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Originally Posted by mrnemo  the only way I can get it to sound "loud enough" in a play-list is to compress the hell out of it. This is partly because I am piss poor at mastering.
The mixes sounds good to me but I seem to have to squash all life out of the songs to get them at the "right" volume. All the delicacies are gone. |
Thats what mastering engineers do
Squash it to kingdom come in order to get the mixes commercially loud enough. Not that any mastering engineers here would do that of course.. Oh no..
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While im here...
Have you chaps seen this? The WTPA 8 bit sampler kit.
WTPA bendable sampler - Hack a Day Where's the Party At: Nerdy Embedded Systems Design Wizardry
I built one, and it's really very good. It sounds unbelievable! Thats if crunchy 8 bit stuff flicks your switch. For something so basic, it's actually pretty flexible. He's sold out of the first run now, but he's working on a new version..