things don't need to be -12RMS to sound good
I think a lot of this is due to a overwhelming flux of new producers and would-be mastering engineers thinking mastering = slam the track with a hard limiter despite whether or not the track needs it.
in a world where everything has gone digital and labels favoring quantity over quality releases, the real mastering engineer is not necessary a dying breed, but a commodity fewer and fewer people are willing to invest in.
sad days indeed
and lol @ homohawk
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