Видео

wow you are so welcome. thank you for the kind words!

you are absolutely welcome!

d.e.w.⚡️

the short answer... some people just don't care, and loudness levels probably is not as important as it's often made out to be

my idea about this concept is that a great song with production that 'breaks the rules' will always outperform a bad song with production that 'follows the rules'

haha i am so glad it was helpful for you! the mic is better than it seems... some user error, ironically, the levels were not set very well lol (while i'm trying to teach loudness haha)

To answer your first question, if your goal is -14 LUFS, ideally you want as much of your audio to hit that level, but there will most likely be short moments where it goes above or below. That's okay. Generally, a range of plus or minus 2 LUFS is fine. But keep in mind that if more of your audio is reaching above that -14 LUFS level, it will have to be lowered by Spotify or RUclips or whatever platform you're uploading to. That can change the character of your audio that you took time to craft. All in all, try to keep it within plus or minus 2 LUFS of your -14 LUFS goal, and aim for MOST of the audio to be reaching your -14 LUFS goal. To answer the distortion when clipping, you will find that if you limit or clip audio a lot at once, let's say you limit audio by 8 dBs, you're more likely to distort the sound. If you limit a little bit, i.e., one or two dBs, then compress a little bit, limit a bit more and so on, you'll find that each limiter or compressor is not having to work so hard, they're all 'teaming up' to bring the audio down to a desired dB level, resulting in less distortion. Of course, the quality of your limiter and compressor will come into play, and they all will alter the character of your audio in more or less subtle ways, depending on their quality.

you rock 🤓

hahaha you gotta slap on a hard limiter

that sounds like so much work. i found the same issue, where i wouldn't really know the true levels until i played through the whole song, and it takes a lot of time collectively. i would cheat sometimes and just play the loudest part of the track to check levels. i do know the pro version of this plugin would give you the ability to drag and deop your audio and get data from that. obviously double check though before spending money! the youlean website is really good and informative.

i will mention that there is increasingly more softwares which will export at a specified loudness level. FL studio for sure has this, you can master your tracks in FL studio and set the loudness. Even Adobe Media Encoder can export at a specified loudness. If you're really concerned about the peaking, you could rely on those tools. If you're more concerned about the feel of the master, yes doing it by hand or by yourself is probably best. Although, I feel that stressing so much about a tiny loudness difference is a bit counterproductive... depends on what you're working on obviously... but i try personally not to worry too much about the small details

@@dawsonkamenz Indeed. Good point! Thanks for that.

ahaha improv is a whole other thing... improving more so comes from knowing chords and scales, not so much learning licks i think. ya, generally i try to translate into other chords or at least recognize the pattern

@@dawsonkamenz I know all chords and all scales for example, but when you're improvising you don't have time to think, you need to play quickly some phrase in some key, and I think for this I just need to remember many licks from many keys and practice them a lot to play them quickly, without thinking , or am I wrong ?

yo 🫨

uh some jazz songs 😂 haha i don't know lol

wow thank you. i really appreciate that

god bless you

bless you

thank you!

you are so kind! thank youuu!

wow thank you!

hey thank you 🤓 have a great day

@@dawsonkamenz you too

wow that's amazing! ya i remember always wanting the radio or a cd playing as a kid when i would sleep, and then even as a teenager i would always play jazz while i slept lol 😂 as a kid it helps you feel safe though

thanks for the comment 🤓

@@dawsonkamenz Jajajaja, we all relate in the oddest ways! I sometimes still play music when im sleeping, and i sometimes actually do fall asleep LOL!

thank you 🤓

thank you for the nice comment 😀

yabadabadoo! thanks!

🙂

thank you 😀

😎

hey man thank you!

wow thank you! yes i can understand getting the upgrade... one of those plugins that's really worth it.

hahhaa nice

So, your favorite character from One piece is Black Maria?! 😮😮😮 you mean that you like the deadliest pirate from One Piece?!

wow 🤯. that means a lot coming from a legit fan haha 💖💖 love it! have a great day!

@@dawsonkamenz Anytime. You too! Keep up the quality content.

u so sweet

thank yooou!

Its not copying imo either because Its like at the end of the day someone has ALWAYS done at least one thing before you did it doesn’t mean you weren’t creative just because just means they beat you to the idea thats all, sometimes when i sample music or if im tapping out some drums on whatever im using to produce when they’re quantized sometimes they become very stiff or repetitive or they’re too perfect if that makes sense Dilla taught me that human feel and crazy swing cant always come from a machine

@@Eazy_mani It's definitely a sometimes thing because some programmed on grid quontised beats can sound good and can sound bad depending on what else is going on but I do think that played in drums just sounds more real.

@@HOLLASOUNDS yeaa thats what i meant by too perfect as in like it doesn’t have that real sound to it

@@Eazy_mani Also depends on the genra and sub genre for example Lo Fi Hiphop sounds good off grid, vs Trap that sounds better on grid. Drum n Bass, Trance, Dub Step all all on grid.

you bring up a good point. i guess it would be inaccurate to say dilla was the one who started doing loose drums. messing with time has been individually discovered by many other musicians, elvin jones comes to mind. and probably a lot of producers shift timing of elements in their beats to match the specific style they're aiming for.

wow thank you! it's no song of determination though 😎 just finished listening to that, i especially like the story of it which you wrote in the description. thanks again have a good one 💪🏻

@@dawsonkamenz Thanks a lot, I appreciate it! Keep up the good work!

thanks rob 😎

His Legacy is cemented. Never forgotton.

Really sad man. Sorry he didnt get to live a long life.

his life ended short but his legacy continues onward. really an impactful human!

hey. thank you so much, i'm glad you enjoyed 😊

i really appreciate the comment. so glad the vids are helpful to you'

thank you! well i'm glad these vids were helpful to you, even if the rest of my channel is more producer/musician based

yo u rock! thanks!

hey thank yooou!

thanks homie 😮

thanks 😎

hey. wow thank you so much, it means a lot. yes, i listen to him especially when i need to be inspired and humbled haha. i really appreciate you leaving this comment. have you read the book DillaTime? it's a great read if you want further study. have a great day!

@@dawsonkamenz i have Dilla time and I am actually Reading it now and I am loving it !

it's both 🤷🏻‍♂️