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

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