The mastering "trick" that will get you every time (don't fall for it) | Loudness bias example

[@michaeltablet8577]

Thank you again so very much! Videos are aways so very helpful! Hope you all have a Happy , healthy and prosperous New Year

[@MasteringExplained]

Thank you Michael! The same to you! ☀️ /Thomas

[@specialbeat]

Hi, great video. What A/B program is that please

[@cj_ayho]

Lol. While comparing i noticed only slight change of loudness, and wanted to ask - what's the difference? And later i got i was right on that. Just mixing experience 😂

[@EdgarRoock]

I noticed the expectation bias thing a couple of times when I was skimming through presets for a plugin and heard the difference only to realize afterwards that the plugin was not engaged after all. Uups.

[@MasteringExplained]

Yup, that happens! 👍🙂

[@tgfjrfjfgjgfj]

So relatable

[@endecisionsixteen]

Song ? Also phenomenal video

[@MasteringExplained]

Firstly Thank you! And also, we really liked that song too, you have the credits in the description. ☀️

[@sebastianhanzlik4644]

As a mastering engineers do you level your headphones to the specific loudness like we can do with speakers (For instance k-system) and what would be the best way to measure the loudness? Thanks

[@rost431]

The loudness is mesured with the dB LUFS of the file. Wich is the ratio between the highest and the lowest signal power. That's what you can see on the top right of the file visualisation in this video.

[@MasteringExplained]

We don't use the K-system, but there is more to say about monitoring levels. That could be the subject for a future video. 🙂 /Thomas

[@sebastianhanzlik4644]

@@rost431 yes, but I am talking about loudness that comes out of your speakers (headphones in this case). Its easy to measure speakers loudness with loudness meter but with headphones is not so easy.

[@rost431]

@@sebastianhanzlik4644 sorry i misanderstand you'r question. I'm not a pro, but i think you have to emulate the ear placement. So, with a mic really near one speaker it can be pretty acurate. I think you also need to switch off the other speaker to avoid any signal problemes.