The lufs loudness units relative to full scale meters in levels are extremely accurate at displaying the perceived loudness of audio material.
Lufs for vinyl master.
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This isn t ideal however as it doesn t take advantage of the full dynamic range of a vinyl.
When possible and if clients want to have a vinyl version of their single or album mastering with more dynamics in mind for vinyl is the right way to go so yes you end up having a more dynamic master for vinyl and a more squashed but hopefully still somewhat dynamic digital master.
Additionally a new standard for peak measurement was created true peak which factors in potential d a conversion artifacts that don t show up on traditional.
It describes loudness without direct absolute reference and therefore describes loudness level differences.
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Loudness units or lu is an additional unit.
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This is a loudness standard designed to enable normalization of audio levels.
Momentary max 7 95 lufs short term max 9 27 lufs integrated 12 09 lufs not really suitable for apple music or spotify and many others i guess.
The new lufs meters used to ensure these levels incorporate additional elements to factor in human loudness perception k weighting filter and varied levels in longer programs.
Lufs loudness units relative to full scale.
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Vinyl master guidelines these are the basic rules to follow when mastering for vinyl.
That said lufs looms large when it comes to delivery signal levels and that makes for lots of confusion.
This one surprised me but i saw it twice just last week and those weren t the first times either.
An integrated lufs of 9 isn t uncommon for a digital master.
So i will redo it an master an integrated 14 lufs for youtube i just might get away with 12 lufs.
Try not to exceed the maximum recommended playing lengths per side as longer playing times will lead to a dramatic decrease in recording level and dynamics.
A little lufs background.
Fortunately the very act of transferring a digital master onto a vinyl record can restore some of the dynamics and transients lost during the original mastering for digital process.
My last master was like this.
The lufs scale sometimes called lkfs though they re exactly the same thing was introduced primarily to outline broadcast standards to keep the perceived volume of the different shows and adverts the same.
For instance the difference between 23 lufs and 18 lufs is 5 lu.
Master to 14 lufs and you ll be fine.
This is called loudness normalisation and.
Most audio metering looks at what s happening right now while while lufs can do that with its short term setting the long term or integrated setting that s most often used looks at a more or less average.
