listennext: glue it
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nothing in it yet. this lesson works on a starter loop, and it becomes your song
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Mastering engineers talk about glue: when every part of a track breathes together like one record. Most of that comes from a gentle compressor across the whole mix. It turns the loudest moments down a touch, so everything moves as one. After it, a limiter catches any peaks so the song never clips.