The Loudness Practice

Understanding Loudness Part 6 - Using Loudness Meters For Music And Post Production We are seeing loudness normalisation in more workflows, not just broadcast audio but music streaming services, too. There is a wide range of Loudness meters out there now, and we thought it would be helpful to provide a round-up of the different options that are now available. We know it is not completely exhaustive, but it covers the main players in the loudness meter plug-in sector. https://lnkd.in/eJ_Y96PQ #loudness #audiopost #audioproduction

Understanding Loudness Part 5 - Preparing Content For Music Streaming Services As a follow-up on Mike’s Understanding Loudness tutorial series, which is now free, in this article, Mike covers loudness for music streaming services, including loudness normalisation, album normalisation and how to prepare music tracks for music streaming services, with three free tutorials. https://lnkd.in/e9mu8imH #audiopost #audioproduction #loudness

Understanding Loudness Part 4 - Creating Loudness Compliant Mixes For Broadcast And Netflix. In part four of a free six-part tutorial series, Mike Thornton shares some tips and tricks for mixing to the loudness standards. He explains the importance of ‘loudness planning’ before ending with some specific tips and tricks for mixing short-form content like adverts and promos. Mike then looks at the changes needed to mix content for Netflix. https://lnkd.in/dAa2bBYQ #audiopost #audioproduction #loudness

Understanding Loudness Part 3 - Calibrating Your Monitors In part three of a free tutorial series, Mike Thornton covers how to calibrate your monitors. We look at how monitoring should be configured and provide an explanation of bass management and what your sub should be doing before moving on to a practical demonstration of how to calibrate your monitoring with a sound pressure meter. https://lnkd.in/eTMu673H #loudness #audioproduction #audiopost #audiopostproduction

Reversioning Audio Content For Multiple Loudness Delivery Specs There is a growing need to be able to reversion mixed content to deliver it on a variety of different platforms, often with different delivery specifications. In this article, loudness guru Mike Thornton takes you through the issues, challenges and a range of solutions. https://lnkd.in/enq-Av7B #loudness #audio #audioproduction #audiopost #audiopostproduction #streamingmedia

In part two of a free four-part tutorial series, loudness expert Mike Thornton covers the development of one loudness standard. We explore how we arrived at a loudness measurement algorithm that works just like our ears and the various criteria we use to define and guide us when working to the new loudness delivery specifications. https://lnkd.in/e8WAN8nw #loudness #audioproduction #audiopostproduction #audiopost

Understanding Loudness Part 1 - Why Do We Need Loudness? Not sure what all this loudness stuff is about and how it affects you? Loudness expert Mike Thornton answers all these questions and many more in his four part premium tutorial series, which is now available for free. In this first part, we clarify what we mean by loudness. https://lnkd.in/egtE22QM #loudness #audioproduction #audiopost #audiopostproduction