On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:10 AM, David Noble <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I agree with this, the video operator is the one who can easily check
>> the levels being received and so should be aware of the nominal levels
>
>
> This might be a deviation, but I think it might also be a good way of
> improving the audio quality and consistency significantly.
>
> With regards to this specifically, I suggest that some sort of R128
> monitoring be implemented in Voctomix. A really useful example of this is
> in ebumeter(1): http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/ebumeter-doc/
> quickguide.html - it might be interesting to look at how it behaves when
> some previously recorded material is played through it, to get an idea of
> the readings it gives.
>
> The I-value shows the deviation from target loudness - and the operator
> should ideally aim for a value of zero. This is quite a lot easier than
> trying to explain the concepts of loudness in relation to PPM or VU meters.
> If the value is positive, gradually reduce the signal level, if the value
> is negative, increase it.
>
> The remaining risk beyond this is clipping - this can be reduced by using
> a limiter, or a soft-knee compressor before the signal is input into the
> computer.
>
>
Can you add this as an ER?  this seems to be the place:

https://github.com/voc/voctomix/issues/157



> For what it's worth, Nageru implements this form of loudness monitoring
> already.
>

Can you point to the code that implements it?



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