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Youlean Loudness Meter – MeasurementsExplained

Youlean Loudness Meter – Measurements
Explained

The Loudness Measurements  Momentary Loudness  To the very left of the plugin, you’ll recognize a meter bar similar to those in your DAW (see (1) in  Image 1). This one has LUFS as units. The bar displays the momentary loudness, which is an average over 400 ms.   You...

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How to Analyze Loudness of Live Streams Using iPhone and Mac?

How to Analyze Loudness of Live Streams Using iPhone and Mac?

What will this article teach you?You will learn how to connect your iPhone or iPad to your macOS device in order to analyze audio loudness from your iOS device.What devices can you use?This technique should work with iPhone, or iPad and any macOS device like Macbook...

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How to Hack LUFS Normalization?

How to Hack LUFS Normalization?

Not so long time ago we were at war, well, loudness war. Everybody was competing to sound louder than the others.   You may wonder, why people did such horrible things in the past?! Well, like in all wars, the ultimate goal was profit, money. Louder songs were...

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A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Install Youlean Loudness Meter

A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Install Youlean Loudness Meter

Here you will find a step-by-step guide on how to install Youlean Loudness Meter. This explanation works for both, the FREE and the PRO version, so let's get started.   The installer is the same for the FREE and the PRO version so in both cases you need to visit...

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Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.8 Update

Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.8 Update

This update is a mainly bugfix update, but it fixed some nasty bugs so it is advisable to update if you can. 😉  If you still have any troubles, please let me know! Changelog: Fixed crash when changing audio inputs in standalone APP Fixed not being able to change audio...

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Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.7 RC 2 Update

Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.7 RC 2 Update

Here is the Release Candidate 2 version!  The meter is now fully stable and good to go, however, I will wait a bit before blessing it to become a stable release. 😄 Here are some notable changes:Added native system audio analysis option for APP on macOSI have added an...

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Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.5 BETA Update

Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.5 BETA Update

This should be the last update before the official release, well, I hope so. 😁 This update mainly improved the stability of the meter. I have fixed some crashes; hopefully, they won't pop up this time. In case you missed the latest BETA update announcements, you can...

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Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.3 BETA Update

Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.3 BETA Update

First of all, thank you for recommending the Youlean Loudness Meter! There are a lot of exciting and groundbreaking features added in this update, so let me tell you about the most important ones:Peak MetersThis feature was requested by many of you, and it is finally...

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NEWS – Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.0 BETA Update

NEWS – Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.5.0 BETA Update

New BETA release - Youlean Loudness Meter - V2.5.0What is going onFirst of all, thank you for recommending Youlean Loudness Meter! The meter has grown tremendously over the last couple of years and it is now recognized by all major broadcasting and streaming...

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Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.4.3 update – February 18, 2021

Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.4.3 update – February 18, 2021

Yet another bugfix update... There are a few small improvements though, like adding a warning when the sample rate is not correct for the standalone app.That was the most common issue for the app not measuring the live inputs.Also, I have finally simplified the buffer...

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Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.4.1 update – October 4, 2020

Youlean Loudness Meter – V2.4.1 update – October 4, 2020

Finally, a new update! The focus for this one was on bug fixes and underhood improvements. I am personally most excited about adding support for native Apple Metal and OpenGL rendering. This will finally solve the problems with GUI speed on macOS! One feature that was...

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