What is a right volume when mastering?

[DND-NS]

When mastering you can master it so you'll able to listen it at loud volume.
I don't know what is the listeners volume at my soundclick page but if it's low then i would master it to give more highs. More highs means i can't listen to it at loud volume.

What would you do, mastering it for low volume listening or high?

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[mastertone]

If you cant make it sound good, make it loud.

[Waltz Mastering]

Originally Posted by DND-NS

What would you do, mastering it for low volume listening or high?

Both, and everything in between.

[Table Of Tone]

Just get it to sound as good as possible and loud enough so that it doesn't disappear against a major release!

[Ben F]

No more than 83dB SPL for an entire day.

If the clients want to to crank it I just leave the room. It can go pretty loud that's for sure.

[j_j]

Don't go over 85dBc SPL for long-term (15 minute) average, and don't go over 95 dBc SPL ever. EVER. Over an 8 hour day, 75dB is plenty.

That is, if you want to keep your job when you get old.

[Bob Yordan]

When I do mixing :

One way to listen to what is loud is to turn down the speaker volume to a minimal level.

If you sit more than 15 minutes with speakers volume loud, the brain & ears kind of loose some perspective of what is really loud or not in the sound image after a while.

When mastering, I try to use a speaker volume that does not fatigues the ears.

[IIIrd]

"here's the volume knob gentlemen, when you've done listening loud come and get me, i'll be outside".

that kind of thing...i don't monitor loud, if i have raise my voice a little then were too loud.

probably not the op's question really.

in his case....no don't make it loud...use your ears...if it sounds rubbish when you push it,.then it is.

[Mr.HOLMES]

For me I tried that 85 or some say 75 db SPL tack and it does not work.

I mostly start mixing at a very low level just to get a basic feeling for the music and after this I go up and down in level.....before I enter to automation I crank it from time to time and make adjustments.

So I have a lot of different levels during my mix session.

That makes for me sure that the mix transports at very low levels as well as when you crank it in the end.

[Table Of Tone]

I have made some cables that have matched resistor networks in the XLR's.

These attenuate a +4 signal so that my monitoring puts out around 80db SPL if the audio is ready for capture.

I find that helps a lot for matching albums up and I can work with that all day.

If the client wants to crank it, I'll put in on the other system and get the coffee on!