Mastering rms tips?

[Charlie E.]

Well I just mastered my almost finalized mix and noticed that the first 2 songs are at -10.5 rms while the third song is at -9 rms.
Now obviously I'm gonna go in and add the plugin chain into the regions rather than the mix which is what I was doing so that I can make alterations and get a more even overall rms value out of the promo disc.
But I was wondering... should I try to get the third song to -10.5? or first two to -9? or maybe a little bit of both i.e get them all to -10? What would you guys do?

 

[LydonB]

I would do whatever sounds best to your ears. If you want to compete with the market though, I would do -9

 

[gabriel g.]

When you are using the same effects for every song, I wouldnt change a thing.
The different rms levels might come from one subdrop or extrem rimshot...

If you listen to the songs, do you hear a volume difference?


cheers

 

[if6was9]

stick em all into a session and go between them to check for a noticeable audible difference. If you can't hear one them don't change a thing

 

[Zombietakeover]

If you check professional albums there not all the same RMS.....If it's a db off here or there.....it shouldn't be that big of a problem....

 

[Charlie E.]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

 

[GarethSE]

and anyway
variations in volume, sound of instruments, etc are a part of the ebb and flow of albums
i would personally never go for 100% perfection from start to finish

 

[Charlie E.]

P.S I just noticed I had forgotten to bypass the L2 on the master bus when I bounced the last track

 

[16S]

When you are using the same effects for every song, I wouldnt change a thing.
The different rms levels might come from one subdrop or extrem rimshot...

If you listen to the songs, do you hear a volume difference?


cheers

I thought that would only be the case with a peakdb measurement. RMS -Root Mean Square is averaging isn't it???

 

[DanLights]

well a subdrop or an extreme rimshot will change the average Db level, could make the Rms a bit higher when it´s actually only a specific part of the song that is a bit louder, but then averaged up that part will affect the RMS