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The Mastering Show #93 - Do you NEED to be mastering loud ?


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I’m always arguing for balanced dynamics rather than loudness for it’s own sake, but some people have a different opinion - high loudness is important, and even beneficial.

Nick Di Lorenzo is one of them - he says that loudness is important regularly on his YouTube channel. So in this episode I invited him on to explore that idea in more detail, and really get into the nuances of the topic. Do you need to be mastering loud ? Topics include:

* The practicalities of loudness

* What makes things sound loud anyway ?

* Record labels versus loudness

* Why loudness IS important

* Why LUFS don’t matter, and

* The difference between loudness and LUFS

Full show notes on our website

https://themasteringshow.com/episode-93

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