Have you ever wondered how you can make your songs stand out and sound exciting on Spotify? This is probably the most common dilemma to solve for many artists and producers. You want your songs to stand out next to other music or at least blend in. It’s easy to think that this is all […]
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Now we’re going to discuss a central concept in mastering – Tonal balance. Tonal balance describes the overall relations between the lows, mids and highs in a recording. When we get the tonal balance right, then the master will sound natural and, well, balanced. So, what is a good tonal balance? Is there some objective
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Using a VU metering plugin can sometimes be helpful when mastering, despite it being such an old and outdated way of measuring loudness. The LUFS meter is generally more useful for measuring loudness, but the VU meter can provide some basic visual information about dynamics and tonal balance. Note that all “VU meters” are not
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