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Old 02-12-2023, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dilver View Post
Hey Guitaniac. You know, I have no idea what SoundCloud does, as I’m new to using it. But I have to believe they at least use some sort of limiter to get the levels of tracks people upload relatively even. The track I uploaded wasn’t mastered in any way, so it was like -18-14db max. And yet it still sounds pretty loud on SoundCloud.
SoundCloud does render an uploaded and posted sound file to their audio specs. I'm not sure but perhaps the "Pro" fee-based SoundCloud service's audio rendering offers higher fidelity than the "free" service most folks including me use.
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