TL;DR — It's -16. They should be at -16. For a long time, digital news segments were something of an afterthought. The process was simple: cut them from a broadcast, turn them into an MP3, get them up ...

The author is senior technologist at NPR Labs. A new form of audio measurement is poised to invade North American control rooms and studios: loudness-based metering. It is one of the most fundamental ...

Internet audio streaming and on-demand playback have become ubiquitous, both in consumer media and professional audio applications. Today, it is a $10 billion industry. Despite this popularity, the ...

Find out how the loudness rules have changed after the 'loudness wars' of the '00s, and how you can mix and master accordingly When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...