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manducator

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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2016, 01:53:44 pm »
Damn, all these meters are pricy?

Isn't there a freeware (64-bit) option?

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I found these, thanks to kvr, not tested myself:

http://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/dpmeter.html
http://www.mzuther.de/en/software/trakmeter/
https://www.audiocation.de/en/plugin (AC-R128 plugin)
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2016, 07:22:31 pm »
Funny part is, there is bunch of test materials somewhere released by EBU manufacturers can test their meters by. I tried to run them through Melda's meter and only one of them had like 0.1 lufs difference ... so I'd call it pretty compilant for a freeware meter. Of course RTW, TC or Waves one's are probably totally exact. ...but to me they are not worth the fortune. :)
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2016, 10:02:41 pm »
Quote from: ZUDDOX on February 26, 2016, 11:25:57 am
Loudness Wars is pretty dumb anyways, it's the song that matters. Loudness doesn't make a badly written song any better.

No, but loudness makes things stand out in our increasingly loud world we live in today.

Quote from: FarleyCZ on February 26, 2016, 08:59:38 am
May be that's the reason Marrow Machines heard about it on college campus. They probably try to teach it to people oficially now. :)

I asked the engineer "how should i prepare my audio for radio?", and that was his response. last thing i need is the guy working me to get pissed lol.
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2016, 01:03:06 am »
Quote from: Marrow Machines on February 26, 2016, 10:02:41 pm
I asked the engineer "how should i prepare my audio for radio?", and that was his response. last thing i need is the guy working me to get pissed lol.
Naaaah, he ment it good. ...and yeah, you'd probably make some radio engineer somewhere a bit happy by R128 compilance, but imho still not worth the effort. Not so much the effort with the measuring itself. That's easy. It's not worth the effort of explaining people why you have two different mix/masters to do. :)
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2016, 08:29:16 am »
Quote from: manducator on February 26, 2016, 01:53:44 pm
Damn, all these meters are pricy?

Isn't there a freeware (64-bit) option?

EDIT:

I found these, thanks to kvr, not tested myself:

http://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/dpmeter.html
http://www.mzuther.de/en/software/trakmeter/
https://www.audiocation.de/en/plugin (AC-R128 plugin)
Hey, nice find! Thanks for this :)
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2016, 08:38:41 am »
Quote from: Marrow Machines on February 26, 2016, 10:02:41 pm
No, but loudness makes things stand out in our increasingly loud world we live in today.
What does that say about us, really ;D I think we've all been there, driving our tracks up to DR3 just to sound "competitive". Unfortunately, all this does in the long run is create songs like this:

Loud Song, Badly Written

Loud but not in a good way? ;D
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2016, 08:52:27 am »
Damn, some things just can't be unseen... :D
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2016, 10:06:24 am »
Quote from: FarleyCZ on February 28, 2016, 08:52:27 am
Damn, some things just can't be unseen... :D
;D Sorry!
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2016, 06:03:29 pm »
Quote from: ZUDDOX on February 28, 2016, 08:38:41 am
Quote from: Marrow Machines on February 26, 2016, 10:02:41 pm
No, but loudness makes things stand out in our increasingly loud world we live in today.
What does that say about us, really ;D I think we've all been there, driving our tracks up to DR3 just to sound "competitive". Unfortunately, all this does in the long run is create songs like this:

Loud Song, Badly Written

Loud but not in a good way? ;D

no i literally mean it's a loud world, and if you want music to cut through it's almost good to have our tunes as loud as possible.

i've never used a dr3 meter but then i don't know what that is. i think it's a special plug in measurement.

Music isn't a sit down and listen sort of activity any more as much as it once was. Today it seems to be more of a back drop to the conversation, the internet surfing, even the friggin live shows to an extent.
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Re: Loudness metering
« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2016, 06:59:26 pm »
Quote from: Marrow Machines on February 28, 2016, 06:03:29 pm
Music isn't a sit down and listen sort of activity any more as much as it once was. Today it seems to be more of a back drop to the conversation, the internet surfing, even the friggin live shows to an extent.
Right. On. Kind of OT here, but it's exactly as you say. ...and that I think is sad. Usual listener isn't instructed to enjoy it. ...so he usually ends up "consuming" the music.
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