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The Loudness War Has Been Won: Press Release

14 Oct 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2013

THE LAST BATTLE OF THE LOUDNESS WAR HAS BEEN WON
Orlando, Florida: “The debilitating loudness war has finally been won,” said mastering engineer Bob Katz on the eve of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in New York City. The last battle will be over by mid-2014.”

Sounds like it's clipping but all level meters show otherwise. help!

I'm attempting a very simple master with just some EQ, compression and limiting but I've run into a slight problem. Every time I add my limiter to get my track to a good volume, it pops and crackles like the track is clipping. I have a sound metering plugin after each plugin as well as the one on the track itself and nothing is indicating any kind of clipping.