Loud mastering for Spotify
How to get loud masters on Spotify? Step 1: Mastering Spotify—and other streaming services—will apply loudness normalization to your track. To sound louder, you’ll need clear transients. Instead of compressors and limiters, use clippers to preserve your transients (set your project to 16-bit and push your tracks into the red to clip them; normalize your master to -1 dBTP afterwards). Step 2: Music composition When an orchestra plays a piece, people at the back need to be able to hear the melody. To achieve this, composers will layer their melodies—in unison or octaves—and they’ll make sure each melody is played in an octave range that works well for the orchestra. You can use these tips to sound louder: • Layer your instruments (in unison or octaves). • Use clear octave ranges (higher octaves have more perceived loudness than lower ones). • Choose instruments with a clear timbre. • Use chord voicings that sound clear. • Use fewer notes in the low end, and more notes in the ...