HOW TO MASTER YOUR SONG TO -2.3 LUFS
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Mastering. A mysterious topic. It really is if you don't really know what it is or if you know what it is not. In this video I try to squeeze a clip to sound -2.3 LUFS using only Ableton Live 11 and free effects (like the iZotope Imager 2 VST. Enjoy!
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Awesome Content as always. Thanx Dan!
Anytime bro!
Best sounddesing tutorials by far on youtube. Really hope to enroll in your Tearout Dubstep masterclass.
I wish you luck bro!
This channel and Dan's patreon are like my go to for learning everything now. Thanks Dan!
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Awesome video,thank u so much Dan!!! 💥💥💥💥
Your welcome! Come next time too! ;)
This is a GREAT video - thanks for the info!!
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Wickedly instructive and straightforward Dan! Thank you! ❤️🔥
Thank you! Being informative is my goal!
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Insane tutorial, love it. Some people might think it's excessive but that's the point!
Excessiveness is the point exactly!
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I think so too! :)
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Finally a good video on mastering heavy dubstep. Thanks Dan
I’m happy you found it helpful!
READY!
My body was ready too
great tutorial as always! like
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Wow you just made the finest sausage that I've ever tasted. Good and helpful vid as always! Cheers
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Hehe. Have you had mustard too with it?
Thank you Dan, you officially won the loudness war! 😅
Besides all the discussion and criticism in terms of the necessity of -2.3 LUFS, which I absolutely agree with,
it's cool to know techniques and tools to crank up the loudness and to have now the oppertunity to do so.
It could be also useful in other producing situations.
Exactly! That’s the point!
Oh and btw Dan Worral won the loudness war! :)
@@Letsynthesize Oops, I was a bit hasty.
-2.3 is still better than +2.3.
And... I wasn't that wrong, it's a Dan too tho! 😅
@@BenkenArt Hihi! Yeh! :)
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I wish you luck bro! If you didn’t, keep commenting and liking plz, so next time maybe you’ll win! ;)
Hey Dan, I bought your tearout Tutorial and I gotta say even on fl it has helped me make a breakthrough for understanding this crazy style of music. Highly recommend if you're on the fence to whomever is reading this.
Just one thing though, is there levels we should be setting specific instruments at for a clean yet heavy mix? I.e how you have the sub at 4.8 db in this tutorial.
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Yeh I know guys ego set up a template with relative levels for instruments but I’m not sure if this always works. As I showed in this video: tell different subs give very different feels (perceived loudness) so there is always a chance for changing your levels plus you don’t always process your instrument etc. Although keeping your sub around -3, -5 dB below drums can be a good idea .
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DUDE!! Thank you for the Sausage Fattener tip. It's a dream. I've seen it before but forgot all about it. Prreciate ya!!!
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It’s gone 😂
So you use seturation and sausage fattener as well? Do you suggest to use the fattener fucntion on the master as well?
Don’t forget that these are extreme circumstances, I don’t recommend following these steps (I don’t do either in my releases)
more dubstep/tearout vids!!!
Will try to do it
We need more tips how to mix to make good loud track
It's about increasing perceived loudness (lufs) which is done with the combination of distortion, compression, and your frequency balance.
Explained well!
Will try to do a few more!
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Because I know people are going to ask, I might as well answer some basic questions
You don't want to master to -14 lufs. Yes, those platforms say that if anything is higher than -14 lufs the song will be decreased in volume. However, if you compare a song that was mastered to -6 lufs and turned down compared to a song that is -14 lufs you will still feel that the -6 lufs track is louder even though they're at the same volume. This is because of what LUFS actually represents. LUFS is perceived loudness and perceived loudness is increased by distortion/saturation, compression, and having a more balanced frequency spectrum. The more high frequencies you have and the more compressed your track is, the louder your track will be perceived as regardless of volume. It's about finding that perfect balance between high frequencies and low frequencies as well as having to constantly battle with distortion because of that. This is what makes producing Dubstep so difficult. The more clean your sounds are, the more you can distort them and increase perceived loudness. Getting more loudness truly is "in the mix" as everyone says. Have you ever watched a livestream of a producer? A lot of Dubstep artists just throw a soft clipper on their master and call it a day, yet they're able to get to -2 lufs. It's because of what I mentioned earlier. Distortion, compression, clean sound design, and a good frequency balance is what is going to get your tracks loud.
Finally someone says it.
Im sick and tired of noobs and pros alike perpetuating this -14 LUFS BS. I've been trying to tell people for years that no dubstep artist is mastering their tracks to -14 and as you said, most are just throwing on the soft clipper on the master and thats it. Also, for spotify, folks, THE USER CAN JUST TURN OFF VOLUME NORMALIZATION. Play any dubstep tracks in spotify with normalization OFF and it will sound the same as the WAV straight from the DAW at -2 LUFS.
The whole mastering to -14 LUFS thing is a complete myth for a lot of dance music. Any DJ/Producer should know this if they are analyzing tracks at all.
Yeh dance music is not famous about too much dynamics. We need some of course but huge peaks are not something that is comfortable for sounding powerful.
Seriously a great insight into getting loud mixes Dan! You've explained it extremely well and i'll definitely be taking some of these tips and tricks into my production arsenal!
I’m glad it was useful for you bro! 😎
It is possible to punch up lacking kick/snare with some retriggering. If your job is "hey, this stereo mix exists, please master it for release to sound awesome," then that's a trick to consider.
I actually do it sometimes.
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How many LUFS is needed for a tearout that is high at the same time considerable good?
Would -2.3 LUFS really be recommended?
It always depends on the mix
Nice video Dan!
Love yah!
Alternative to Saussage Fattener?
I don’t know anything honestly. I’m sure it is not a complicated thing though… it’s just a type of distortion.
Always appreciate the honesty and detailed advice! :D
Thank you! And I appreciate your like and comment! :)
0 lufs coming soon
Hehe. Nah! :)
4:41 even the bad drums sound good :D
Yeh it's not that bad, but not great! :)
as a content producer its respect you for giving your fans what they want but to those with no knowledge or background in mixing & mastering if you want to master at -2 LUFS I hope you are ready to buy new monitors in about a year😂
They can always turn down master fader, but -2 LUFS always sounds different than -14 LUFS. I am not saying it's ideal or I am a fan of that sound, but a lot of heavy bass music producers chase that.
@@Letsynthesize very true! theres no one way to make/mix music that is better then the other just preference. btw your tutorials are amazing looking foward to the next one🤘
What? I swear this is actually the first time in my life I won something 😂🙏
I hope this good direction won’t break! :)
at -2 LUFS might aswell remove the track and throw in some Chainsaw Recordings. that will make the loudest possible track.
Yeh those are are the biggest club hits! :)
imagine not mastering to positive LUFS lmao
That was me not too long ago honestly lol
Hehe, even this -3 is too much! :)
I'm a bit confused, why -2.3LUFS? I've always been told that music should be mastered to -14LUFS (mainly because that's what streaming services want).
That’s a common misconception. Music streaming services will lower your (and everyone else’s) track in order to match the same perceived volume - which happens to be -14 LUFS. You should always master tracks to the level that they individually need. For example - dnb sounds great when it’s pushed really loud because that’s now part of the sound of the genre. Classical music, however, requires dynamic range, therefore, a squashed master will likely ruin the musical piece itself. Pop music aims for loudness as well, but not as extreme as bass music - usually around -7, dipping into -6 is enough. Basically - loud masters are the go to for club music and streaming services will simply lower the volume automatically in order to match all the tracks to a “standard” loudness setting. A squashed master will still sound loud and in your face, even at lower volume. Also, don’t forget that not everyone has the loudness match setting enabled and you have to account for that as well.
@@MarkDanov Im so glad to see people understanding this and correcting this myth.
The goal was to go as loud as possible with acceptable sacrifices
This was loud :)
Yeh. Not very ideal but the goal was education here.
Personally, I wouldn't want to master anything above -6, as it just starts to get ridiculous, but this is pretty cool if you're in to "loudness war"
Same, you need to view loudness as a character of a track in line with tone and width, and definitely avoid making things loud just for the sake of hitting numbers. It works with your neuro or dubstep, not so much your deep or minimal stuff. You also lose dynamics, quieter stuff is punchier, sounds better in a club and gives room for other musical elements to breathe imo. -6 is probably optimum
Exactly! I’d never master my songs this loud but I get lots of request asking how pros go that loud. How? Well… with sacrifice.
@@Letsynthesize and it's a great video too. It's good to have this knowledge in the pocket, cos sometimes we want loud dirty tracks :D
@@Letsynthesize Burr Oak - Teleporter hits -1.5 and that is in my all time top ten, that's saying something because been around for a long time listening to jungle 1991. At times the track is almost too much but they dial it back at the right point. Bunx got to hit average -3, Phace - 4. If you want to make good neuro then should aim for these levels. Leave all the -14 for standard music.
It's just a shame that we have to go this loud nowadays
You don’t have to. But now you know how to do it if you want to!
I would NEVER put the Ableton Limiter on my Master!
the consumer can turn up these 2dB but you will never get those transients back
You are right, but at that point the transients were already saved and there were not too many peaks there.