Depends on how you Mix, Rely on your ears if it sound like a turd it will always be a turd
Number crunching wont teach the skills you will need to further develop the art of engineering a good mix
Most are looking at EBU R128 or European Broadcasting Union Recommendation R128 of August 2011 is a set of rules regarding loudness normalisation and permitted maximum level of audio signals during broadcast
if all channels technically comply with current regulations (usually using maximum allowed peak limit of -10dB).Additionally, because audio in movies or live programming usually has relatively wide dynamic range - some parts are quieter, some parts are louder, with considerable lengths of silence or just background music between them, many advertisers and jingle creators found a simple way to exploit the rules by compressing audio in promotional material into almost constantly peaking wall of sound which despite being within allowed maximum decibel peak levels, simply sound much louder when the regular programming switches into commercial break.
To countermeasure this across all European channels EBU has now issued new recommendation (R128), defined new international standard for measuring audio programme loudness (ITU-R BS.1770-2), introduced new measuring units - LU (Loudness Unit) and LUFS (Loudness Unit, referenced to Full Scale) plus new measures of Programme Loudness, Loudness Range and Maximum True Peak Level that must be used to characterise an audio signal in broadcast.
Cheers
Number crunching wont teach the skills you will need to further develop the art of engineering a good mix
Most are looking at EBU R128 or European Broadcasting Union Recommendation R128 of August 2011 is a set of rules regarding loudness normalisation and permitted maximum level of audio signals during broadcast
if all channels technically comply with current regulations (usually using maximum allowed peak limit of -10dB).Additionally, because audio in movies or live programming usually has relatively wide dynamic range - some parts are quieter, some parts are louder, with considerable lengths of silence or just background music between them, many advertisers and jingle creators found a simple way to exploit the rules by compressing audio in promotional material into almost constantly peaking wall of sound which despite being within allowed maximum decibel peak levels, simply sound much louder when the regular programming switches into commercial break.
To countermeasure this across all European channels EBU has now issued new recommendation (R128), defined new international standard for measuring audio programme loudness (ITU-R BS.1770-2), introduced new measuring units - LU (Loudness Unit) and LUFS (Loudness Unit, referenced to Full Scale) plus new measures of Programme Loudness, Loudness Range and Maximum True Peak Level that must be used to characterise an audio signal in broadcast.
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