I had to automate the volume fader as well as manually adjust gains and re-normalize parts in the sample beforehand.
Hornet autogain vs waves vocal rider free#
I guess the only time I've used a similar meter, the free T oneboosters EBU Loudness meter (no auto-gain) with its ability to plot loudness over time, was to check, like you, vocals (but a sample) that fluctuated all over the map in terms of loudness and peaks. Perhaps the LUFS meters do a better job keeping loudness in check. Bitflipper! I always appreciate your responses! So you're using it as the last item on your mastering chain, which is what I suppose I do when I check RMS values on the meter in Ozone. I've never had success with auto-gain plugins, except in very specific situations such as balancing multi-part vocal harmonies. Above -6 and you should take up some less-technical hobby, like concrete pouring. I have it and its a pretty cool vocal rider/bass rider type plug that happens to be on sale for 11 euros at the moment, with a free demo on the developers site. If it's above -8, that means you're just too frickin' loud, regardless of genre. In addition to Reapers parameter modulation functionality, you can check out HoRNet AutoGain Pro. If the meter informs you that it's above -10 (long-term), then your song is going to be noticeably turned down on normalized streaming services such as YouTube, iTunes or Pandora. I shoot for -12 or -11 long-term and try to stay below -8 short-term, but don't worry too much if the short-term occasionally pops up to -6.
Hornet autogain vs waves vocal rider upgrade#
It's the latter you want to watch most carefully. Waves Marroquin Signature bundle 45 Waves Musicians 2 bundle 9 Waves Electric piano 9 Soniccouture Conservatoire 69 BigFishAudio Vintage Strings 59 Vir2 Q 25 Embertone Crystal Flute 10 Hornet AutoGain Pro upgrade with freebie 4 HGsounds Cassette and soon 8 freebies 15 Nucleus Soundlab Pantheon III for Reason 1.5 Not on BF sale but. LUFS meters give you two values: short-term and long-term loudness. It's main value is to provide an objective reality check for overall loudness.
Bitflipper I use a LUFS meter on every project, but only as the last plugin in the mastering chain.