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Originally Posted by filthyrich

Most people I record never get their stuff professionally mastered. It's something I have come to realize. When I "master," here's how I do it.
I take the L-R wave that I dumped out into 16 bit from the actual Sonar file. I import them back into a sonar file and then clone that track to add fullness/loudness. I did this because I've noticed that when I import that new doubled track back into Soundforge it seems bigger and louder than before. If I keep adding cloned versions of the exact same L-R wave track and then export it out; will it keep getting louder without sounding phased etc?

I'm asking because I want to avoid normalizing; yet need to get it louder to make clients happy. I'm used to seeing square looking top ends if I import a professionally mastered cd track. Is this all done with brick wall limiters? Could I keep stacking the same track to get the absolute loudest hit, line etc. to come in just under digital zero?

Thanks much.
Sorry if this is stupid and the exact reason why mastering people hate when mixing people try to master.

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