Loudness War 2026: Is This Still a Thing, and How Loud Does a Track Actually Need to Be for Streaming Right Now?Published bygearnews.comon •1 min readA decade ago, mastering had one job: get louder than everybody else. Every track had to hit hard the second someone skipped to it, every single had to beat the last one in raw level.Tipsapple musiccompressionDynamicselectronic musicLimiterLoudness NormalizationLoudness WarLUFSMacOSmasteringMastering Pluginmix busspotifyStreamingTrue PeakWindowsSECAppleLearn moreShareLegalReport
