I had this discussion a few years ago since I also checked DNB tunes and some of them were hitting even -4 LUFS. The summary of that discussion was similar to this one I would say:
- streaming services might turn your track down if it's "too loud"
- when people play your track directly (so without the interference of streaming services) and you mastered it to fit best with streaming services, it might be very different from other tracks in some genres
My personal conclusion: I mostly stick with the genre, but don't push it to an extreme. For DNB, I master tracks between -7 and -9 LUFS. It might be an alternative to use different masters for different platforms, but I haven't done that yet.
Oh, and you can usually change the target settings for referencing tools, so you should be able to make a preset that uses a different LUFS target...
- streaming services might turn your track down if it's "too loud"
- when people play your track directly (so without the interference of streaming services) and you mastered it to fit best with streaming services, it might be very different from other tracks in some genres
My personal conclusion: I mostly stick with the genre, but don't push it to an extreme. For DNB, I master tracks between -7 and -9 LUFS. It might be an alternative to use different masters for different platforms, but I haven't done that yet.
Oh, and you can usually change the target settings for referencing tools, so you should be able to make a preset that uses a different LUFS target...
Statistics: Posted by metaside — Mon Jun 24, 2024 11:03 am
