RackAddict
Previous handle "Djenter"
Im fairly new to mastering ive just finished a bunch of courses on production and mixing and starting up some mastering course. I know a good mix helps maximize loudness and not just the mastering, but does anyone know why hip hop, pop, and electronic songs sound louder than metal ones do on youtube? Ive compared everything from the loudest tracks i could find like Deftones Diamond Eyes and Ramstein Sonne and all the way to a bunch of hip hop and electronic and pop and it seems that the metal selections are not as percievably loud. is there something limiting headroom? Or is sidechain compression used less in the rock and metal genres than the more electronic genres?