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<p>Dear Eelco:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/7/17 5:42 PM, Grimm | Eelco wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">The majority of pop albums will stay above -20 LUFS for the softest track if the loudest track is at -14 LUFS.
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Eelco, don't get caught trying to use that argument! This is a red
herring. You (we) should never have to mention the softest track in
an album as a "virtue" or even a potential defect! It defuses and
confuses the reader. It defuses this important point: There are
plenty of soft passages in good albums that go well below the
integrated loudness of the entire album. There are plenty of
wonderful-sounding albums with soft songs that are more than 4 dB
below the integrated loudness! <br>
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So it should never be necessary to even discuss the softest track as
a criterion or concern in favor of album normalization. An album has
its "center of gravity" and where that is normalized for the
particular play device is all that needs to be discussed. Once the
skeptics agree that if the center of gravity or the integrated
loudness of the album is loud enough on portable devices that have
limited gain, then our work promoting album normalization is done. <br>
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