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with Ian Shepherd and Jon Tidey

The Mastering Show #78 - These Guidelines are NOT for you

October 11th, 2021 BY Jon Tidey - No Comments

The Audio Engineering Society has just released new recommendations for the loudness levels streaming services should distribute their audio at - but they’re not for you and me. 
Having said that, understanding how they work is a powerful tool for predicting what will happen to your music when it's streamed. In this episode we talk about:

  • Who the TD1008 guidelines are for
  • Why they’re needed
  • How they can make normalization more effective (and more musical)
  • Why the numbers are slightly different for speech and music
  • What the numbers are, and why
  • Why you should care

Links

AES TD1008 - Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution
Streaming Loudness – the AES TD1008 Recommendations, and why you should care
TMS #27 - Mastering audio for games
TMS #41 - The problem with loudness normalization – and TIDAL’s solution
TMS #77 – Spotify disable their limiter (and other loudness news)
Loudness Penalty

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