Mastering On Spotify?

[KreepyTeach]

Hey y'all, I been using SoundCloud as a way to get my Songs mastered, but I'm not sure. I feel like they always come out way too LOUD?

It's actually cool to adjust the mastering intensity and style, but I feel like I may be better off skipping the step.

Here are 2 versions of a track. One as a master and the unmastered. Which do you like? Played using a 5420T BTW!

Feelin Off

Elijah Vërt - Guitar/Bass DigiTech Sdrum/GarageBand- Drum patterns

on.soundcloud.com

 

[oneforsorrow]

The mastered version doesn't seem too loud to me. It does seem to lose some dynamics though. I tried to level match them and felt like the unmastered was livelier. It's a dense mix out of the gate and I would lean towards trying to retain as much of the dynamics as possible with a mix that dense. I don't know what the mastering process is on Soundcloud but if it were me, I might forgo it and just try some slight eq and a limiter to see if you could perceived loudness but keep the dynamics.