Have you ever wondered why commercials sound louder than your favorite TV shows? Or why you have to adjust the playback volume on your television when switching between channels? Because of this, ...

Getting your tracks loud without distortion is all about balance — from smart gain staging to precise compression and limiting. By understanding how to control peaks, manage dynamics, and normalize ...

This is part of a continuing series of occasional articles about basic broadcast concepts for new LPFM broadcasters and others who may be unfamiliar with industry terminology and practices. It’s not ...

Spotify Premium users can dramatically improve audio by adjusting a few often‑ignored settings. From raising streaming bitrate to fine‑tuning EQ and rethinking volume normalization, these tweaks ...

Enhance your Spotify experience by tweaking these six settings: switch to Very High streaming/download quality for crisp audio, disable volume normalization for authentic sound, enable crossfade for ...

I'm working late and rocking out to Motown. But man, the levels of music from the 60's to now is so different, by a lot. Tunes from the 60's playback at half the level of ones recorded recently. The ...

During a meeting in Norway in February, DAB/DAB+ content providers in the country agreed on a mutual loudness normalization level. The broadcasters chose –15 LUFS as a preliminary target level (as ...