Mastering

[BFT Gibson]

Lets talk mastering. Any tips...like RMS, LUFS, coding the song & album title. Making it work on monitors, cars, headphones etc

What to really hit for like -14, -12 ? Not understanding it all yet. What is that magic number of loudness versus squash i guess.

My website can load flac & mp3, can sell off it. Most places recommend mp3 so it will play everywhere..

Thanks

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Honest advice...mix well...leave headroom....seek a professional mastering house. Ask them for their preference for file format, and desired peak level for submission. Used to be a lot of them had good rates for bulk track submissions. I haven’t shopped in a while.
That said, you can get ok results at home, but mastering studios spend big $ on specialized monitoring and processing gear....some of them make magic happen.