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Spotify is now more dynamic than ever!
Spotify is now more dynamic than ever! Well... not as such, but you know what I mean! The Spotify team has recently made some changes...
Does Spotify use a limiter?
In my recent test on the Spotify loudness normalization I was (once again) reminded about that there is a limiter in their signal chain. ...
Equalization. How, when, why, what, how much?
OK, a short "rant" about EQ. Charts like this (see photo above) can be enlightening if you have no musical training but they don't answer...
How to calculate / predict how much your song loudness will be adjusted on Spotify
I was talking to my friend Ian Stewart (http://ianstewartmusic.us/blog) recently and we discovered that we had both been playing around...
Loudness normalization in online streaming services... are they using LUFS values to normalize to?
There's quite a bit of inaccurate information out there... one of those is how online streaming platforms are loudness normalizing the...
Spotify has changed its loudness normalization playback target level!
This is huge. I noticed this ca. 2 days ago. The level seems to have dropped very close to the iTunes or Tidal standard. Ca. -14 LUFS ......
Audio in video - quality control FTW!
Artists! Don't stop the quality control of the music / sound when you give the video editor the file for the song he's about to use for...
Youtube Loudness Normalization
Someone put up this playlist on Youtube to test Youtube's Loudness Normalization settings. Despite the wrong LUFS figures in the...
10 mixing tips for you to consider when you're about to finish up a mix!
Make your mix sound as good as possible before you send it to mastering.