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true:level

The metering tool for loudness and dynamics

Loudness and dynamics meter that helps prepare audio for publishing. Check loudness targets and dynamics quickly with clear, intuitive feedback.

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Loudness and dynamics on track

Predefined references and custom reference tracks

Gain productive insights with the help of references

true:level comes with a range of predefined references – including the loudness standards of publishing platforms and dynamic references for different genres. Aiming for these reference values avoids unpleasant surprises when you publish your a mix. To ensure consistency across an entire project, you can load up to 8 reference tracks to compare your mix with.

Unique visualization that provides clarity

Easily find and make the right trade-offs

true:level makes the link between loudness and dynamics of a mix immediately apparent and provides you with a holistic overview of both values. The calculated reference zone is specified either by your chosen loudness and dynamics reference or the custom reference tracks that you’ve uploaded. In case you need a little guidance regarding how to modify your track to bring it within the reference zone, just hit the Level Check. That will provide you with hints as to what actions are needed.

Reliable metering for confident publishing

Focus on readouts that really matter

All displayed readouts as well as their visualizations are designed so that you don’t have to second-guess what you are seeing – or become distracted by too many details. true:level’s key readouts are supported by target indicators, allowing you see if your track is close to the values of your chosen reference.

Monitor all relevant key readout at a glance:

• Loudness [LUFS] – integrated, short-term, momentary
• Loudness Range [LU] – integrated, short-term, momentary
• Dynamics [dB] – based on Peak to Loudness Ratio
• True Peak [dBTP] – using high-resolution oversampling

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What does the loudness reference zone displayed for streaming platforms (like Spotify) tell me?

The loudness reference zone of streaming platforms shows that all LUFS values above a certain minimum value are "ok". This minimum value represents the reference loudness used for loudness normalization by the respective platform. For some in-depth information on loudness normalization for streaming platforms, check out this blog post.

Loudness & Streaming Platforms

Almost all streaming platforms normalize every track to some reference loudness (e.g. -14 LUFS for Spotify). So while it would be a bad idea to sacrifice dynamics to make a track really, really loud that will be turned down later on anyway, making a track louder than the reference is no problem at all.

Yes, it will be turned down – but so is every other track. Every track is normalized to the same perceived loudness level, meaning that no track is louder than another after normalization.

It’s only important not to fall BELOW the reference loudness of a platform. If a track is too quiet it will be turned up - and that can lead to unwanted limiting. That’s why true:level and smart:limit qualify all loudness values above the reference loudness of a streaming platform as good.

Hint: If you want to, you can turn down the track to a certain reference loudness using the linear output gain of smart:limit. But please note that the end result on the platform will not change, since the platforms will also simply linearly turn down the gain. 😉

Loudness Standards

Loudness Standards suggest an actual target loudness (not only a minimum reference loudness). As a consequence, all loudness values above or below the loudness target of a loudness standard are potentially a problem and true:level and smart:limit will show a respective hint.

How is the dynamics value displayed by true:level computed?

true:level is using the median of all measured PSR values (peak to short term loudness ratio) to compute the dynamics. Please check out the following article for more details.

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