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Introduction (0:52)
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Why Loudness is Important (4:34)
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Peak Normalization & Limiting (4:30)
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Conversion to MP3 & AAC (3:24)
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Playback Headroom (8:03)
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How Loud Should You Make Your Track? (7:29)
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Measuring Loudness: LUFS & RMS (11:23)
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Int vs Momentary vs Short Term LUFS (5:11)
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How to Measure a Genre (2:31)
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Advanced Limiting Concepts (7:34)
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True Peak Limiting (3:09)
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Fletcher Munson Curves (9:39)
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Waveform Choice (3:20)
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Panning (3:29)
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DC Offset (2:28)
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What Affects Loudness? (7:01)
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Macro Loudness (3:10)
Adam Pollard aka Multiplier, delivers videos on an invaluable topic, loudness. Understanding loudness gives you an edge when mixing, mastering, or just preparing your tracks and songs for further processing or release. See why with these tutorials!
Adam welcomes you and starts with why loudness is important to understand, and then explores perceived loudness, normalization, and the consequences for playback dynamic range when applying these processes. Then learn all about peak normalization and limiting, and the important to note consequential loudness vs dynamic range tradeoff.
Throughout the rest of the series you'll learn highly useful topics and techniques such as converting audio to MP3 & AAC formats, playback headroom, how loud should you make your track, measuring loudness with both LUFS and RMS, loudness matching, what exactly you should compare to your loudness to and what workflow is best to use, advanced limiting concepts, true peak limiting, Fletcher Munson Curves, DC Offset, what affects loudness and so much more.
See the individual tutorial descriptions for more info. If you produce, mix or master music, you have to know the inner workings of loudness and how it applies to today's music technology. Get going on the right foot and improve your mixes and masters... Watch"Loudness Explained" today.
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Reviews
Submitted 5 days ago
Finally getting a grasp on the concept of loudness!
This series has explained to me the importance of loudness levels in different music genres, something I wasn't aware of, and a host of other pertinent information with LUFS, RMS and Peak metering.
I am a: Professional, Musician
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Very helpful. A lot!!
It helped me to understand a little better the relation between the math and perception.
I am a: Professional, Audio Engineer, Ableton Live, Cubase
Submitted 1 month ago
Useful for seasoned engineers too
Multiplier is a superb teacher, and I am pleasantly surprised at how many useful bits of information I got from this series despite being a fairly experienced producer/engineer and having read books like Mastering Audio by Bob Katz. Great!
I am a: Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer
Submitted 2 months ago
Concepts were good, but presentation leaves a lot to be desired.
His voice and presentation is quite a bit irritating. Abnormal pauses everywhere ......to.....perhaps....emphasize.....some....words.....Maybe.......strikes me that he just recited..... all..........the......... words......... in...... the ..........instructional, then had someone cut...... and...... paste...... each...... word....... to....... make a sentence. The examples are straight forward and clear. Personally I wouldn't ever get another of his videos as I could learn as much reading on my own and adding my...own...pauses....if .....I....really....need....to...
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase, Studio One
Response from Customer Service:
It's true that not everyone likes every author on our site. Sometimes an accent or style of speaking doesn't work for someone and that is why we offer a lot of different authors to choose from. Not only can you find someone who's style and presentation you like, but you can use multiple authors to get different perspectives on the same material.
I hope you have a look a our other authors for comparison and then you can start applying the concepts to your own projects!
Submitted 3 months ago
Good job
I am so excited for this video
I am a: Hobbyist, Sound Designer, Pro Tools
Submitted 3 months ago
Useful but could be improved.
I agree with the previous review about the delivery. Distracting style. Also, some of the side-trips and tangents could be streamlined. I also found some of the software examples and much of the audio examples used to be a bit "specific" where a little more "generic" or common would be a better choice. There is a lack of structure. I believe building a foundation, then expanding on the concepts create a better presentation. This on kind of jumps around with little association between subtopics at times.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Mixcraft
Response from Customer Service:
We're glad you found the tutorial useful. This is a subject that is often misunderstood and a lot of beginners (and some more advanced) could learn a lot from these examples.
And although the author does like to cover a variety of subtopics within each video, the individual videos within the tutorial are specific to a subject so you can skip around or watch in order!
Submitted 3 months ago
Good Series
Really good series, but the instructor speaks VERY choppy (to the point of being distracting). Also, I like for these instructors to repeat concepts and procedures, but there is a lot of overkill, and I found myself moving forward to avoid the redundancy. I love Groove 3, and have been a subscriber for the last few years (and prepaid for he next couple), and have learned much from every video series I have seen. This is the only review I've posted, and only because it is fixable for the instructor.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cubase
Submitted 3 months ago
Intelligent, concise presentation.
Nuts and bolts presentation of Loudness. His discussion about RMS and loudness was revealing. Would like to hear his opinion about mixing against pink noise. Jolly good show.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Pro Tools
Submitted 3 months ago
Good examples and explanations
Builds a solid foundation on the fundamentals of loudness. A companion tutorial with a workshop/lab approach would be a very useful follow-up. Be sure to cover examples in multiple genres.
I am a: Professional, Audio Engineer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason, Reaper, Studio One
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started producing music just over 5 years ago, right about when Skrillex's Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP dropped.
2. What training have you had?
I'm fully self-taught, and haven't had any formal training. I use online resources and learn a lot by talking to other producers about how they do things too.
3. When did you get into recording?
(same answer as number 1)
4. People you have worked with/for?
DJTechTools, iZotope, Output, CAPSUN Pro Audio, Loopmasters, Plugin Boutique, Industrial Strength, 5Pin Media
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I've had a lot of experience in the EDM space, from producing tracks and sample packs that have charted on sites like Beatport, through to DJing internationally and running a record label. And on the training side I've produced thousands of tutorials, and also tutor people one to one.
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