On Sat, 05 Mar 2016 23:50:49 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
Orban, the sound processor people used by just about every radio
station have a desktop sound meter for PC or MAC. One of its meters is
a pretty good perceived loudness meter. Give that a go, and you may
find it tells you what you need to know, even if you then have to make
the changes yourself.

But does that meter look at the entire track before giving a reading? That
appears to be a requirement.

As regards giving an indication of loudness at any one point in time, the
good ol' PPM takes some beating - provided you know how to read it.

No it is more like a PPM dynamic. Several DAW programmes will give an
average level reading for an entire piece, but this doesn't work. I
have tried adjusting two tracks to the exact same average level, and
they still sound completely different in volume. Perceived loudness is
clearly about much more than where the meter needles go.

d

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