is the loudness war really over??
Lately i've been hearing all over the place that "louder" masters are getting kind of pointless since every commercial streaming plattform just turns the music down to at least -14LUFs.
Since i've mastered some songs to sometimes up to -7LUFs (e.g. Kids don't smoke) and those sound QUIETER than most songs on spotify i've started wondering what the issue is, and wanted to ask here as well!
I'm aware that more dynamic range is usually for the better when your master is quite loud, especially for transients since those don't get killed quite as easily when you master at -12LUFs , but i remember quite well that like 3-5 years ago go everyone on the internet was still preaching "the louder the better"
just looking for some tipps & tricks for my mastering chain & how to end up with "better" tracks :))