Mix, edit and finish
How to make a song loud enough for Spotify
Ask for “a file ready for streaming”. You get your mix, as you hear it, at −14 LUFS, the loudness streaming services play at, with the measured numbers.
Free: loudness-matched files work on every plan.
What it looks like in the chat
Step by step
- Get the mix sounding right in the player.
- Say “make it ready for streaming”, or name a target.
- Download the file from the card. The chat says the loudness before and after.
Say it your way
Make it ready for streaming.
Bring it to −16 for my podcast.
Club loudness, −9, as a WAV.
Good to know
LUFS is how loudness is measured for streaming, radio and podcasts. Most streaming services play music at about −14 LUFS, podcasts usually sit at −16, and club tracks are much louder, around −9.
Loudness is not mastering: it matches the level, it does not reshape the sound. For a finished master, Studio masters the track. Effects are the one thing that cannot ride a loudness file; the chat offers the effects MP3 instead.
Plan Free: loudness-matched files work on every plan.