Comment by esikich
4 days ago
It's much less of a problem than it used to be because streaming platforms normalize the tracks anyway so it's been fading away for a while now.
4 days ago
It's much less of a problem than it used to be because streaming platforms normalize the tracks anyway so it's been fading away for a while now.
I don't know where you're getting this. For rock/pop music, it's as bad as it's ever been.
Yep many current pop songs are commonly mastered at around -8 LUFS even peaking at -5 LUFS which is quite loud.
All things being equal, the compressed tracks will still sound louder even after normalisation, unfortunately. I haven't seen any sign of dynamics returning to pop music since Spotify/YouTube.