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Originally Posted by kingliar  Hi all,
Maybe some of you know this problem : snare sounds great in the mix!, but at the final stage during mastering (finalizer), the snare is getting squashed and it sounds like there's a "hole" in the mid-range of the song (like there's no energy/power in the mid-range)
My question is : how to get a loud master (-9dBfs) without squashing the snare?
I'm probably not the first to ask this question and I know it has everthing to do with compressing/limiting. But how to do it ?
Does the mix has to be "fixed" or can it be done during mastering? |
You prevent that by giving the drummer the appropriate drum sticks and telling him to not beat the hell out of that snare. Then you let the compressor do what's necessary to create a controlled transient output. You get problems with a squashed snare when it is played and compressed too heavily.