Matt Davis
@mattdavis808.bsky.social
Mastering Engineer, Acoustician, Founder of Reference Sessions, Virulent Shitposter
https://haciendamastering.com
https://haciendamastering.com
so we can get more objective about loudness related decisions and better describe the curvewe're perceiving in our heads. The parameters for this stuff are very well established, why doesn't this exist yet? Somebody go make this already and get rich.
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
so we can get more objective about loudness related decisions and better describe the curvewe're perceiving in our heads. The parameters for this stuff are very well established, why doesn't this exist yet? Somebody go make this already and get rich.
to more accurately describe the actual perceived loudness of a recording. I feel like someone should create a "critical band" based meter which approximates our psychoacoustic tendency to shift critical band center frequencies to target the loudest frequency components...
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
to more accurately describe the actual perceived loudness of a recording. I feel like someone should create a "critical band" based meter which approximates our psychoacoustic tendency to shift critical band center frequencies to target the loudest frequency components...
and a crappy high shelf above 1k, in an attempt to approximate perceptual loudness as we perceive it. I understand a sone meter would require too much DSP to be integrated as a standard into distribution and whatnot, but that doesn't stop its application in studios...
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
and a crappy high shelf above 1k, in an attempt to approximate perceptual loudness as we perceive it. I understand a sone meter would require too much DSP to be integrated as a standard into distribution and whatnot, but that doesn't stop its application in studios...
but I don't see why it couldn't be scaled to describe the loudness of a mix or master in the digital realm.
It uses different weightings for each critical band, as opposed to the LUFS meter which is only weighted via a highpass above the bass range (lol)...
It uses different weightings for each critical band, as opposed to the LUFS meter which is only weighted via a highpass above the bass range (lol)...
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
but I don't see why it couldn't be scaled to describe the loudness of a mix or master in the digital realm.
It uses different weightings for each critical band, as opposed to the LUFS meter which is only weighted via a highpass above the bass range (lol)...
It uses different weightings for each critical band, as opposed to the LUFS meter which is only weighted via a highpass above the bass range (lol)...
Quick question, why the fuck aren't we using sone/critical band meters instead of LUFS/Crest/RMS meters to describe the "loudness" of a given piece of music? I understand that the sone scale was meant to describe acoustic loudness as opposed to electronic loudness...
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Quick question, why the fuck aren't we using sone/critical band meters instead of LUFS/Crest/RMS meters to describe the "loudness" of a given piece of music? I understand that the sone scale was meant to describe acoustic loudness as opposed to electronic loudness...
After quitting my job and becoming fully feral I will be dedicating most of my time to porting Reaper to Red Star OS.
August 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
After quitting my job and becoming fully feral I will be dedicating most of my time to porting Reaper to Red Star OS.
If you have a cat named bitwig I'm gonna bug out.
July 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you have a cat named bitwig I'm gonna bug out.
Reposted by Matt Davis
In the middle of an abandoned city, a decommissioned robot sits quietly among the ruins. It’s screen flickers with the last echoes of the old world, a witness to all the moments lost.
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My 2nd EP ‘All the Moments Lost’ is out now on Soundcloud & Bandcamp!
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Mastering by @mattdavis808.bsky.social
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My 2nd EP ‘All the Moments Lost’ is out now on Soundcloud & Bandcamp!
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Mastering by @mattdavis808.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In the middle of an abandoned city, a decommissioned robot sits quietly among the ruins. It’s screen flickers with the last echoes of the old world, a witness to all the moments lost.
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My 2nd EP ‘All the Moments Lost’ is out now on Soundcloud & Bandcamp!
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Mastering by @mattdavis808.bsky.social
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My 2nd EP ‘All the Moments Lost’ is out now on Soundcloud & Bandcamp!
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Mastering by @mattdavis808.bsky.social
Fennel is a very nice name for a cat.
June 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fennel is a very nice name for a cat.
My unsanctioned human tests studying infrasonic exposure on people around the studio have been getting less ethical lately.
May 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My unsanctioned human tests studying infrasonic exposure on people around the studio have been getting less ethical lately.
New FOH Concept: Using a dedicated CDJ's midi out as a controller for dynamic EQ settings. You want to talk about FOH DJing, I'll show you some FOH DJing.
May 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New FOH Concept: Using a dedicated CDJ's midi out as a controller for dynamic EQ settings. You want to talk about FOH DJing, I'll show you some FOH DJing.
Frantically plugging headphones into laptop like it's an emergency rn.
April 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Frantically plugging headphones into laptop like it's an emergency rn.
Ok that's all the blessing I need
April 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ok that's all the blessing I need
How bad would y'all judge me if I got an Owens Corning tattoo? #acoustics
April 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
How bad would y'all judge me if I got an Owens Corning tattoo? #acoustics
""I no longer have a manager, I cannot be managed." -Ye" -Matt Davis
April 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
""I no longer have a manager, I cannot be managed." -Ye" -Matt Davis
I make sure something clips and it sounds good.
April 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I make sure something clips and it sounds good.
Gotta love RFK saying autistics don't have to pay taxes...the fucking day after tax day.
April 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Gotta love RFK saying autistics don't have to pay taxes...the fucking day after tax day.
Mine are set to heavy bedding I think.
March 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Mine are set to heavy bedding I think.
They're somehow incredibly intuitive, but also have one brain cell rattling around in there like a ping pong ball in a clothes dryer.
March 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
They're somehow incredibly intuitive, but also have one brain cell rattling around in there like a ping pong ball in a clothes dryer.
But would ultimate truth ever come in the form of something heavily marketed by podcasters/youtubers? Think about the type of things that get heavily marketed by them and how plenty of those things end up.
Idk, nobody is neutral anymore, there’s way too much to gain out there.
Idk, nobody is neutral anymore, there’s way too much to gain out there.
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
But would ultimate truth ever come in the form of something heavily marketed by podcasters/youtubers? Think about the type of things that get heavily marketed by them and how plenty of those things end up.
Idk, nobody is neutral anymore, there’s way too much to gain out there.
Idk, nobody is neutral anymore, there’s way too much to gain out there.
Anybody else think ground.news might be a psyop? Im wary of anyone claiming to be neutral right now, bilaterally.
I feel like there’s an AI driven pursuit towards universal truth and the reality of what the hell is actually going on in the world right now.
I feel like there’s an AI driven pursuit towards universal truth and the reality of what the hell is actually going on in the world right now.
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Anybody else think ground.news might be a psyop? Im wary of anyone claiming to be neutral right now, bilaterally.
I feel like there’s an AI driven pursuit towards universal truth and the reality of what the hell is actually going on in the world right now.
I feel like there’s an AI driven pursuit towards universal truth and the reality of what the hell is actually going on in the world right now.