[MLA] Normalizing on Tidal

[Ian Shepherd]

Excellent news all round ! Do we know what playback reference level Tidal will be using ? [Crosses fingers for -16 LUFS]



> On 25 Feb 2016, at 16:42, Grimm | Eelco <eelco at grimmaudio.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
>> A couple of years ago when Tidal decided to start re-rip all content and make it lossless, I helped them decide which essential level-data about each track to store as metadata. It ended up being peak level and loudness level (per ITU-BS.1770/EBU R128), and now they’re about ready to launch a normalized service.
> 
> That is _great_ news! Good job!
> 
>> On a recent trip to Oslo I suggested they should include a PLR filter, which would also be easy based on the above data. Play criteria could be, for instance, US rock after year 2000 with a PLR higher than 13 dB.
> 
> :-) maybe one day albums will be 'remastered' again, this time with _more_ dynamics. 
> 
>> Some record comapanies, BTW, insert watermarking outside Tidal’s control, and some demand them to only offer the latest version (sigh!) of a given track.
> 
> There's still some work to do...
> 
> Cheers,
> Eelco
> 
> 
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