it may not in the future... and that is okay. Also it's totally normal for some of this stuff to not matter to you today and you'll have that "ah, now I know what they were talking about" moment in the future.

CharlesRandolph wrote:My mentors told me, "If you're serious we can talk, but if your not serious then don't waste my time or your time."

QuentinB wrote:Oh I'm definitely soaking up all of this knowledge and trying to understand. When it comes to that chart, -1 on soundcloud, does that mean I'd want to crank my master up a db or two before exporting if I'm uploading there? Or is it more complicated than that?

NearTao wrote:Heh... yeah it's why I think some of the info here is navel gazing and probably doesn't *really* matter to OP... but opinions are cheap and it's always good to see somebody soaking in the info to make their own informed decision, whether any of us agree with it or not .

I used to worry about a lot of this stuff myself... but I don't butter my bread in the music industry... so it was easier for me to say "you know what... I don't care anymore" and just go goof off and do my own thing. I've got thousands of unfinished tracks and I'm totally cool with not making a dime off of any of it.

NearTao wrote:Reading through the first link is reminding me why I was shaking my fist mixing background music for audio books. Stupid LUFS/LKFS... stupid government regulations

EDIT: Also OP... don't be afraid to tell us to shut up on topics... I fear we've gone *way* off topic...

NearTao wrote:Oh yeah, especially kids... I know I absolutely caused myself more damage than reasonable from a few concerts back in the day.

QuentinB wrote:Oh man, I'm learning a lot, I would say we're still on topic. So all in all I need to just be mixing and mastering with my ears for creativity. Make sure I listen on a few devices, but beyond that external hosts are gonna tamper with sound. I'm definitely doing this as a hobby, but I'm also doing it seriously. Might not be hobby forever, and I'll be doing this the rest of my days probably, so I wanna do it right.

QuentinB wrote:I'd want to crank my master up a db or two before exporting if I'm uploading there? Or is it more complicated than that?

Lampdog wrote:

QuentinB wrote:I'd want to crank my master up a db or two before exporting if I'm uploading there? Or is it more complicated than that?

Put “air maximizer“ on master channel to compensate for any previous path gain losses.