If you want to get reference for your mixes, you should definitely use game rips instead. However, I would appreciate your opinion on this matter, what loudness level do you target for your final WAV files, and how do you position yourself in relation to an industry standards like FFXVI ? And if I made a mistake in the way I analyzing these files, can you help me analyze industry standard OST files in the best possible way ? I have different result in my analyses with others games, for example, I buy the soundtrack with games like Journey or Ori, the tracks are much less compressed and at a volume that aligns more with the audio standards that I've been taught, will it be the same with FFXVI ? :Īs Panda said, you are checking out mastered versions instead of so-called 'game rips'. I imported them directly into Ableton without making any changes, and this is what I got.Ĭan you reassure me that it's the download that caused this? I will wait to purchase the digital version of the OST to study the files more closely and use them as a reference, I don't believe these are the files that are sold when you purchase the OST ? I can't believe that the WAV files are compressed to such an extent,Ĭould it be because of the way I obtained the files ? I downloaded them from YouTube, as it was the only place I could find them for now.

I decided to take a look at the waveform of the Final Fantasy XVI Battle Theme, and this is what I found: I already felt that my mixes were quite loud, but compared to the Final Fantasy mixes, they still seem lacking in volume and impact. I wanted to use it as a reference point to gauge the volume and mix of my own tracks. Yesterday, Final Fantasy XVI was released, so I eagerly listened to the OST. I'm a video game composer and I have some questions about audio standards and loudness levels for my music.

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