<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Kevin<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Bob Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bobkatz@digido.com" target="_blank">bobkatz@digido.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Please stress that -14 LUFS is a start but it's just a start,
because -14 LUFS is too high for music unless:<br></p>
<p>a) it's for the loudest track in an album and they're doing album
normalization</p>
<p>b) limiting has to be removed (not sure if spotify has done that
or not)</p>
<p>c) no upward normalization if it would cause clipping<br>
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