Did the Foo Fighters just go “Death Magnetic” ? I started seeing loads of people talking about how distorted the new album sounds. I took a listen and asked if people would like me to make a video, and they said "Yes", so here it is - take a listen for yourself ! youtu.be/rygih4Q-c0w?...

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One. Last. Meme ! Catch all the replays here: www.dynamicrangeday.co.uk/live See you next year ! #DynamicRangeDay

Join us for the final #DynamicRangeDay livestream at 9:30 GMT ! And catch up on all the livestreams here: www.DynamicRangeDay.co.uk/live

Talking to Justin Gray, whose Grammy-winning album "Immersed" has GREAT dynamics in both Atmos AND stereo justingraysound.com/immersed/ for #DynamicRangeDay

OG memes FTW ! #DynamicRangeDay

Welcome to #DynamicRangeDay 2026 ! Here's what's happening:

Tomorrow is #DynamicRangeDay - help spread the word by sharing a meme or two ! Nab the pics here: www.facebook.com/DynamicRange... More info: www.DynamicRangeDay.com #musicproduction #audioProduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musicsky

This years's #DynamicRangeDay Award nominees include... Bruno Mars - The Romantic Justin Gray - Immersed Halina Rice - Evolve U2 - Days of Ash Gesaffelstein - Enter The Gamma (Live) Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Luminal Full list: www.dynamicrangeday.com/award Who do YOU think should win ?

How much difference SHOULD mastering make ? New video - comparing the new master of a re-mixed album with the original. How do they sound, and why ? More info: productionadvice.co.uk/ember-rev/ #musicproduction #audioProduction #audiosky #mixingandmastering #musicsky

Loved @joemuggs.bsky.social’s perfomance collaboration thing with @timexile.com at the Timbers launch event last month, and really enjoyed reading this too…

About to watch this for the 8th time… Amazing work by Gary Hustwit & @brendandawes.xyz

Really appreciate the replies so far. One thing im hoping is that we can get more so that we can start looking at the differences between subsets of data. E.g. we only have 40 entries by full-time audio professionals so far. Take the survey: forms.gle/u2Wr9pezJPC2...

I don't think that announcement went as planned.

OK #GameAudio BlueSky, if I’m interested in finding out more about the nitty-gritty of audio in games, should I look at tutorials for WWISE or FMOD ?

I need a binaural recording of this… /via @joshdenton

Seeing lots of doom & gloom but @timexile.com has a very interesting and informed perspective on the @nativeinstruments.bsky.social situation...

I'm pleased to announce Version 1.5 of my Loudness Penalty Studio application ! The upgrade is free for existing users & adds multiple simple but powerful features - see video below 50% off for plugin owners and 30% off for new users ! Full details 👉 www.meterplugs.com/loudness-penalty-studio

I’m a lapsed trombone player, and always felt a bit sad that it wasn’t a very… cool instrument. I may have to revise this opinion

The Equal LUFS Illusion Equal LUFS means it'll sound the same loudness, right ? Often yes, but it's not *always* that simple... More info: productionadvice.co.uk/equal-lufs/

I mastered this song for Patrick De Caumette back in 2023 - so cool to see it used as the soundtrack for an award-winning video !

Loving everything about this…

Most music streaming services have a Distribution Loudness of -14 LUFS. So if you master above that, the level will be reduced so it’s important to check you’re happy with the results of that situation, IMO But also, many people in have questions about how loud things “should” be mastered…

Interesting, I was thinking mainly of music but of course dialogue is another important use-case. And yes, in broadcast we have no choice but to pay attention 👍

Love that you put the course to such great use, Steve !

Do you find LUFS measurements useful ? If not, what's your biggest frustration or challenge?

New post: Decoding the Loudness Paradox

Trust me, dither has no effect on POW 😛

For 24-bit the choice of dither doesn’t matter - just simple triangular is fine. For 16-bit it still doesn’t matter very much, there are so many exotic varieties at this point you may as well just choose one you like the name of 😛 Most DAWs have plenty of options & lots of people like Good Dither

Great question - it depends if your goal is to match the loudness of the reference. If it is, I wouldn’t touch the level, I’d just set the limiter at -1, and still match the loudness (peaks tell us nothing about loudness) I’d suggest a different approach though - details in the next reply !

New episode - What IS 'translation' in mastering, and how do you achieve it ?

This is why I love Endlesss

Great advice from Steve as always

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OK this could be legitimately life-changing

Any OpenCore ninjas on here ? For some reason my Blue Yeti mic isn't being recognised under Monterey, even though it's visible in System Profiler. It still works normally booting back into Mojave though. (This is a 5,1 using Martin Lo) Thanks for any ideas !

Finally succeeded in upgrading my ancient cheese-grater to Monterey this week, but it was even more painful than anticipated - and there were 2 sets of cables in this box that made it possible ! Never throw anything away…😂

This is so cool !!! ❤️🐉

Very excited about the launch of Version 2 of my Dynameter plugin, which we announced last week ! I’ve had lots of questions about the new features, so here’s a short video showing you how they work 👍 Explainer vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhQP...

Discover the density and dynamics of your music – and why they matter ! I’m running a free livestream on Friday 25th showing you several different ways to increase the density of your music, why you might want to, and how to know exactly how much you need: www.homemastering.com/register

Such a great evening celebrating my amazing @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social ‘s new book ! ❤️

Great day on Tuesday at the @solidstatelogic.bsky.social Oracle desk launch at Real World Studios Catching up with people like Emre and Julian IRL (plus so many others !) and nerding out is always fun, especially in such beautiful surroundings ! Thanks to @recordprod.bsk.social for the invite !

THIS. IS. AMAZING ❤️ (He’s my boy so clearly I’m biased but is really IS, isn’t it ?!)

Thanks to @mattboudreauaudio.bsky.social for asking me back on the @workingclassaudio.bsky.social podcast ! We talked about the current state of mastering, AI’s growing role, work/life balance, and in-the-box vs. out-of-the-box mastering. Full episode: www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-549-with...

Because there’s much more to perceived loudness than the LUFS value. Things like the performance, arrangement and choice of sounds, EQ balance, density, intensity, internal dynamics, saturation, distortion, stereo image etc etc…

Because we don’t have a target. *They* have a Distribution Loudness (usually-14) that *they* reduce loud songs (to prevent user complaints) but we don’t need to pay attention. Master it so is sounds great, and let them adjust the playback level.

My Dynameter plugin is an attempt - version 2 almost ready to release… www.meterplugs.com/dynameter

Thanks so much to @mattboudreauaudio.bsky.social for asking me fun questions for the 100th episode of The Mastering Show ! Make sure you check out his Working Class Audio podcast if you aren’t already in the loop !

Great to see The Mastering Show listed as one of the Top 10 audio engineering podcasts by Feedspot ! 👍 podcast.feedspot.com/audio_engine...

Remember this post ? IT WORKS !!! (But shhh, don’t tell anybody 😛)