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Loudness Normalization? Songs are reading louder than -14LUFS

gilpatr — Sun, 31 May 2020 00:42:42 GMT

I've measured the LUFS on a handful of songs on the Spotify desktop app using the Loudness plugin in Logic and also Izotope's Insight 2, and they are reading at -10LUFS, -12LUFS etc - see attached screenshot. I thought Spotify would normalize them to -14LUFS? I also have the 'Normalize Volume' option ticked in my Spotify Preferences. Can you please confirm if this is true? Why are the songs louder than -14LUFS? I'm in the process of mastering my own album and have been aiming for -14LUFS, assuming Spotify would normalize it if it's louder. Thanks!

Re: Loudness Normalization? Songs are reading louder than -14LUFS

gilpatr — Sun, 31 May 2020 00:53:39 GMT

PS, I have the Volume level set to Normal.

Re: Loudness Normalization? Songs are reading louder than -14LUFS

Xenia — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 13:18:22 GMT

Hey there @gilpatr,

Thanks for reaching out here and welcome to the Community! We're happy to shed some light on the situation.

The loudness of a song depends on how Loudness Normalization relates to the master. This means that some tracks can sound louder than other tracks on Spotify. You can read more about that here.

Hope this answers your question. Let us know if there's anything else you need help with.

Best of luck with the release of your album 🤘

Re: Loudness Normalization? Songs are reading louder than -14LUFS

gilpatr — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 23:43:01 GMT

Hi there,

I'm not really sure if this answers my question. I'm aware of normalization
and more specifically have mastered by album so each song is around -14LUFS.

I have then measured other tracks on Spotify and see many of them are above
-14LUFS (many are -10LUFS etc). Therefore I wanted to see if others could
confirm this is the case and therefore if Spotify actually do normalize to
-14LUFS as they state on their website. If my research is correct and they
do no normalize, I will go ahead and make my album louder (eg to -10LUFS
like I see other similar songs on the platform are). Hope this all makes
sense and you or others have some further insight into the discussion.

Thanks,
Pat

Re: Loudness Normalization? Songs are reading louder than -14LUFS

o_mestre — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:42:57 GMT

have you ever solved the issue? my normalization is broken, too

Re: Loudness Normalization? Songs are reading louder than -14LUFS

Dominique123456 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 23:17:11 GMT

Arlo parks has a few songs that are definitely louder and it’s incredibly annoying because I listen to soft music while baby sleeps and when the volume changes it disturbs the baby!