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Brainwork Townhouse on the master bus and Waves L1 on the post-master bus

Straight up just turn up Master and Output on Gojira X, also higher eq settings

A combination of the Molot compressor on the Master track into Realimit.

For transparent compression: Kotelnikov (Tokyo Down Labs); or Magenta (acustica) if I want something more colorful. For harmonic distortion: Jam (acustica) or Oxford Inflator, and for clip/limiter: Standard Clip + FG-x2 or ozone limiter, sometimes stacked with L2 for a little bit of midrange presence

I've been using your mastering template for years.

@@RolandDeschain1 thanks dude! Glad it helps.

Same as you, thank you so much ! @resington

@@Vegapoint cheers!

Have you gor a video about this that I can watch?

Give it a try!

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Indeed! 😎

TBH, I don't really care about the numbers. I just go to the point where it's loud and still sounds punchy. I still use an RMS measurement and aim for roughly -8dB max.

@@KohleAudioKult Thanks for your response. And I wanna know your opinion about big mastering engineers mastered their tracks at -6 or -5 LUFS. I have several friend that master their song in Sterling sound and other big names, when they gave their mastered wav tracks to me, I measured it and average level are either -6 or -5 LUFS. What’s your opinion about it?

Oh really? Interesting I thought it was the modernized version including all the basic MD3 features.

There's no difference really.

That has never worked for me, no additional loudness from limiting groups and stems. And I did quite some testing.

You need limiting to chop of the peaks so you can normalize again. That will make it appear louder to or ears without having a higher peak level.

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I thought I explained it. Let me try again: We're used to a certain amount of limiting these days and consider that pleasing. Nothing wrong about that. Just don't go beyond the point where it sounds good to your ears. In this example I go a little too far to demonstrate the difference between the plugins.

The incoming input signal is at -1bBFS max. That means we have only 3dB of gain reduction.

@@KohleAudioKult yeah. I just thought about the 420 thing lol. yeah dumb joke. sorry :D

Easy! Other people just have hair instead, you know 😎

@@KohleAudioKult Ok I understand, but surely there are other options that don't cover the ears, a cap, I don't know. Another thing, have you tried bugera 6262? It's a cheap amp based on the 6505 plus, but it lacks the resonance control, and I wonder how I could compensate for it, could an EQ in the effects loop compensate for it?

Yes, you can! 🤩 Just scroll down to "buy native" and there you go! www.tcelectronic.com/tcelectronic/product?modelCode=0815-ACI

@@KohleAudioKult wow, now I found it, thanks. On PC there were like 10 dead links to websites where I should buy the plugin and none of them still did... On good old Kleinanzeigen hardware finalizers seem to be pretty inexpensive. But I'm not sure how different all the versions are. Definitely something I got to look into

This is the most tonedeaf comment I've seen in a while. Sure, you can get to a "decent" point by adjusting the levels of your tracks; but let's get one thing straight: that is not mixing. You do, in fact, need basics such as compression, eq, limit/clip, reverb, delay, etc to *mix* and especially to get anything towards a modern mix.

Say8ng you can turn your tracks up in order to hit -6 is not only an incredibly weird flex, it's also not impressive or difficult. Hitting -6 does not mean everything sounds good. 😂

@@jamisondebolt5590 You completely missed the point. *slow clap* imagine sounding this smug and completely not getting the point of the post. Who said anything about any of those others tools? My point was LOUDNESS is created via levels, choice of sound and arrangment. Which you turned into hurr durr you need reverb and eq. The topic at hand is plugins that explicitly get you loud mixes. So it is those I am saying you do not need. Because loudness is created via these other areas. But hey you know better right. Confidently incorrect 101. All these loudness plugins are the complete opposite of what most people crave which is punch and a feeling of weight and power. Which all come from dynamics. Something every one of these plugins destroys. They all add distortion as well. And the net result is nothing but mix after mix of loud, harsh and flat sounding mixes with no excitement, dynamics or punch. Modern mixes mostly sound like complete arse as a result. But hey if you like your music sounding flat, overly distorted and harsh with no real low end. You do you. Loudness is the antithesis of good mixes.

@ferociousmullet9287 when I say "modern mixes" I mean like 2000s and forward. I'd agree, much of what comes out these days is far too sterile.

@ferociousmullet9287 my point stands - it's pretty standard practice to hit -6 or above without any effects on the master bus BEFORE mastering. This video is obviously about making that "louder" (perceived loudness, lufs, etc). I still stand by my previous statement that getting your mixes to the volume standard at which it is commonly stated you should be at before mastering "with no plug-ins on the master bus" sounds pretty dense, considering that, as previously stated multiple times, is the *commonly practiced standard* to get your mix to *before applying anything to the master bus* 😘

Then you have that feature bypassed. Look it up in your settings

@@KohleAudioKult The point is the average person isn't looking through settings on Spotify. The only people who care about that stuff are mixers. Most people are unaware.

​@@KohleAudioKult I just opened settings in Spotify. There's no such function that i can see.

@@KohleAudioKult That function is on mobile app, but not for PC/desktop

@daystrainsandtracks1246 It is everywhere. Also on Desktop.