Will your music be turned down by online streaming services? That’s the question Loudness Penalty has answered since day one — and it’s still the question Loudness Penalty 2 answers. Insert the plugin on your master, press play, and see exactly how much each service will turn your track up or down.
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Dynameter 2 has been reviewed in the April 2026 issue of Sound On Sound by Matt Houghton. We’re pleased to share some highlights from the review.
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What loudness should you aim for when releasing music online? As loud as possible? As dynamic as possible? -14 LUFS? Everyone is always asking for the perfect number.
But here’s the trick - there is no answer. The best solution instead is to simply master the music to sound as good as possible…
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We’ve been saying it was coming for years, and it finally happened!
Apple has updated their Sound Check loudness normalization algorithm to use LUFS, and enabled it by default on new iOS devices and Macs. But why is this so important?
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The title says it all, really - Spotify is one of the few streaming services to actually boost the loudness of quieter songs when normalizing, and until recently it was the only one to use a limiter to avoid clipping when it did this.
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