Loudness issues have been around since the beginning of broadcasting, or at least broadcast advertising, but they were exacerbated by the DTV transition and inconsistent use of the dialnorm metadata.

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The Technology and Production Center Switzerland (tpc) changed its HD playout centre in Zurich to loudness metering according to EBU R128 at the beginning of this year. tpc is relying on a networked ...

The author is senior technologist at NPR Labs. A new form of audio measurement is poised to invade North American control rooms and studios: loudness-based metering. It is one of the most fundamental ...

Orban says the first public beta of its Orban Loudness Meter Software for Windows XP and Vista is available for free download. This is the first in a series of meters for the company. The beta version ...

Unwanted loudness variations within and between broadcast channels have been a source of audience complaints for years. The EBU recently published several documents (including EBU Technical ...

Find out how the loudness rules have changed after the 'loudness wars' of the '00s, and how you can mix and master accordingly When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Masterclass PlugIns Loudness Tools are making their IBC debut. RTW’s standard-format DAW plug-in is the first in a new monitoring product line, initially in VST 2.4 format for Windows and RTAS for ...

With the growth of global loudness standards and regulations, audio loudness has lately been a hot topic in the broader video and media arenas. It might not be as self-evident, but loudness management ...