The track is streamed at around LUFS which means the tracks overall volume is lowered, however the damage done by the excessive compression and limiting is irreversible. This track will lack the charisma and energy of its more dynamic counterpart pictured in green at the beginning of the example. Here we see the same track used in the examples above pictured side by side. They both have a loudness reading of LUFS. The more dynamic bounce green will sound a lot better when played back through online streaming services.
You should master your music so it sounds great to you! These figures aren't 'targets', but it's worth remembering that:. Louder music can appear to sound 'better', so be sure to level-match your master when referencing your favorite mixes in the studio we have an awesome plugin for that called REFERENCE , check it out!
Your music will get turned down if it's louder than LUFS. It will get turned up and potentially limited to make it louder without surpassing 0. Going for a more dynamic and punchy mix will sound better than an over-compressed, distorted master. I personally like to keep my clients music no louder than around -8 short-term LUFS during the loudest part of the song when I'm mastering for Spotify.
Spotify suggests leaving at least -1dBTP decibels true peak of headroom when submitting music so they are optimized for the lossy formats. They suggest -2dBTP of headroom for loud track, as loud tracks have a greater chance of clipping during transcoding.
Spotify streams audio using Ogg Vorbis and AAC files which are almost guaranteed to increase the peak levels. Don't master too quiet! Amazon music turns louder songs down, but doesn't currently turn the quiet tracks up.
One of these features is a LUFS meter. Soundcloud is different when it comes to loudness. Soundcloud doesn't normalize the volume playback on their tracks. But it's worth noting that they transcode all their audio to kbps MP3 for streaming. When the track is transcoded, some clipping and distortion can take place. Louder tracks with higher peaks suffer the worst from the encoding and end up sounding crunchy and lacking clarity. It will also tell you if your track will clip once it has been converted for streaming.
A dynamic and less squashed track will make your music stand out from the rest on online streaming platforms. Master your audio to a loudness that you feel best serves the music, but be aware that high peak levels and super-loud masters will give your listeners a sub-standard listening experience when they stream your audio. If your file exceeds these criteria, please split it into separate uploads.
For a full list of support codecs and containers, check our supported file formats. As part of that process, we resample and transcode it to a high-performance codec.
These codecs are highly optimized, but they can increase peak levels, which can cause clipping. We recommend that you leave between Make sure to check the resulting stream in the rare case where more headroom is required.
When you make your track downloadable, this allows your listeners to download your track in the same format you uploaded it in, without any additional transcoding. If you can, the bit depth and sample rate should be 16 bit and 48 kHz respectively.
0コメント