Lorde - 2025 - Virgin (DR4)
Mastering choice no. 1 Take the already not very dynamic recording (all the drums/percussion are programmed) and throw the full weight of a digital compressor at it. Job done.
Chris Gehringer (main mastering engineer)
Will Quinnell (assistant mastering engineer)
It took two. One to squash the music into the can and the other to get the lid on. Nice work if you can get it.
Lorde - Virgin UNPROCESSED
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR3 -0.20 dB -7.16 dB 01 Hammer.flac
DR3 -0.20 dB -5.05 dB 02 What Was That.flac
DR3 -0.20 dB -4.41 dB 03 Shapeshifter.flac
DR3 -0.20 dB -7.38 dB 04 Man Of The Year.flac
DR3 -0.20 dB -5.39 dB 05 Favourite Daughter.flac
DR4 -0.20 dB -6.62 dB 06 Current Affairs.flac
DR7 -0.20 dB -9.91 dB 07 Clearblue.flac
DR3 -0.20 dB -5.65 dB 08 GRWM.flac
DR4 -0.20 dB -6.25 dB 09 Broken Glass.flac
DR4 -0.20 dB -6.76 dB 10 If She Could See Me Now.flac
DR5 -0.20 dB -9.13 dB 11 David.flac
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Number of Files: 11
Official DR Value: DR4
Lorde - 2025 - Virgin PROCESSED BY HDDAP
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR10 -0.66 dB -14.28 dB 01 Hammer.flac
DR9 -1.35 dB -12.15 dB 02 What Was That.flac
DR9 -0.79 dB -11.51 dB 03 Shapeshifter.flac
DR9 -0.78 dB -14.48 dB 04 Man Of The Year.flac
DR10 -0.54 dB -12.48 dB 05 Favourite Daughter.flac
DR9 -2.35 dB -13.72 dB 06 Current Affairs.flac
DR11 -3.21 dB -17.02 dB 07 Clearblue.flac
DR9 -0.30 dB -12.74 dB 08 GRWM.flac
DR9 -2.58 dB -13.34 dB 09 Broken Glass.flac
DR10 -1.74 dB -13.86 dB 10 If She Could See Me Now.flac
DR11 -0.84 dB -16.18 dB 11 David.flac
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Number of Files: 11
Official DR Value: DR9
That's not mastering, it's being mastered - a pair of cloth ears. Call themselves engineers; they will be redundant shortly when Ozone introduces an AI mastering suite.