Pushing your mix to commercial loudness

[Borderline]

I just finished a track and was trying to match the loudness of commercial tracks. The refference track I used peaked at -6,5 RMS in the Voxengo Span analyzer and it still sounded clear. I only got my track to peak at -9,0 RMS and then it started to distort. How is it possible to push up the gain so much without distorting? Are there thing you can do while mixing? Do you need to do specific things during "mastering"?

[Lee.]

No, rather you need to do it in the mixing stag...

[Borderline]

I can imagine that by cutting with EQ you get r...

[Lee.]

because you'll overwork the plugs on your maste...

[Ainch]

Borderline wrote:I can imagine that by cutting ...

[audiosabre]

Borderline wrote:How is it possible to push up ...

[Perfect Human]

Try putting this on your master track. Hax.PNG

[AgentJ]

I thought Loudness war was over ? Louder doesnt...

[Subliminal Message]

Borderline wrote:I just finished a track and wa...

[clint]

Here is a track I am working on whereas no comp...

[m.letcher]

I've heard that the trick to mixing for 'loudne...

[alpineviking91]

As nearly everyone here has already suggested, ...

[hidrux]

Soft Clipping and distortion. l've pushed track...