From 8f77951b962fb76c9fc0ab17cf1d8e68f790be34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cassie <me@cassie.ink>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:19:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2025-07-25 00:19:37

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 content/posts/FX chains by the utterly inept.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/posts/FX chains by the utterly inept.md b/content/posts/FX chains by the utterly inept.md
index 85467fb..35fc5e8 100644
--- a/content/posts/FX chains by the utterly inept.md	
+++ b/content/posts/FX chains by the utterly inept.md	
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ Target LKFS: -19
 
 {{<audio src="https://cdn.cassie.ink/audio/2025/fxchainexample-11.mp3" caption="Final processed audio" >}}
 
+And here's the raw audio again, just for the sake of comparison:
+
+{{<audio src="https://cdn.cassie.ink/audio/2025/fxchainexample-1.mp3" caption="Raw Audio" >}}
+
 This last export measures at -18.8 LUFS with a peak of -1.0 dB and an LRA of 3.6. Nobody is going to cry about ± 0.2 LUFS, so I'm happy with what I have. However, if you want to be really sure, you can use the **Normalize/fade option** when you render your final export in Reaper; after Reaper finishes processing your final, it will apply a final boost to get to your target LUFS. In my experience, this works fine, but I'd rather do the loudness targeting on my own.
 
 # Please be aware that I have absolutely no fucking clue what I'm doing, ever.