Podcast loudness

I started with “edited.wav”.

The easiest way is to just apply Loudness Normalization and assume that it is correct (it is :wink:)

Unfortunately:

  1. Some LUFs meters don’t work correctly in Audacity
  2. Some LUFs meters handle mono incorrectly (they are often out by around 3 LU).

I don’t think there is a LUFS measuring tool.

Traditionally, Analyze > Contrast could be used to find RMS and RMS is one of the values ACX-Check will give you. No LUFS.

Koz

I can think of a really silly way to measure LUFS in Audacity.

Select the sample. Analyze > Contrast > Foreground and write down the RMS number (or just leave Contrast open).

Loudness Normalization to some approximate LUFS value.

Analyze > Contrast > Background and see if Foreground and Background RMS values match. If they don’t, Edit > UNDO back to Loudness Normalization and choose a different LUFS value. When Loudness Normalization hits the correct LUFS value of the sample, it will do nothing and the two RMS values will match.

[Dusting off hands] Our job here is done.

Koz

For Linux there is ebumeter.

I had to repeat the “edited.wav” a few times to get an accurate level, because the “integrated loudness” measurement needs to measure an average over time.

Ok, I trust audacity and stop.
Last thing, I hope, you started from edited.wav and the apply the workflow. But edited.wav is already edited by me, so is like the workflow is first the mine and then your.