Question Regarding Match Loudness...
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:33 pm
Hey guys,
I used HarBal in 2004 to master my band's last CD. It's a fine product that made job much easier!
Now that I'm mastering the band's new CD, I've got a question that's a hold-over from back in those days.
I know that to "match loudness" the trick is to read the average volume of my track in Har-Bal then take the difference between that number and -10 and input that number into my limiter.
However, on the last CD, if the song had long, quiet sections (let's say an acoustic intro but a heavy rock outro) then the heavier sections would be smashed too hard and the track would be really loud. On the other side of the spectrum, the heavier songs seemed to be not as loud and powerful as the songs with quiet sections.
Was this just a problem with the Har-Bal version I had at the time that has been corrected, or do you have some suggestions to avoid this problem with my new project?
Thanks!
I used HarBal in 2004 to master my band's last CD. It's a fine product that made job much easier!
Now that I'm mastering the band's new CD, I've got a question that's a hold-over from back in those days.
I know that to "match loudness" the trick is to read the average volume of my track in Har-Bal then take the difference between that number and -10 and input that number into my limiter.
However, on the last CD, if the song had long, quiet sections (let's say an acoustic intro but a heavy rock outro) then the heavier sections would be smashed too hard and the track would be really loud. On the other side of the spectrum, the heavier songs seemed to be not as loud and powerful as the songs with quiet sections.
Was this just a problem with the Har-Bal version I had at the time that has been corrected, or do you have some suggestions to avoid this problem with my new project?
Thanks!