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Normalizing with Reaper
« on: August 07, 2024, 02:09:50 PM »
I started using Reaper recently and am getting familiar with it, and I am normalizing my recordings but I'm not sure what is the best setting for them. When I go to normalize, I have multiple options to select from, and I'm not entirely sure which one to use and what they mean, any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Normalizing with Reaper
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2024, 07:21:22 PM »
Reaper has a very robust user forum. Here's a link to some terms that may explain more about what those different things mean - https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=2464004&postcount=7

You probably want to normalize to "peak". I think most tapers are normalizing to peak somewhere between -.1 and -1 db.

LUFS I- means Loudness Units Full Scale and is the perceived loudness of the entire song (or performance, recording). Streaming services like Spotify and Youtube have a limit of -14 for LUFS I nad if you go over that they will adjust it themselves to that standard.
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Re: Normalizing with Reaper
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2024, 10:20:45 PM »
Reaper has a very robust user forum. Here's a link to some terms that may explain more about what those different things mean - https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p=2464004&postcount=7

You probably want to normalize to "peak". I think most tapers are normalizing to peak somewhere between -.1 and -1 db.

LUFS I- means Loudness Units Full Scale and is the perceived loudness of the entire song (or performance, recording). Streaming services like Spotify and Youtube have a limit of -14 for LUFS I nad if you go over that they will adjust it themselves to that standard.

Hmm...I'm getting a lot clipping using either of those settings with those numbers. I'll have a look at the forums you linked, I'm sure I'll figure it out at some point.
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