Get LOUDER Mixes and Masters (Perceived Loudness)

In this tutorial, we'll check out the top 5 tips to easily boost perceived loudness for competitive levels when mixing and mastering.

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[Defayo]

I can't stress this enough... YOU ARE THE MAN!

[LETTMusic]

Another good video. One of the reasons why boosting the mids helps perceived loudness is the Fletcher Munson curve. I think it's a concept every producer needs to be cognizant of. The louder you crank the volume, different areas of the frequency spectrum hit our ears proportionately louder. It's why things like snares and hi hats can get absolutely blown out of proportion at loud volumes. Studying up a bit on the Fletcher Munson curve can help both in mixing decisions and for mastering. In an ideal scenario, you want your music to sound best when played loud, not sound worse.

[CHMPro]

Mam your mix still has PUNCH, ORIGINAL TONES and all but it's LOUD. wow. Thank you. I'm gonna try this. Just 5 years into music production, struggling with loudness so this is a treasure.

[ATOMOCDOG]

JJP said the magic is in the midrange. he was helped me a lot.
thanks for all your great videos Sean

[omarr]

Divine is the G.O.A.T ... the T is for teacher.. Lot's of guys will claim to "know" stuff and post on youtube to gain a following in the hopes of getting a placement. You can tell that Sean genuinely loves to pass knowledge on. Thanks alot bro. You the best.

[lawinter]

Great tip with the mid range focus I will use that one for sure! The thing I would add to this though is to use a hard clipper on all your busses instead of or in addition to a bus compressor. The clipper will let you push a tracks perceived loudness while getting rid of unneeded transients that most people can't even hear in a transparent way.

[abdulmuhammad]

I think I asked you this the other day on Instagram. Good looking out.

[MusicWithMukul]

Hi Sean, Man you have earned my respect! Love from India. Thanks for posting such useful content. One question.. Do I need to use all the five ways together or few will get the job done?

[OzmosisStoopid]

🔥🔥🔥🔥Yea It's time to bring the music with the brand you nice much love... Salute 💯

[zachpitt]

Everytime i watch your tutorials i feel like im experienced and confident engineer! 😊

[mrc_]

Sean, I know I've thanked you already on another video, but just seriously...
I'm a secondary school music and music tech teacher in England. I've played music since I was 4, I've written music since I was 14, I have a degree in music performance and I've been using logic since I was 18 (I'm now 31).
I have gained more skill and knowledge in a few hours of binging your videos than in a 3 year uni course and hundreds of hours of trying things myself.
Just seriously, thank you so much for your content!
I guess my big question now is the million dollar question.... how do you get more people to check out a video?
Thanks to your content, for the first time ever, I've been able to mix and master a track which actually stands up alongside others in the industry and achieved an integrated LUFS (which I knew nothing about before your vids) of -11.
I deemed the track good enough to even make a lyric video and post on YouTube, and in nearly 24 hours has had a measly 13 views from 😂. Perhaps a video request/suggestion could be how to effectively promote a hip hop/rap song?
Sorry for the long ass comment, but you have literally changed my life as a musician! 👊

[Swishmb]

That mushroom plug-in was insane! The GW as well. The SSL bundle looks great but I’d only really reach for one or two of them off rip.

[mnmdaproducer]

you answer question that always stuck in my head. Tks <3

[Alx_Original]

hello, my name is alex
I love your videos, I'm Brazilian and I learn a lot from them, even though I don't understand your language.
congratulations for your videos and if possible activate the translation in portuguese for us to understand you better thank you

[TheHonestTruth]

this was awesome man.

Thanks. Sean.

Btw man. I used to follow u on Soundclick ages ago haha.

Good to see you've done well man.

[BorisDiRocco]

that's so cool plugins Sean, thanks again!!, great tutorial!

[beatsxkd]

Yooo this one a solid for the books! A lot of helpful info given out 💎!! Thank u!!

[mikegmusic]

You could do similar work with dynamic eq also like pro q3, thank you for always dropping quality content ❤️

[SlayerDarkRaver]

Great video! I only really dont like using multiband limiting, its so easy to get a thinner master with that. But thats just me. Also would love to see how you controll all the peaks within the mix, which for me is really where you get that loudness. Overall really great and informative video ❤

[DreErdna]

Great video as always, Sean! Gonna try using more mulitband.

The song is 🔥!!! Your rapping is improving (different flows & complexity) & I love the lyrics on the hook!

Happy New Year!! 🎊