Discounted LUFS Meter
The Discounted LUFS Meter is a stripped down version of the LUFS Meter for people on a tight budget. It provides the core loudness measurement features for non-commercial and low revenue commercial purposes.
It's possible to upgrade from the discounted to the full LUFS Meter later.
Supported plug-in formats
- AAX (Pro Tools 10.3.5 or higher) on macOS and Windows
- AAX Audio Suite (Pro Tools 10.3.5 or higher) on macOS and Windows
- Audio Unit on macOS
- VST on macOS, Windows and Linux
- VST3 on macOS and Windows
32 and 64 bit on all plug-in formats.
System requirements
- macOS 10.7 or newer
- Windows XP or newer
- Linux Experimental
Open source at heart
The main loudness measurement algorithm developed by Klangfreund is available for free (GPL).
Help and guidance
The Discounted LUFS Meter is equipped with an interactive help system. Move the mouse over an item and a description for it gets displayed. (Can be disabled with a click on the help text.) An extensive manual is available as well.
Features
LUFS Meter |
Discounted
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For musicians, producers, audio professionals and videographers... |
...using loudness measurement and adjustment for commercial purposes. |
...using loudness measurement and adjustment on non commercial projects. |
Features |
LUFS Meter |
Discounted
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Integrated Loudness Measurement |
✓ | ✓ |
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True peak measurement |
✓ | |
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Momentary Loudness |
✓ | ✓ |
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Maximum Momentary Loudness |
✓ | |
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Short Term Loudness |
✓ | ✓ |
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Maximum Short Term Loudness |
✓ | |
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Loudness Range |
✓ | ✓ |
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Loudness Range Freeze On Silence |
✓ | |
LUFS Meter |
Discounted
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Loudness history graph |
✓ | ✓ |
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Adjustable time for the loudness history graph |
✓ | |
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Fully compliant with international loudness standards |
✓ | |
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Multiple visual regions for the integrated loudness to visualize recommendations and to assist in live broadcasting |
✓ | |
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Integrated loudness difference to target when over target loudness |
✓ | |
LUFS Meter |
Discounted
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Loudness adjustment (manual and automatic) |
✓ | ✓ |
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Threshold for automatic adjustment |
✓ | ✓ |
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Realtime measurement adaption when adjusting loudness |
✓ | ✓ |
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Bit-accurate signal throughput if no gain is applied |
✓ | ✓ |
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Synchronisation of |
unlimited |
up to 6 |
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Synchronisation groups |
32 |
1 |
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Adjustable colours |
✓ | ✓ |
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Presets |
✓ | ✓ |
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Customizable startup setting |
✓ | ✓ |
LUFS Meter |
Discounted
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Support for arbitrary sample rates and bit depths |
✓ | ✓ |
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Mono and stereo |
✓ | ✓ |
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Scalable interface (vector graphics) |
✓ | ✓ |
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Retina display support |
✓ | ✓ |
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Interactive help (mouse-over tooltips) |
✓ | ✓ |
| ✓ | ||
Try it for free
LUFS Meter Demo 2.1.2for macOS LUFS Meter Demo 2.1.2
for Windows LUFS Meter Demo 2.1.2
for Linux
Time-limited
to measurements shorter than one minute.
The discounted as well as the full LUFS Meter can be
evaluated with the demo.