Sharing Mastering Knowledge

MaximalSound proposes a new service for its loyal customers.
Once created, a VIP account can be fed with units purchased with a volume discount. The VIP offers vary by the amount of purchased units and offered bonuses.

Other benefits:

• Using a VIP account allows simultaneous uploads.
• A single custom page monitors the jobs progress. Downloads and purchases are also done from this custom page.
• The random demo sample is extended to 60 seconds.

The ...

Here are few examples produced by the current version of the MaximalSound algorithm.
The gain corrections required for a constant volume A/B comparison are specified under the "After" player.

Just Friends
Before

After

Correction -6.75 dB

Room 34
Before
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I'm always happy to see people bringing science on the internet. There's so much B.S. mainly propagated by the marketing of audio manufacturers and poorly informed forums.
D/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell (Monty Montgomery @ xiph.org) - YouTube

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After years of improving technical skills, I must admit that marketing is also a key point when running a business.

Few weeks ago FaceBook offered me a one month campaign to promote the MaximalSound FB page. The result was all but great. Most "likes" received were from unqualified people which have only a little relation with music at best. FB is definitely not the best way to promote a business.

The MaximalSound YouTube page ...

A lot a people wants to know the theoretical basis of the MaximalSound algorithm. I've just created a dedicated site which gathers all major papers I used to design the whole process. Don't be afraid by the maths, most ideas can be understood without being a rocket scientist.
mastering.maximalsound.com

Here are the YouTube channel and Facebook page.
Sorry Twitter 140 signs aren't enough for serious communications.
Sorry G+ days only have 24 hours and my hotmail account is very time consuming already.
I don't want my digital social life kills my real life.

At last, the new web site is on line!

• The online algorithm is updated to version 3. This latest development provides an improvement in the low frequencies through a refined psycho-acoustic model for this part of the spectrum.
• Audio files in 32 bit float are now supported in order to eliminate any risk of saturation during mixing in this format.
• The free preview duration is increased by 50%
• The upload page is simplified.
• The site now includes a customer page.

Apart from ...

The video is an attempt to demonstrate the different strategies used to reduce the gain in 4 "modern" limiters.
To make things obvious the limiters have been pushed hard.

If you're interested in testing your limiters using this method, here are the links to the original audio file and the prob waveform.

This paper is a good intruduction to a rational definition of the dynamic range.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep1...s/loudness.htm

A free source of knowledge from a Master.
http://www.digido.com/articles-demos.html

Since 2010, MaximalSound.com offers an online audio optimization service. Based on a proprietary algorithm, this service allows indie productions, small labels and musicians to release their productions with the best technical specifications. Because the processing uses the same pattern as the human hearing, it supports every music genres from metal to hip-hop, from classical to country music.



The limiter section ...