Mastering The Mix Levels

Mastering The Mix Levels

Mastering The Mix Levels: Ever felt that your music could have sounded better? There are so many technical details to focus on when mixing and mastering that mistakes are common.

 

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Mixing and metering audio plugin

LEVELS has presets for CD, Club, Streaming, Youtube and more to help you make sure your music sounds great wherever its heard.

No More Confusion

Metering is boring and confusing, but necessary if you want to create pro-sounding music. LEVELS was created to make metering simple for artists who want to stay in their creative flow. If an issue is detected with your music, the problematic section will glow red. All green = no issues and you can get back to making music.

Sound Great Everywhere

Get your music sounding it’s best on any playback platform.

True Peak

The central display has a true peak meter which gives you a reading of how close your track is to 0dBTP [decibels true peak]. Each bar represents 1dB [decibel] and each preset has a threshold that we recommend you don’t breach to get the best listening experience from that playback method (i.e Spotify). The goal is to keep your audio below the threshold and in the lower green half. If your audio breaches the threshold, the meter will start moving into the upper red half and it will turn the PEAK icon red as seen in the image above.

LUFS

The LUFS measurement scale is extremely accurate at displaying the perceived loudness of audio material. It’s a useful insight to have whilst both mixing and mastering. Navigate to these LUFS meters by clicking the LUFS icon. There is a short-term LUFS meter on the left and an integrated LUFS meter on the right. Similarly to the true peak meter, each bar represents 1 unit.

Stereo Field

The vectorscope displays your audios placement in the stereo field. When the image is spread out across the circle, your master is wide. When the image is simply one thin line down the middle, your master is mono. The L-R [Left Right] meter at the bottom of the central display area shows how even the left and right outputs are. If the pointer is central, then your music is evenly balanced between the two speakers. If you have an unbalanced output the pointer will hover either too far left or right and will glow red, this will also turn the STEREO FIELD icon red.

Stereo Filter

The FILTER in the Stereo Field section allows you to isolate certain frequencies in the master to view their stereo placement. This is useful to see which frequencies are placed more centrally in the mix and which frequencies are placed wider.

Dynamic Range

The oscilloscope in the central display circle will react to the audio material passing through LEVELS. The visuals will immediately show you how dynamic your music is. If your music has a dynamic range above the set threshold, the oscilloscope will glow green. And if your music approaches the threshold it will begin to turn orange. If your music breaches the threshold, the oscilloscope will turn red.

Loudness Range

Loudness Range [Measured in LU (loudness Units)] will tell you the statistical measure of loudness variation of your entire track. This long-term reading will give you an idea of the difference in volume between the verse, chorus and other sections of your track. If your track has a loudness range of less than 3LU for more than 30 seconds than the section icon will turn red.

Bass Space

BASS SPACE identifies if any channels within your mix are outputting unwanted low frequencies. You will only be able to use Bass Space on a stem master (music bounced into groups with kick and bass separated), not on a stereo master (just one audio file).

System Requirements

Mac

OS X 10.15 or higher. 64-bit AU, VST 2/3 or AAX host.
Apple Silicon Native.

Windows

Windows 10 or higher. 64-bit VST 2/3 or 64-bit AAX host.

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