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Originally Posted by jerdude  uh. except that when loudness... in your face compression... is equated with IMPACT. if your mix is peaking at -6db... no mastering engineer is going to be able to get it to commercial level without drastically changing your mix. the drums will be softer... the lead vocal softer... and everything else much louder.
don't worry about mastering... don't worry about where you are peaking... unless you are clipping and you hear unpleasant distortion... which is usually the case when clipping the master buss of a DAW... well.. most DAW's.  if your vibe is audioslave... then mix it loud... if your vibe is alison krauss... mix it soft, warm and intimate.  |
My personal aim has always been to try and get the mix to sound exactly like how I want the finish product to sound. If it means my peak is going to be higher than -6db without actually clipping, then so be it.
