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Reaper: Mastering And Rendering

  1. Add 'ReaLimit' FX to master track.
  2. Add 'Loudness Meter Peak/RMS/LUF' FX to master track.
  3. Adjust the threshold in the limiter, until LUFS-I in meter is what you want.
  4. To hear the effect of the limiter threshold without the change in volume, check the Link option.
  5. These two plugins use quite a bit of CPU, so should be disabled until rendering is required.

Generally speaking, it is recommended to aim for a range between -14 and -16 dB LUFS.

Spotify -14 LUFS
Apple Music -16 LUFS
Amazon Music -9 to -13 LUFS
Youtube -13 to -15 LUFS
Deezer -14 to -16 LUFS
CD -9 LUFS
Soundcloud -8 to -13 LUFS

Rendering

  • Preview (dry run) render. Ideally:
    • Peak -0.1
    • Clip: 0
    • LUFS-I: Refer to table
  • To prevent clipping:
    • Add JS: Event Horizon Limiter/Clipper to master track.
    • Threshold: 0.0 (no change in LUFS-I) or decrease to make louder
    • Ceiling: -0.1
    • Release: 0.0
  • 2nd pass render: checked
  • Resample mode: r8brain free
  • Normalize ON, LUFS-I, -10 LU Make sure the track is mastered correctly as above.
  • Format: MP3 (encoder by LAME project)
  • Mode: Target quality (VBR), Maximum q=0 (slow)
  • Quality: 70

Hear the effect of the limiter

This trick will enable you to hear the effect of the limiter without changing the volume.

  1. Add JS: Event Horizon Limiter/Clipper to master track.
  2. Threshold: 0.0
  3. Ceiling: -0.0
  4. Release: 0.0
  5. Select Edit button.
  6. Scroll down to @slider.
  7. Add slider2=slider1; afterwards.
  8. Threshold & Ceiling are now linked. Decrease the Threshold to hear the artifacts of the limiter.
reaper_mastering_and_rendering.1726636287.txt.gz · Last modified: 2024/09/18 05:11 by stephen

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