How do I Find a tracks LUFS level

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How do I Find a tracks LUFS level?

And what would the standard be for a trance/hard trance track that is compressed be?

Many Thanks,

Karl.

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You can normalize the audio to whatever LUFS level you want: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/loudness_normalization.html

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Probably as high as you can get it, though if it is played on a professional broadcast it will be reduced to whatever standard the broadcaster uses.

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Thanks Steve,

Don’t want it to be distorted so wasn’t sure

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How do I Find a tracks LUFS level?

[u]dpMeter 4[/u] works in Audacity.

Don’t want it to be distorted so wasn’t sure

To prevent [u]clipping[/u] keep your peaks to 0dB or less.

After running Loudness Normalization and before exporting, run the Amplify effect. Audacity already knows your peak level and Amplify will default to whatever change is needed for 0dB peaks.

For example, if Amplify defaults to -3dB your peaks are currently +3dB and you have (potential*) clipping. Running Amplify will reduce the volume bringing your peaks down to 0dB so you won’t get clipping. Of course, this will also bring your LUFS level down by 3dB.

If Amplify defaults to a positive level you can cancel the Amplify effect or go-ahead and Amplify.






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  • Audacity itself won’t clip, but regular WAV files, CDs, and analog-to-digital converters are all hard-limited to 0dB.