Youlean has been the most accurate in terms of determining the true peak level when mastering. As long as you don't go over zero, it won't distort in streaming. With that said, I always try to preserve a -0.3 to -0.4 dB margin of error, at least at the very loudest part of the song, and this plug in definitely helps me do that.
@dawsonkamenz8 ай бұрын
100% agree. Youlean makes it really clear what's actually happening with your audio and goes further than a regular dB meter. When I first learned about LUs and Youlean I was blown away haha. Thanks for checking out the video, take care.
@ChuckSilva5 ай бұрын
This is the best 'how to YouLean Meter' I've found---nice and to the point-THANK YOU Dawson!
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
wow thank you so much! glad it was informative
@Tintin___5 ай бұрын
which meter should i look to know how loud is my track? is it Integrated or some other?
@chukarec9 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH BROTHER! I ALREADY HAD A IMPLE IDEA ON HOW TO USE YOULEAN BUT YOU MADE MY DAY WITH ALL OF THIS
@dawsonkamenz9 ай бұрын
Wow thank you my friend. Would you be able to send this video to some other musicians? It would help the channel greatly. Take care!
@chukarec9 ай бұрын
@@dawsonkamenz unfortunately, all the musicians i know dont speak english nor understand english nor are interested in mastering :( im a music producer and im getting into the master stage of an album im producing for some clients and this video gave much confidence on how i want the album to sound like, although, you earn a subscriber :) you content is really good and helpful, it just hasnt exploted yet!
@dawsonkamenz9 ай бұрын
Forgot to reply, all good, thank you again so much. Hope the album mastering goes well man! @@chukarec
@michaelfarrow46482 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation, Dawson. 🙌 I love this meter and used the free version for a while. But I think it is so useful, I paid for the pro version -- support great ideas!
@dawsonkamenz2 ай бұрын
wow thank you! yes i can understand getting the upgrade... one of those plugins that's really worth it.
@blagxku12 күн бұрын
thanks for the explanation
@dawsonkamenz12 күн бұрын
you are absolutely welcome!
@lewiswilliams252217 күн бұрын
Thanks for the info and tips. Great video. Must say I'm a bit disappointed in that RODE Clip-on
@dawsonkamenz12 күн бұрын
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)
@ItsWesSmithYo3 ай бұрын
cool, FYI the big electronic producers blow the True Peak by 1 to 2 dB on most any track I have analyzed using the PRO version w/drag and drop function.
@dawsonkamenz3 ай бұрын
i see. they're bReAKiInG the RuLe!Sz!
@ItsWesSmithYo3 ай бұрын
@@dawsonkamenz it’s all TrUe
@tayzonday13 күн бұрын
Why is it that when I put major label pop music (like Dua Lipa - Levitating) through this . . . using MP3s downloaded from Amazon music as master references . . . it is majorly violating Spotify's loudness recommendation? Dua Lipa - Levitating comes in at -5.9 average LUFS and +0.9DB true peak max . . . so it's clear that massively successful tracks are ignoring these guidelines completely and cheating in the "loudness wars."
@dawsonkamenz12 күн бұрын
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
@dawsonkamenz12 күн бұрын
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'
@Mr.facts-885 ай бұрын
such a beautiful explanation thanks a lot
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
hey thank you so much!
@TheCelestineProph5 ай бұрын
Awesome presentation. Thanks for sharing. Cheers mate!!
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
Thank you sir have an amazing day!
@ronnieblanchet407225 күн бұрын
Go bless you homie! SOLI DEO GLORIA (To The Glory Of God Alone) Father, Son & Holy Spirit -Ronnie
@dawsonkamenz18 күн бұрын
you rock 🤓
@smonomono41944 ай бұрын
Bro thanks! Wish your channel the best success!
@dawsonkamenz4 ай бұрын
aw man thanks!
@waynecsmith514511 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation
@dawsonkamenz11 ай бұрын
Hey man thank you my friend 🤩
@kimbapx23 күн бұрын
Hi Dawson! So, the example track you've shared seems to go between 12-15 LUFS integrated. However, when you showed the graph to left showing the LUFS level that the majority of your song sits at. Is this normal? Is the goal still to just reach -14 LUFS when trying to upload to KZbin or Spotify? Also, you shared that I may have to clip the peaks of certain elements of the song to make sure that the true peaks do not go over -1 dB. If it causes distortion, what are some ways I can do so without causing distortion?
@dawsonkamenz18 күн бұрын
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 KZbin 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.
@woutvalcke6 ай бұрын
Very helpful video! Thanks man!
@dawsonkamenz6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful man thanks for watching!
@tashmusicc4 ай бұрын
Thanks man, this was very helpful :)
@dawsonkamenz4 ай бұрын
hey thanks T. glad it was helpful!
@JimsMusicLegacy8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video tutorial Dawson. I am getting only -19.6 integrated LUFS if I stay under -1.0 True Peak Max. How do I get my final mix to a higher Integrated LUFS without clipping, going above -1.0 True Peak Max?
@dawsonkamenz8 ай бұрын
Hey thank you for watching! If you want to bring your LUFS higher, like to -16 or -14 while still remaining under -1 true peak, you'll want to use a limiter which will limit and lower the peaks of your audio, in turn you'll have more 'headroom' which will allow you to increase overall loudness of your audio without passing your true peak of -1 dBs. Furthermore, you could use a compressor to reduce the dyamic range of your audio, again giving you more 'headroom.' This is a really short answer to a big question... But it will give you some direction. Use limiters, compression, and get more headroom. I have a tutorial on a free compressor on my channel called Kotelnikov.
@kaliyuga66134 ай бұрын
Very useful - thanks.
@dawsonkamenz4 ай бұрын
amazing :) thank you!
@sn8si5 ай бұрын
Great video! Would you say that -1.0db True Peak is a safe standard to go for, for most tracks? I know how to use Limiters but I don't know how to use Clippers, so I mostly control audio levels by manually mixing directly in the mixer for each individual channel/track.
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
hey thanks fam! to me, -1.0dBs true peak is safe generally/overall. i typically have that as the max true peak on any project i'm working on, but i know some people will push that further to -0.3dBs or -0.1dBs. The thing about the true peak and measuring dBs, is it safeguards your audio from demanding more from the speakers than they can give. The goal of that is really to prevent crackling/distortion. If you don't hear any distortion, then that's what really matters haha. Hope that kinda gets to your question. Thanks for the support fam
@sn8si5 ай бұрын
@@dawsonkamenz Awesome thank you
@sequoiaproductions56843 ай бұрын
Changing the channel configuration and select the available surround sound preset will increase the loudness. This is what i noticed after changing from stereo to Dolby surround sound.
@dawsonkamenz3 ай бұрын
thank you for this interesting comment... you've given me some stuff to research/study!
@raised-in-thailandАй бұрын
I was actually looking for something where you dont have to listen through the whole track to determine the LUFS integrated. Im using the internal multimeter in Final cut pro, but I cannot see that this is better in terms of not having to spend so much time getting the levels right. Sometimes I spend more time on adjusting sound levels (master) than the whole edit. It seems like our technology should have come far enough for us not to sit and jerk around with this. I find these measurments to be highly inacurate. Sometimes I upload my track to youtube just to check that I come in right. If I see between -0-1 and -1.0 I just use it. If not I try again and upload again. If KZbin can determine this after a quick analysis, so should we be able to without having to adjust the sound when you reach 17 min of an 18 min track, just to have to do it over again. Are you supposed to listen to your entire track 5-10 times just to get the right level? Once I made a video with Da Vinci and they had a way better solution for this, so it does exist.
@dawsonkamenzАй бұрын
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.
@dawsonkamenzАй бұрын
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
@billmakatowicz8603Ай бұрын
@@dawsonkamenz Indeed. Good point! Thanks for that.
@lee_the_underground_producer3 ай бұрын
So will this help eliminate artifacts and these platforms like Facebook and Instagram youtube nasty background noise and low volume and its compression?
@dawsonkamenz3 ай бұрын
ah hopefully this answers your question. if you get your master up to proper loudness (social media is usually -14 LUFS -0.1 dBs true peak) then the platforms won't have to increase or decrease the loudness of your audio. if they DO have to adjust the audio for their loudness standards, yes it can ruin the way your audio sounds and the final result will not be how you originally designed the audio. background noise, i think that will have to do more with your recording equip and processing.
@lee_the_underground_producer3 ай бұрын
@@dawsonkamenzI struggled with this for years thanks. Put this to use later on. Going to do some testing. Thanks bro
@dawsonkamenz3 ай бұрын
@@lee_the_underground_producerhopefully it helps man and don't hesitate to get back in touch 🤩 all the best!
@PitchWheel6 ай бұрын
I came here to understand how to to use this fantastic plugin and all I had is a list of definitions, all my doubts of non-professional passionate remain: what's the best lufs? what's the lufs range i want through the piece? what are pro and cons of different loudness ranges? how true peak affects loudness? what's real time dynamics? what's plr? I understand that this may go beyond the scope of this video, but to know what this video says I just read the manual
@dawsonkamenz6 ай бұрын
haha sorry man i should have included more in the video on actual loudness standards/pros and cons. good place to start though is just researching what loudness standards are on different platforms or the platform you publish to. Spotify is -14 LUFs for example
@SouthStreet24Media6 ай бұрын
Thanks bro.
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
thanks for watching fam
@missayegrizzle5 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
you bet. some really interesting sounds on VOID$ keep up the great work!
@Dj10thPower7 ай бұрын
What about for a mix down? Can it be used for that instead waiting until you get to the master? What levels would you set for a mix? Specifically hip hop and r&b music
@dawsonkamenz7 ай бұрын
Yes it could be used for a mixdown before getting to the master stage. I think the most important thing for a mix though is the amount of headroom you have. I don't believe getting an exact loudness level in a mix is that important, from what I know at least. Personally I like my mixes to be hitting around -12 to -6 dbs, regardless of genre. As far as loudness goes, I only worry about it once I'm mastering a beat. If you send your mixdowns to a mastering engineer, it's best to just leave a good amount of headroom so they have room to play around with in terms of loudness. Does that answer your question? Hope that helps.
@Dj10thPower7 ай бұрын
@dawsonkamenz yes that answers my question. Thank you so much for your reply.
@DanielBarro-x3l9 ай бұрын
but the question is what tool should help us lower those red peaks
@dawsonkamenz9 ай бұрын
Ah, if you're peaking you might want to implement a limiter, clipper or compressor with a high ratio. The red peaks on the loudness meter though don't necessarily denote peaking on your speakers... At the end of the day, a true peak higher than 0.0 dBs is gonna need some limiting/clipping though.
@dawsonkamenz9 ай бұрын
I hope I got to the point of your question!
@oleholstarnet4 ай бұрын
Why doesn't my limiter change the loudness shown on the YouLean Meter?
@dawsonkamenz4 ай бұрын
uhm... could be that your limiter is after your loudness meter on your fx chain. make sure youlean is last because it will reflect the changes of everything before it
@dawsonkamenz4 ай бұрын
hope that helps man let me know if it's still not working!
@shanehen3 ай бұрын
Isn't it Loudness Units Full Scale?
@dawsonkamenz3 ай бұрын
it's both 🤷🏻♂️
@SinfidelityMusic4 ай бұрын
So u went into great detail of the interface but then completely skipped how to actually get audio into it?!?! I tried opening a file and also dragging a wav in bit got the message only for pro users. wtf. How do I use this stupid thing ?
@dawsonkamenz4 ай бұрын
hahaha sorry dude. it doesn't affect audio just reads it. put it at the end of your mastering chain, everything you put before it will affect the plugins data.
@TortugaBossa3 ай бұрын
😂bro
@beatsbydamnboy36612 ай бұрын
😂😂very naive
@MorreskiBear2 ай бұрын
I had the same questions, and was saddened to see how others "answered" you. Did you get it working? I thought it would initially just "listen" to my computer's audio output, but I had to jump through hoops to make it work. I managed to get my very old Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12 to acknowledge the plug in, after which I able to add it to my "master" audio track and finally monitor the audio output.
@TheGaslightDistrict26 күн бұрын
i got 3.0 lufs with 16.3 db peak max, i think im cooked 😭
@dawsonkamenz18 күн бұрын
hahaha you gotta slap on a hard limiter
@prichyrich6 ай бұрын
-9 is cd quality just saying
@dawsonkamenz5 ай бұрын
yessir cd is a lot louder than spotify or youtube
@MendingSilence8 ай бұрын
Yo
@dawsonkamenz8 ай бұрын
🙋🏻♂️
@MendingSilence8 ай бұрын
@@dawsonkamenz your video was the best I’ve seen on this plug-in :-) I still have some issues with my mixing and gain staging so if your able to chat with me and help me on that I could show you a project I got going on if so, is there somewhere better we could discuss this?