The Mastering Show #78 - These guidelines are NOT for you
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The Audio Engineering Society has just released new recommendations for the loudness levels streaming services should distribute their audio at - but they’re not for you and me.
Having said that, understanding how they work is a powerful tool for predicting what will happen to your music when it's streamed. In this episode we talk about:
* Who the TD1008 guidelines are for
* Why they’re needed
* How they can make normalization more effective (and more musical)
* Why the numbers are slightly different for speech and music
* What the numbers are, and why
* Why you should care
Full show notes on our website
http://themasteringshow.com/episode-78
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