You need to understand the concept of perceived volume when mixing. Your mix might be peaking at the 0dB level, but if the average loudness (RMS) is low, then your song isn’t going to be perceived as loud.
The problem is the peak volume does not indicate the average loudness of your track. Trust me, I spent my first few early years only looking at peak volume, and then wondering why my mix sounds so much softer than other commercial tracks after exporting it. Most amateur music producers only look at peak volume as their loudness indicator.
Unless you have a huge budget for your production project and can send your mixes to a mastering engineer, these loudness mastering tips will help you get your mix to commercial levels. Lucky for you, we’ve prepared 5 solid tips that will help you make your mix louder. So put simply mastering is a process to ensure that your music not only sounds commercially loud but sounds good on the common playback platforms, each with their limitations. Instead, prepare to find your audience listening to your music on their phones, in the car, on their laptop speakers, etc. The truth is, your audience probably don’t listen to your track with top-of-the-end studio monitors. Think about how your music would sound on a small radio or an iPhone speaker. Mastering is also a process that ensures that you mix sounds good on different audio systems. However, mastering isn’t all about making your music loud. This process of trying to make your music ‘commercially’ loud is known as mastering. Before publishing it, now you need to make your mix louder or at least, ‘commercially’ louder. You’ve just finished your mix on your DAW.
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