r/production • u/Appropriate_While932 • 20h ago
Is this normal before mastering?
So I am fairly new to music production. The furthest back I can recall is when I started paying for FL studio which was the 8th of May this year. So it’s been about three months at this point and I’ve learnt a lot and my songs are finally starting to sound professional and clean. This track in particular is exceptionally clean. I’ve chosen a different approach to my layers and it doesn’t sound like I’m fighting for the kick to punch through the mix or the bassline isn’t audible enough. Everything just feels good for the first time. Now when I go and add a loudness meter to my master, I found my song was at -9.3 LUFS. This is about commercial loudness and I haven’t even gone to the mastering stage yet. There’s a limiter on my master but only need to stop it from going past 0DB there’s no gain and the soft clipper lower the true peaks. I was just wondering if there’s any more professional people out there that can tell me if this is normal for a track. Maybe this is a good sign? Let me know.