[MLA] Avenged Sevenfold

[Bob Katz]

Guys: It was confirmed by investigators such as Ralph Kessler that 
Spotify is the worst offender both in target and in use of peak 
limiting  :-(


Bob


On 5/3/17 3:35 PM, Ian Shepherd wrote:
>> Spotify uses the ReplayGain algorithm for loudness measurement. It might help to finish the work to update ReplayGain to use BS.1770
> If you can influence that in any way it would be fantastic, Kevin !
>
>> I think Spotify actually uses a lower target level than YouTube. Lower target should help improve normalization.
> Measurements show that YouTube’s overall level is approx. -13 LUFS, whereas Spotify’s is roughly -11 LUFS
>
>> If limiting is in play, that complicates things. I don't think we advocate limiting as part of normalization
> Limiting is certainly being used, a Spotify software engineer told me that years ago.
>
> Ian
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