Mastering For Streaming

<p>In this week&apos;s Podcast Julian is joined by Ashea and Ian Shepherd for a discussion about about mastering in the streaming age.<br/><br/>Ian Shepherd is a mastering engineer of 25 years experience who has become well known for his work around the detrimental effects of the loudness wars. He runs the <a href='https://productionadvice.co.uk/'>Production Advice blog</a> and hosts <a href='https://themasteringshow.com/'>The Mastering Show</a> podcast.<br/><br/>Talking Points<br/><br/></p><ul><li>Mastering for Streaming Platforms, let’s talk specifics</li><li>Loundness Normalisation and Album Normalisation</li><li>Loudness Wars, are they still a thing? Do we still need loud masters?</li><li>True Peak Limiters vs normal limiters</li><li>Clipping</li><li>Widening mixes</li></ul><p><b>Finds Of The Week<br/></b><br/></p><ul><li><b>Julian - Genelec GRADE Reports</b></li><li><b>Ashea - </b><a href='https://www.popeaudio.co.uk/'><b>Pope Audio</b></a></li><li><b>Ian - </b><a href='https://amcoustics.com/'><b>AM coustics</b></a><b>, </b><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15334664/'><b>Who Killed the KLF</b></a></li></ul>