Is my mix too loud for Spotify?

The short answer

Probably not. Spotify plays songs at about -14 LUFS by default, so a louder master is simply turned down. Loud is a style choice, not a mistake. The real questions are what the turn-down does to your song next to others, and whether the loudest peaks will distort after encoding.

Check it in a few minutes

Export the master you would upload. WAV, AIFF or FLAC give exact peaks; MP3, AAC, OGG and Opus work too. Open Aftermix, sign in, drop the file in, pick the genre and choose streaming.

Aftermix tells you in plain words how the song plays on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Tidal and others: fine, or quieter than the songs around it. The integrated LUFS and true-peak numbers sit in the Advanced tab.

Look at the peaks, not just the loudness

True peak catches the peaks between samples that a converter or a lossy encode can push over 0 dB. Aftermix shows true peak, clipped runs and where in the song they happen, so you can go straight to the moment.

Each finding comes with a fix and a preview of the song with it applied. Make the change in your own mix, export again and check the new version. Aftermix shows what changed.

What to know first

You need a Galactrex account. It includes one free check a day; Essential includes 10 a day. Songs can be up to 30 minutes, mono or stereo. The song is decoded and measured on your device, and only the measurements are sent for the verdict.

Platform targets are published or estimated. Treat the numbers as a guide and listen before you change a master.

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