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[Kevin Gross]

The bigger picture here is that there is no comprehensive consensus on
target loudness. Eelco's recent research indicates -14 LUFS can work. Bob's
AES report recommends -16 to -20 LUFS. The EBU and ATSC recommend -23 and
-24 LUFS respectively.

We're not going to be able to agree on a compromise target here. We may
even be able to agree that a compromise is not a good solution. We may be
able to reach specific agreements for specific applications but defining
what constitutes an application and dealing with overlaps between
applications is going to be difficult.

I will continue to stress that we need solutions like Norm-L that let the
listener select the target level and thus bypass the whole issue of target
level selection.

Kevin

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Bob Katz <bobkatz at digido.com> wrote:

> Please stress that -14 LUFS is a start but it's just a start, because -14
> LUFS is too high for music unless:
>
> a) it's for the loudest track in an album and they're doing album
> normalization
>
> b) limiting has to be removed (not sure if spotify has done that or not)
>
> c) no upward normalization if it would cause clipping
>
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