If your mix is unintelligible, lacks punch, lacks a sense of depth and the balance is off then a limiter is probably the least of your worries.īefore proceeding I should mention that whenever possible, it’s always best to seek a professional opinion when it comes to mastering your mixes. A limiter just amplifies the way your mix already sounds, good or bad. The problem with making your mix louder is that it’s not quite as simple as throwing a limiter on you master bus. Granted a good song and production are important but so is overall clarity and loudness. It’s important to be able to stand up to the big boys when your record is thrown into a pile of commercially released songs. It’s also about satisfying the MP3/Ipod/Playlist generation. It’s not just about satisfying a client who wants their stuff as loud as ‘x’ artist and you have to do what you can to compete. Maybe I’m just optimistic but I really do see dynamics becoming more and more a part of music in the future.īut alas we are still living in a world where being loud or better yet, just as loud, is still important.
I don’t ever see us going back to the old days of dynamic range and lots of headroom but I do see us settling into a zone where we can have the best of both worlds – Dynamics and Loudness. It’s almost as if we hit a plateau in the ‘loudness war’ and we are now starting a descent. They seem to be at a level of loudness that the listener has become accustomed to but not to the point where it’s unbearable when listening.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the way some new records have been sounding.
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