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21 MASTER X HD User Manual
7.4.4 Compress-O-Meter - Master Analyser
TC Electronic has launched a free on-line service at the following address:
https://nalizer.com/analyzer
This analyzer can help you investigate and decide the suitable loudness level
and amount of dynamics processing for your music, when you compare it to your
preferred reference tracks, or pre-analyzed giant hits through the history.
A central part of this service is the Compress-O-Meter:
The X-axis is the amount of Dynamic Compression. It is unit-less, so you should
not add “dB”, “ratio”, or similar, when thinking about it.
The Dynamic Compression is based on the track’s Peak-to-Loudness (PLR) value
and a measurement of the micro-dynamics of the track.
• • Very dynamic music with lots of transients and loud and soft passages,
will have a low Dynamic Compression value, to the left in the Compress-
O-Meter.
• • Very dense music with little transients, will have a high Dynamic
Compression value and show up to the right.
The Y-axis is the full track Loudness value, shown in LUFS (Loudness Units Full
Scale).
7.4.5 Modern Mastering
Another highly-relevant combination of processing can be carried out with
MASTER X HD and the TC Electronic BRICKWALL HD limiter in series, as the last
step before bouncing your mix or master.
The BRICKWALL HD will add True-Peak limiting and Loudness awareness to your
chain, which will ensure a solid master audio le that will comply with any play
back system or streaming service.
There are suitable presets “pairs” located in the Preset menus of the two plug-ins
as an aid to using the two plug-ins together.