How do you get it so loud??

[Demonstealer]

I really need to know how to get your mixes obnoxiously loud without clipping/distorting or sounding over compressed.

I know a lot of engineers hate the whole loudness war that has taken over music but seriously how do you get it so loud?

Sometime give me an idea where do you even begin etc.

 

[egan.]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/278894-getting-your-loudness.html

 

[Demonstealer]

Somewhere out there I'm being cursed for not using the button that reads 'search'.

My apologies.

 

[Trevoire520]

In a nutshell, have a great well balanced mix and then use eq, compression, saturation, soft clipping, and limiting to get the level up.

search for a thread called "getting your loudness" everything you need to know is in there.

 

[Demonstealer]

^^ reading that. And to be honest a lot is going over my head but I'm also learning a lot and getting some good ideas and direction

This is the mix I'm actually trying to match in loudness, somewhat. My currently mix show -9.41 RMS
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1953726/02 Ranti Nasha.wma

 

[-Noodles-]

Dude.

In my opinion, -9 RMS dBFS is far more than required.
I try and hit -10 for really ripping metal songs.

But - I know ; "the metal market wants loud records etc etc etc"
Seriously though..

 

[Trevoire520]

Can't listen to that file as I'm on a mac, but if you've got RMS of -9 you should be plenty loud. Chances are it's the eq balance thats losing the battle for you. A mix that is well balanced across the frequency spectrum will sound much louder than one that is bass heavy for example.

 

[Cacoph0ny]

GClip

 

[colonel kurtz]

Can't listen to that file as I'm on a mac, but if you've got RMS of -9 you should be plenty loud. Chances are it's the eq balance thats losing the battle for you. A mix that is well balanced across the frequency spectrum will sound much louder than one that is bass heavy for example.

on that note, the less bass in the mix, the greater potential for loudness

low end eats up headroom like a motherfucker!

 

[Demonstealer]

Yeah just got GClip and am going to try to get that.

But yeah I was listening to the new Nile album, its got some bass ass low end on it and it sounds loud enough too.