I am very curious as to why you settled at 00.8 - 1 LUFS? In a mix most producers (not that it matters) always sit at -8 -6 so im curious as to why you set yours so high haha was it just for maximum loudness? It sounds very good tho thats why im asking.

 

It's all relative, i don't clip every track but i just gave it ha transient "shave" and thus giving the track more bottomend less highs cus it had good highs. You have to listen carefully, there is a new plugin called FUEL it is also a good clipper. Which i used at 5-9% on my last insert before the limitier, try it out, mainly the mix is good so mastering is just polish or just dynamic control, loudness today isnt a big deal, 14 LUFS sounds good, i do my techno tracks to aprox 8.5 LUFS 0DBFs, i dont listen to what others are saying i just listen and then i adjust stuff

But yeah it was to max the track to its fullest.

Correction: When i said less highs i was talking about percieved loudness, the highs when clipped gets lowered / cut but then boosted with the limiter so you get more loudness, this might confuse you in my previous statement, clipping gives u more loudness percieved and dynamic range is lowered
a lot, which essentially gives more highs and lows and can sound awful, but do it right and a tiny tiny bit it can help your track, but clippers shaves the transients and most transients is in the higher frequency spectrum.

Here is a link to my new youtube channel where i show how i made my tracks

www.youtube.com/@JohnnyBoySweden/videos

havent done any mastering videos tho but if you want i can upload mastering sessions aswell

 

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