Hey @steevc , yes , you are correct but still the loudness war is not really over. Most streaming services will turn down your mix if you exceed -14 LUFS . This was actually caused by Metallica on their Death Magnetic album , which was so loud it didn't sound good anymore , the amount of artifacts and distortion in there is a little too much. Nonetheless , the mixing engineer behind the album is one of my heroes : Andrew Scheps , and a trademark of his mixes is that they are very loud . He is very versatile though , he goes from Metallica to Adele and everything in between hahaha.
Now , perceived loudness is a thing and now mastering engineers have their tricks and trades to sound ''louder'' than others as they will get turned down to -14 LUFS anyways if they exceed that.
I honestly don't pay much attention to loudness in my mixes , in the end that's the job for the mastering engineer . I just go as loud as I think it feels fine if using my analog summer , if I stay 100% digital , it even matters less.. in a floating point enviroment , as long as you stay away from digital 0 , the volume you print the final mix makes almost no difference
So, if I am printing and the meters are kind of in the ballpark of -3db to -6db on the master fader .. it's all fine and ready to get to mastering.
This particular track I ''pseudo mastered'' myself so I just pushed it as hard as I could , and honestly I feel i went a little too far :P
With my recordings I just try to ensure nothing distorts that shouldn't. I have not got into the intricacies of mastering, but I know that is an art in itself. I remember the controversy over the Metallica album.
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