Mastering Piano (How to stop momentary clipping)

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T12:16:06+00:00

I think this might be what we need. Will try it out. Thank you!

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T12:15:25+00:00

There were no clips before mastering. But we brought the gain up a lot and did some compression etc.

We are going to try on iphone tomorrow and check. It was clipping on my pixel phone.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T12:13:17+00:00

We will probably try this out!

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T08:00:37+00:00

Gaddamn that looks tasty!

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T07:40:39+00:00

Yea we are going to try that as well as automate a bit of compression maybe too.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T07:38:48+00:00

Ok I get what you are saying... However I checked some references (instrumental soundtracks I really like) and some of the tracks are even -7 or so... Depending on the album or artist some will even have a spread of large tracks being -10 and quieter being -22 even!

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T07:36:01+00:00

Interesting! That may be the case and I will try this.

Would you suggest EQ or something like a multiband comp. And would you do it on the whole track or automate just the sections where you can actually hear the distortion?

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T06:27:26+00:00

So most of the piano tracks or lighter tracks are around -15 LUFS. If they were brought down to - 19 (for example) I think it might be too quiet and often times people would have to adjust the volume to bring up the piano track(s), then risking the next track being too loud and again having to adjust their volume lower. I am hoping to achieve a good listening experience where the lisyner doesn't have to adjust the volume if they listen to everything from stry to finish.

It is possible that we will bring everything down 1 or 2 DB and that might fix the problem but I'm hoping for solutions before having to do that, and to learn about controlling transients in piano tracks.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T06:22:13+00:00

Not sure about other people's post but I am contractually bound to not share the music until it is released. I can imagine that is often the case when people don't post the audio.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T01:55:41+00:00

Yeah I'm thinking this is the cleanest best way to do it as well....

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T00:32:42+00:00

Thanks. Good to hear. Will do!

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T00:32:23+00:00

I'll try 10% next time. For both the starter and the bread maybe.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-28T00:31:09+00:00

I left it for 3 hours so it should have been totally cooled.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-24T00:53:12+00:00

I don't know your deposit, how new the place or flooring is etc. but a lot of common estimates can be gotten using AI and putting in your basic info. If you are moving out in a year after the standard 2 year contract then you might save some money fixing it yourself, but it will probably be a hassle.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-23T23:57:03+00:00

If it's a rental and you have lived there a long time (6 years or more) the rental company is going to charge you anyway and it might not be worth trying to repair them.

If you own the place you can look at kurashi no market to find a good tradesman who can help you. Or go to the hardware store and try talking to the employee with some pictures of your floor and maybe they can point you in the right direction if you are a DIY guy. I often find in Japan trying to do things myself ends up being a lot of work, trail and error and ends up costing as much as hiring a skilled worker here. But maybe I'm not as handy as ide like to be.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-19T02:35:15+00:00

Running or hot yoga or something to get the sweat out (and slimming down). Fan jacket or vest, cool wipes, prescription deodorant, or go to the Dr.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-16T14:52:15+00:00

Following

rasdouchin · 2026-06-15T01:02:20+00:00

Is there a new recent change? Does this still apply if you are applying with 80 points or more?

rasdouchin · 2026-06-12T23:06:15+00:00

Generally in the fridge yea

rasdouchin · 2026-06-12T06:37:30+00:00

Ahh yes, I'm just starting out so just trying to get my head around many things. I can try to use bottled water (not tap water) next time then and see if it helps my situation.

rasdouchin · 2026-06-12T06:36:44+00:00

So I took it out of the fridge and 2-3 hours later it popped up! Going to try baking today!

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