livecollective wrote:if your home master doesnt sound as loud as other professional masters, there a lot of reasons the most common is:
1) shitty mix
2) too much low end in the mix, which forms point 1)
+1
too much emphasis on sending tracks to be mastered on the forum imo, get you mixes right at source, pay attention to the bass frequencies you are using, keep your bass tight, spectrum analyse your tunes and look for excess sub bass frequencies, if you've got big spikes below 40 Hz, go back and rethink the bass, change the notes or emphasise the first harmonic of the bass and back off the fundamental so the bass comes more upfront without taking up so much headroom.