This can cause your podcast to be a bit too loud if you're not careful. (Auphonic, though, doesn’t do this.)Īs you can see, Auphonic does NOT account for the mono-stereo discrepancy in loudness by default. In most cases, it knows if you’re making a mono file, and will make changes accordingly.
#Levelator audio software
We’d recommend setting -16 LUFS for everything, and letting your audio mixing software deal with it. Here's a quote from the article I linked above: To see it, hover over the question mark under the "Loudness normalization" option.
I didn't say this in the post because I wanted to keep it short, but it is documented on our upload page. In a nutshell, -19 LUFS for mono audio is equivalent to -16 LUFS for stereo (this article talks about the issue at the bottom of the page).īecause of this, Loudness.fm automatically normalizes mono files to -19 LUFS instead of -16 LUFS. If you stick with Loudness.fm, you've got nothing to worry about. Because I decided to build Loudness.fm specifically for podcasters, I was able to cut away many settings that Auphonic needed to cater to other users-resulting in a cleaner and more intuitive interface. That's why one of my goals for Loudness.fm was to make it as simple to use as possible.
When talking to non-technical podcasters, the main complaint about Auphonic was that the interface was clunky and unintuitive. Loudness.fm is built specifically for podcasters, whereas Auphonic claims to work on podcasts, lecture recordings, movies, and more. We are still in beta after all-let me know if you run into issues! Note that I am actively working my noise reduction algorithm myself. For example, if the host and guest have different background noise, Auphonic may take a noise print from the host's section of audio and try to apply it to the guest's section of audio, which leads to suboptimal results. One thing I noticed about Auphonic is that it sometimes fails to adapt to changing noise. Loudness.fm's noise reduction is often smarter than Auphonic's. However, only Loudness.fm offers silence trimming. Both tools offer loudness normalization, leveling, and noise reduction. Loudness.fm is smart enough to make this distinction automatically whereas Levelator is known to ruin music by attempting to level it out. We shouldn't ruin the song by forcing everything to the same volume. But for music, the artist deliberately makes certain parts of their song quiet and other parts loud. For speech, you generally want to make the quieter parts louder and the louder parts quieter. Levelator's issue is that it makes no distinction between speech and music. Finally, Levelator's algorithm is more hamhanded-it can really destroy music. Levelator also doesn't do noise reduction or silence trimming (which is expected since it's just a loudness correction program). Levelator does not support normalizing the overall loudness to a target like -16 LUFS. Loudness.fm is built specifically for podcasters, whereas Auphonic claims to work on podcasts, lecture recordings, movies, and more.īy catering only to podcasters, I'm able to cut down on the bloat and create a tool that is more simple and intuitive for podcasters to use without sacrificing audio quality. Resources /r/podcasting Wiki Related Subreddits Questions? Posted something that's missing? Ask a mod. Promotional posts for products and services are prohitted unless pre-approved by the moderators. These are okay in comments, when relevant. Links to deals are okay but do not post affiliate links or your for-profit content as new links. While I understand a pat on the back and a word of encouragement is a good thing, it's extraneous to the purpose of the subreddit. Please no kudos threads where you reach a milestone, thank the academy and your agent or another gratuitous congratulatory verbiage as these look suspiciously like a self-promotional post in an attempt to bypass Rule 3. However, if you're looking for feedback, use the Weekly Episode Threads. Starting a discussion about your podcast is okay when it presents a topic for others to join in. Do not post links to your podcast as new links. Please write descriptive titles and posts when starting new threads. We discuss anything related to podcasting, provide promotion and feedback in our Weekly Episode Threads, and offer advice for podcasters of all skill levels. r/podcasting is a subreddit for people who make podcasts.
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