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Does Bit or Sample Rate Reduction Affect Loudness Measurements?

February 27, 2013 by Shaun Farley

A few nights ago, I was struck by an idea that hadn't occurred to me previously. I was prepping for a presentation on loudness metering at a game development studio that would take place the following day. It was a question... Would bit rate or sample rate reduction affect the loudness measurement of sounds metered using ITU-R BS.1770? Both are practices common to game … [Read more...]

Loudness and Metering (Part 2)

February 14, 2013 by Varun Nair

Guest contribution by Owen Green [This is the second of a two part series on loudness, mixing, metering and the new ITU loudness spec] The New Loudness Standards, and What They Might Mean for Us Depending on the field in which one worked, standard production practices have tended to be orientated around peak normalisation of material. That is, lining up recordings by their … [Read more...]

Loudness Webinar Recording Available

February 11, 2013 by Shaun Farley

If you missed Saturday's webinar, the recording is now available. Just click here to load it up. We had some reports of audio issues, which appear to be due to the service's compression settings. All of the truly pertinent information is included in the slides that were part of the presentation. So if things get a little difficult to make out sonically, don't fear that … [Read more...]

Free “Loudness Metering” Webinar

January 23, 2013 by Shaun Farley

We're changing the name of the "Film Sound Discussion Group" to Designing Sound Discussion Group, because it's silly to think that we'll never have a live discussion about anything other than film. While I'm on the subject, it's also high time we scheduled the next webchat! As the title of the post suggests, in the next presentation I'll be explaining how, exactly, ITU-R … [Read more...]

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