SAMPLED#lufs
3 stories
Stories tagged #lufs on Sampled — sound, style, and scenes, all in one place.
What Is LUFS, and How Loud Should Your Song Be for Streaming?
LUFS explained simply: what the number means, why streaming services turn loud songs down, and the loudness targets to aim for.
How to prepare your mix for mastering: headroom, file format and the checklist
What to bounce, how much headroom to leave, what to do about the limiter on your master bus, and the exact file and paperwork a mastering engineer expects.
Gain Staging Explained: The Producer's Guide to Clean Headroom, Honest Plugins, and Louder Mixes
Everything you actually need to know about setting levels in a modern DAW — the physics behind 0 dBFS, why -18 dBFS is the magic number, DAW-by-DAW steps, and a worked example you can copy on your next session.