[MLA] Spotify’s plans

[Bob Katz]

Even if a master is softer than the highest target it could benefit from 
attenuation to avoid codec clipping. If attenuation to avoid codec 
clipping is their motivation then they could measure the max true peak 
level and decide to attenuate based on that criterion.


Bob



On 11/3/19 6:10 AM, Grimm | Eelco wrote:
>>
>> Why don't they just attenuate every song 3 dB and add metadata.
>>
>
> Because they don’t want to attenuate soft tracks that do not benefit 
> from attenuation. In other words: if your master is softer than the 
> highest target, they will not touch its original audio data.
>
> Cheers,
> Eelco
>>
>>
>> Since they're planning on using metadata all the time in every player 
>> then there's no reason to prenormalize any piece to any target. They 
>> didn't get any advantage anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
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