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