07-22-2019, 11:22 PM
(07-22-2019, 11:36 AM)Paul Battersby Wrote: That's what I always do. I put a limiter on the master track, set the limit to 0.1db, then lower the threshold until the music just barely triggers the limiter. That seems to keep my volume levels sufficiently high and consistent.
My approach has been to bounce a high res (even up to 32 bit) WAV of the finished track and run it through Maximus, which is a mastering limiter/compressor. It has a handy GUI and I can just boost the input signal, watching how close peaks are getting to hitting the limiter. These days I try to avoid hitting the limiter at all; but I allow for a little bit to go over if it seems necessary. In those cases I'll tweak the release so that it doesn't pump too much or too noticeably. Lastly, I dither down to a 16bit WAV.