26-06-2018, 08:25 PM
(21-06-2018, 12:09 PM)Digitaldruglord Wrote: I prefer to operate competitively. [...]
fwiw 2017 and 2018 grammy winners for best engineered album (david bowie - blackstar, bruno mars - 24k magic) have very different tones. bowie being very 'smooth' and mars 'snappy'. in dense parts both are pushing -5 rms or even louder. in my ears they sound great, and i dont think that the 'loudness' is issue with them, or with your (or mine) or any other mixes here. mostly it's just instrument or frequency balance stuff.