This technique will allow each element to shine by taking up it’s own space, allowing maximum perceptual volume. Slotting is the concept is placing each element of your track in their own unique space in the dimensions of “height”, “depth”, and “width”. When learning how to mix, one of the first skills you want to master is “slotting”. This can occur for a multitude of different reasons.Ī sound with a lot of harmonic content may be perceptually louder for example.Īnother might be a heavily compressed sound with a constant dynamic range.īelow are 5 techniques you can implement into your mixes to make your music perceptually louder.
Now this perceptual loudness can be explained with another saying known as “maximum volume, minimum voltage”.Įssentially this means you want the elements of your track to be perceptually loud, while using the least amount of actual volume. So really this means that other songs are just “perceptually louder”.
Usually a song hits a limiter with a ceiling of 0. Now really if you think of it, all tracks when mastered are the same volume, even yours. You may think it’s a mastering problem, but it's really it’s mixing.īefore a master can really polish and improve your song, you need a mix that will work well being mastered.
One of the biggest mixdown questions we get asked here at Cymatics is “how do I make my track louder”. Do you ever ask yourself "my song is so good, but why can't I get it louder?!"
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