Measuring Short-Term Loudness Offline

You can record and display the short-term loudness for a defined section only on the loudness track using offline analysis.

Procedure

  1. Select Project > Add Track > Loudness.

    A loudness track is added, and the EBU 128 reference loudness level of -23 LUFS (0 LU) is displayed as a horizontal line in the event display.

  2. Set up the left and right locators to encompass the section that you want to analyze.
  3. In the track list for the loudness track, activate Activate Loudness Calculation.

    By default, loudness calculation is deactivated for performance reasons.

  4. Set up the left and right locators to encompass the section that you want to analyze.
  5. Click Quick Analysis.

Result

The loudness curve is created for the defined section and displayed on the loudness track.