Mastering For Platforms (Do We Actually Need To?)
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Mastering For Platforms - This video looks at Mastering For Platforms and if we actually need to. Many streaming platforms like Spotify specify a LUFS level at which they want music that gets uploaded to be at. And if the music you upload isn’t at this level, then your music will be turned up or down by the platform. So we master our music to fit this level so that the streaming platform doesn’t alter our music in any way. But is this really necessary?
In this video, we look at how platforms alter our music and if we are degrading our audio quality by aiming for a LUFS level instead of a great sounding track. I have also done an experiment uploading tracks at different LUFS levels to see how the platform changes them. This video is aimed at beginner to intermediate engineers, producers and artists.
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Topics and Timings:
1. Intro (0:00 - 1:54)
2. What Streaming Platforms Do (1:54 - 2:45)
3. Is It Us? (2:45 - 3:57)
4. The Experiment (3:57 - 4:47)
5. The Analysis (4:47 - 6:18)
6. Final Thoughts (6:25 - 7:34)
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The background music and example music was written and produced by George Agombar.
Thank you so much for watching this video, I hope you found it useful! Please let me know what you thought in the comments and if there are any videos you would like to see.
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Fantastic video! thanks so much for the info. I've seen a lot of videos on this but nothing where someone actually has a practical
example of the differences.
Nicely done.
Nice way to present this! 👍🏻
This might help people a bit this is directly from a well established mastering service:
DO YOU PROVIDE DIFFERENT
VERSIONS FOR FACH STREAMING
SERVICE (CZcams, SPOTIFY, TIDAL
PANDORA ..)?
Answer:
As these services simply turn down the volume to create a more even listening experience, it is not necessary to generate separate versions for each streaming service as these volume adjustments will not impact sound quality.
What usually degrades the sound is the conversion to compressed formats, spotify converts everything to OGG, for better playback while streaming.
So make sure you're songs sound decent at low quality & volume.
U da best
Thanks.. is it the same goes with the Instagram compression?
The quality can only be effected by bitrates or sample rates being lowered, not by volumes being lowered. The Fletcher Munson curve makes music sound better when it's louder, but that's to humans not animals. It also depends on the music, rap to me always sounds awful no matter what volume it's at! 😂🤣😅
"The Fletcher-Munson loudness curves indicate the ear's sensitivity to different frequencies at various levels. Fletcher Munson Curves are sometimes referred to as the Equal Loudness Contours, although these are two slightly different standards."
How do you know what music animals like? Lol
@@folsomaudio they probably like rap music
@@ryanking8714 then they better taste then OP and/or are less ignorant.
Second!
Say you love me... I'm music.
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I didn't know it was a make up tutorial! ;) Peace
Dude, just shut up.
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