Loudness wars, sidechaining etc.

[FSTZ]

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