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rvkYoDleFool · Post by **rvkYoDleFool** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:17 am

Hi musicians, i want to post two songs i made recently and i like to know what you think.
Thank you.

https://soundcloud.com/watt_son/alright

https://soundcloud.com/watt_son/do-the-dance

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:19 pm

both songs are just typical sounding fare with the all too common "i wanna make this as compressed and loud as humanly possible"
unfortunately that production technique forces listeners to turn down the volume making it sound squashed and lifeless in the end.

rvkYoDleFool · Post by **rvkYoDleFool** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:41 am

I used Masteringbox for mastering. Maybe i have the settings switched to loud.

https://www.masteringbox.com/

Eric Danger · Post by **Eric Danger** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:02 am

What layzer said is a gross oversimplification of a complex process.

"Mastering" doesn't have to be some separate thing that's done to a piece of music, and certainly not something you should trust to a mystery box on the internet. If you approach the music from the outset with goal of producing a finished product, then "mastering" becomes an integral part of the production, not something that's just added on when you're done with it. Does that make sense?

Two songs i want to share