{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F0c01e81d-2de2-49d3-9228-5442d6132493","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"The Mastering Show #95 - Loudness trends in 2024: should you follow them ? with Ian Stewart","description":"The Billboard Top 50 global singles from the first half of 2024 have an average loudness of -8.3 LUFS\n\nSo that\u2019s how loud we should be making our masters, right ?\n\nWell\u2026\n\nIt certainly might seem that way, but in reality it\u2019s a bit more complicated than that. This is only one of the interesting results that Ian Stewart presented in his latest blog post for iZoTope, and in this episode I asked him back on to really dig into some of the details and nuance.\n\nPlus I also wanted to talk to him about the amazing plug-in that got invented during the last episode he was on ! (Well, that\u2019s my story and I\u2019m sticking to it \ud83d\ude1b)\n\nDuring the show we talk about:\n\n * What that -8 LUFS average result REALLY means, and how much attention you should pay to it\n * Who the most successful artist in the Top 50 is, and the loudness statistics of their music\n * The problem with the title iZotope chose for the post\n * All the other results, trends and biases in the data\n * Basslane Pro, the plug-in Ian worked with Tone Projects to develop, why it\u2019s unique - and how The Mastering Show helped it happen !\n\nFull show notes on our site\nhttps://themasteringshow.com/episode-95","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e0b40a79-b3cf-4a43-8100-1e1bf2b8b0c7/artworks-1ts2v2v6gqpiv0k0-eneepq-t3000x3000.jpg"}