the hot mix
Yeah I know there are so many reasons to not squash our master buss with the latest brick wall limiter:
1. Mastering Engineers hate that
2. It tires the listeners ears out
3. Radio stations are gonna squash it further
on and on
Unfortunately, bands often don't have the scratch for a good mastering engineer if they can afford one at all. Also you gotta have that volume up when the disc is in someones 500 CD disc changer.
What's the best way to deal with this duality. Do you sacrifice the pressure level for dynamics or do you squash away to compete for ears? How do you achieve your perfect level?
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