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Originally Posted by chris carter  Not to defend insanely loud, but.... Regular folks don't listen in studios. Take a mix that is quiter and see how much fun you have cranking the volume up on a cheap boombox or computer speakers. Either you have the volume knob all the way up and you still want more volume, or you get the volume knob 3/4 of the way up and the poor little amp in the thing is sucking all the life out of the music trying to keep up. I know engineers like to say, "just turn it up stupid!", but it's not quite that simple in regular-people land.
That said, part of mixing most commercial genres is knowing how to a) make a mix SOUND big and loud and b) make a mix that will withstand the limiting in mastering without falling to pieces. I used to bitch and moan about what the limiter did to my mixes... that was back when I sucked LOL. Now, no worries. So either I'm really good at mixing now, or I'm really deaf.... |
I do not think that I am bad at mixing.
I make fair mixes and I mix for the song....and not for the level on the 2 bus.
So it is up to the ME not do destroy my intension of the mixing job.
And by the way I deeply believe that Mr. Stavrou is right.
He wrote:
"In my opinion likable is always better as to have the loudest song."
In other words if the song sucks the limiter wont help you either.
But if the Song is great listeners will crank up the volume knob and I do agree to this.