[grc] When in doubt, take your eyes off the screen and listen.

[Frieda Werden]

If you use Audacity, your waveform has two indicators.  The dark blue outer
shape of the wave shows decibels, and the light blue inner shape of the
wave is a good indicator of perceivable loudness.  When I produce, I adjust
the light blue waves to similar heights.  To make this possible at a
reasonable dB level, I often use the Hard Limiter function to bring down
transient peaks.  The Audacity audio editing software is free and
open-source.  It is offered off many site, but I recommend only downloading
it from Sourceforge.net   It is cross-platform, with versions for Mac, PC,
and Linux

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Norman Stockwell <normstoc at wort-fm.org>
wrote:

> And this great article from the folks at Transom: <
> http://transom.org/2015/the-audio-producers-guide-to-loudness/>
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:55 AM, GREGG MCVICAR <
> undercurrentsradio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, waveform visuals are misleading when it comes to “perceived
> > loudness.”  At UnderCurrents we’ve been busting our butts to get this
> > right.  It’s not that easy, but a good LUFS meter helps.  Happy to answer
> > any questions.
> >
> > Gregg
> >
> > ________________________
> > Gregg McVicar
> > www.undercurrentsradio.net <http://www.undercurrentsradio.net/>
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 9, 2015, at 10:32 PM, Brian Shiratsuki <settled at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why you’re doing audio levels wrong, and why it really does matter
> > >
> > > By Adam Ragusea | July 14, 2014
> > >
> > > ...An NPR Labs study last year found that a sudden change of just 6
> > > decibels within a program stream sent half of a study group of 40
> > > listeners diving for their volume knobs. Bigger shifts annoyed them so
> > > much that they said they’d turn off the radio entirely...
> > >
> > > [but please don't squash the music too much. lately, most of it is
> > > savagely pre-squashed.]
> > >
> > > <
> >
> http://current.org/2014/07/why-youre-doing-audio-levels-wrong-and-why-it-really-does-matter/
> > >
> > >
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