Why your Beats Sound WORSE on YouTube and How to Fix Them

Have you uploaded beats to YouTube and they sound worse/quieter than they do in FL Studio? This is due to a concept called Loudness normalization, and it's helpful to understand if you're trying to sell beats online.

The main instrument that tends to lower the volume of beats on YouTube or Spotify is the 808. It helps to play with the mix a bit and test it with LoudnessPenalty.com. This website will help you test your beats before you render, export as a video on PremierePro/Tunes2Tube, upload to YouTube, then test.

After you tweak your 808 and mix your beat, how will it compare to other popular beats already on YouTube? If you use the stats for nerds tool to look at their normalization, most beats tend to be lowered by 1.5 - 7.1 decibels. If you test a part of your beat on LoudnessPenalty and you've only been lowered by 2-4 decibels, you should be good to go. Anything lower than 6 will be fairly noticeable.

0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Loudness Normalization
1:47 - Has this affected you?
2:52 - The BEST way to check
3:48 - Your 808 is the PROBLEM
4:25 - Other beats on YouTube
5:02 - How to Fix the 808