How to set the loudness target (LUFS) for an AI-generated DJ track

Set loudness under 07 · Master & export with the Volume level control. The presets are Club max −6, Club −8 (the default), Festival −10 and Streaming −14, and Custom opens a field that accepts any integer from −20 to −4 LUFS. After the model renders, Club Ready Music measures each take and normalises it to that integrated loudness with a true-peak limiter at −1 dBTP, so the file is as loud as you asked without clipping.

Steps

1. Decide where the track will be played

Club and festival systems have their own limiters and play files back without normalisation, so a loud master counts. Streaming platforms normalise everything to about −14 LUFS, so a loud master is turned down. Pick the target for the main destination; you can render a second version later.

2. Open the Volume level control

In /studio, scroll to 07 · Master & export. The first line is Volume level with a preset dropdown and a numeric field showing the value in LUFS. On the mobile studio the control is on step 4, DJ settings.

3. Choose a preset

• Club max −6: the loudest option. Use for hard techno, big room and bass music where you want the file to compete with commercial masters at full volume.
• Club −8: the default. Loud enough for any club, with a little more transient punch than −6. Right for house, tech house, trance and DnB.
• Festival −10: more dynamics for large systems that add their own limiting.
• Streaming −14: for Spotify-style release, podcasts and radio edits.

4. Or set a custom value

Pick Custom and type a number between −20 and −4. Use −16 for a quiet warm-up tool that sits under a voice, −12 for a dynamic melodic track. Values are whole numbers; a value of 0 or outside the range is corrected to the default −8 or clamped when the track is submitted.

5. Leave the other master toggles on

Mono bass < 120 Hz and Hard start on bar 1 run in the same pass as loudness. Mono bass keeps the sub centred so the limiter is not fighting a wide low end; see mono bass. The true-peak ceiling is fixed at −1 dBTP and is not a setting.

6. Render and compare at matched volume

Press Generate. Both takes are processed to the same target, so when you A/B them in the result panel you are hearing arrangement and sound differences, not level. Download the WAV for the most honest check; the MP3 at 320 kbps is processed from the same audio.

Tips

• Loud is not always better. At −6 LUFS the limiter works hard on a dense mix and transients soften. If the kick feels flat, re-render at −8 or −10.
• Match your crate. If most of your records sit at −7 to −9, choose −8 so the new track needs no gain trim mid-mix.
• Sparse tracks can sound louder than dense ones at the same LUFS. Integrated loudness is an average over the whole track. A long drums-only intro pulls the average down, so the drop may hit harder than a track with no intro at the same number.
• The tag says what you chose. The LUFS target is not in the ID3 tag, but the result panel and crate show it, and the file comment lists BPM and bar counts.
• Re-render for a second destination. The studio keeps your draft, so switching the preset to −14 and pressing Generate makes a streaming version for one more credit.

Common problems

The track sounds quieter than my other records. Check the preset: Streaming −14 is 6 dB under Club −8. Re-render at −8 or −6. Also compare integrated loudness, not peak; a −8 LUFS track will peak at −1 dBTP like everything else.

The drop is crushed or pumping. The target is too high for the material. Drop from −6 to −8 or −10. Hard, dense material with long sub notes suffers most at −6.

The preset shows Custom after I typed a number. That is expected: typing anything other than −6, −8, −10 or −14 switches the dropdown to Custom. The number in the field is what gets used.

Both takes are the same loudness but one feels bigger. Loudness normalisation matches the average level, not the impact. The take with the cleaner low end and sharper transients wins; see choose between takes.