Skip to 2:43 for the actual guide

Thanks for usefull guide! Only one thing to note - when you use Hardlimiter and Radar, in one time, the Radar should be lower, than Hardlimiter in the list of audioeffects. Otherwise it will scan audio without effect of hardlimiter - and you will see same situation, as before.

I have been giving myself a crash course in video making (I am a college tech instructor, and we're online due to covid this fall). Every week I learn that there is some important aspect of video making that I need to learn. Last week it was lighting. This week it is audio. I will need to spend some time with your videos. This one is clear, to the point, and just at the edge of my ability to comprehend.

Great info and love that you're focusing on one of the most important, but most neglected sides of media production.

Good video Oliver. The Hard limiter offers the equivalent of Maxim RT plugin on Avid Media Composer for those looking for this. Just a note - Oliver mentions it in reply to a question further down that it is essential to put the Hard Limiter ABOVE the Loudness radar in the chain for you to see any changes after adjusting it. Set the maximum amplitude to -0.6 on the Hard limiter with Input Boost to 0 initially. Then run the Loudness Radar. Check the result and then adjust the Input Boost to compensate. Run Loudness Radar again to check it's worked. Oh and broadcast LUFS vary from -23 , through -23.5 to -24 in different countries - it's much quieter than web videos. Hope this helps.

This is still current. Thanks for the video.

Such a helpful video. No idea why there's such little info on this topic especially when dealing with typical dialogue and voiceovers. Thank you so much!

Wow that's insane I've never seen that method before when I searched for audio loudness mastering. Keep up the good work and tutorials

NICE. I'm still surprised how many big YT channels that put out videos with wildly low volume audio.

Brother, you need to get back to these! More please! Great content.

Visiting this video a 2nd time. Dude, this is super helpful! Thanks again!

Great tutorial. I have had many issues with the loudness that KZfaq processes on my videos. This is the first concise tutorial I have seen that resolves that problem.

Thanks for this. Very helpful. One thing that's important to mention: the hard limiter needs to be ABOVE the Loudness Radar in the Effect Channel Strip otherwise it's not going to measure it's effect and whatever you do there won't be measured by the Loudness Radar.

I've only been editing my KZfaq videos for 2.5 months and this is by far the best and simplest method I've found for getting your sound perfect before posting to KZfaq. Thanks so much man!

Thanks for this video. I never knew this tool even existed, and it turns out that one of my current videos reads as about -22 for the loudness. I will be making some adjustments.

I knew YT did things to audio but I never knew about the loudness radar. I love learning these new tidbits that make a huge overall impact. I've always relied on mixing it all down and balancing outside of Premiere but these extra features (that probably existed for quite some time) make life much easier to keep it in the project itself. Keep em comin'.

Great explanation. I don't do this very often so have to re-watch each time but it's still spot on. Re. the low volume of some large YT channels - my guess is this is probably legacy of Audio people mixing to Broadcast spec which is etched in stone (-23 LUFS) but Social Media spec which is more word of mouth being -16 LUFS.

Thanks Oliver. I like this explanation as it's easy to follow and it can be done in Premiere. I'm definitely using this in my next video.

Very helpful video. I've used Premiere Pro in the past, but have mostly used DaVinci Resolve Studio for the past 2 years, and it's like I have to learn Premiere all over again. They work totally different, and this video was a big help getting my levels right so KZfaq doesn't normalize them. Thank you!

Dude!! This is fantastic! I've been struggling with the exact issue since I started creating content, and I've been at a complete loss. Today I went through all the steps you laid and damn, what difference! 100% better! Thanks so much! You are a life saver my man!! Keep up the great work!

Thank you for this.

GREAT video, Oliver! Do you have suggestions for a comparable method on M1 machines, now that they've done away with the Loudness Radar plugin? Looks like it's not coming back and been "replaced" with the "Loudness Meter" plugin... but it doesn't seem to work similarly at all. Any suggestions?

The radar was super useful. I assume the new meter works the same, but not as intuitive for the overtime visualization?

Hey really enjoying your tutorials, top notch. Thanks!

Thank you so much 😀🙏🏽☀️

Awesome information! Thanks

Amazing video! Thanks. That stuttering at 6:37 😥 At least I know I'm not the only one who encounters playback stutters in Premiere. That's one reason I might make the jump to DaVinci soon...

An often overlooked topic concerning editing! Thanks for sharing, and keep up the fantastic content!

thanks for the tips

Thanks! Just what I needed to know and very clear.

Forever grateful. Thanks mate! 🙏

great video thanks

doesn't automatching through the "essential sounds" panel do the same thing?

Learning a lot from your videos. Thanks Oliver

Спасибо, Оливер!

Great video! So we have to play through the whole clip to get the LUFS for the whole mix? Can we just export it with the normalization settings instead of using a hard limiter?

I. LOVE. YOU. THANKS!

You sir just saved my life. Thank you thank you thank you!!!! Subscribed.

The man in the video sounds exactly like Dr. Phil, haha thanks!

Hi Oliver, great tip :) Everything´s so simple when you explain it! Greetings from Germany :))

Dang, wish I'd learned how to do this a long time ago! Great tutorial, thanks man!

Great job Oliver and thank you for your amazing explanation

do i have to do this every time?

Radar says I'm at -10.6 LUFS. With limiter applied (-.6 max amplitude and -3.4 input boost) I'm thinking I SHOULD be right at -14 LUFS for you tube but on playing the track again, I'm only at -10.8 LUFS. The loudness radar is set to -14 as target loudness. What am I missing? Edit: I didn't have my hard limiter filter above the loudness radar. Forgot the filters box runs on hierarchy as well

This was amazing! You just leveled me up today! Thank you!

So apparently Loudness Radar is not working with newer macs, any work around?

Great tutorial, immensely helpful! Thanks, Oliver

So this doesn't seem to work any longer on Apple Silicon. Perhaps Loudness Meter will do? Any good replacements?

Thank you very much sir. I really needed that help. ;) Namaste

Hard limiter is where it's at!!

Thank you. Very interesting.

You solved a problem for me. Thank you!

Can anyone help me? How do I know I'm on the MASTER track? On my project, besides the other tracks, it only show a MIX track. And when I click on special it does not show the option for the Loudness Radar. Only the Loudness Meter. Does anyone knows how to solve this? I'm using Premiere Pro Beta. Thank you!

Hi. Why don't you use the "Loudness Normalization" under Effects tab on the export window? Is the last option and it's pretty much the same thing. If you mix everything properly before the export, you will always get a perfect loudness whitout having to play all the sequence all the time just for it.

Does this loudness radar come with premiere pro or we have to be installed separately? is free or a paid one?

Hey Oliver thanks dude great tutorial.

For some reason my loudness radar isn't showing any change after I use the hard limiter, even if I increase it enough to clip or decrease it enough to mute it just shows me 17.2. They're both on the master track.

thanks for help 🙏🏼

At 3:32, you cut to yourself and say "get out of it and double click" but I can't see what you click on.

It also depends how loud your recorded audio is. If it was too low and then you boost it to -16db then you might get way too much background noise.

very helpful tutorial... Thanks 👏

Now to the channel...this was EXACTLY what I was looking for! Def sub and bell!

Ever run into an issue where an exported file doesn't actually export the settings correctly? I've been exporting an MXF with -20DB, everything looks good, sounds good, hit export, then the file it exports ends up playing at -11DB. It's like there's a setting somewhere that's overriding what I put in manually.

Loves the video, learned a really new technique in audio levelling. I also noticed that white headphone cushion/ear pads you had in it, seen man other creators also using them. if you don't mind could link to that product for me please, or at least can I know the product/brand name.

Great information! Thanks!

I can't get past 3:30 because you ask to "open it up by double clicking" but I can't see or figure out what you are double clicking?

Lots of love and blessings!

In premiere it only offers a mix track... no master, is there a way to solve this?

I hope this channel continues to grow... exponentially :D

I use Adobe Premiere v 15 and I can't find Loudness Radar in a Special Effects. There is only Loudness Meter but it's different. Does anybody know where I can get it? Please help!

Have you been as confused about loudness standards as I was?

Thanks and you are the best 👏🏻

What is the diffrence between the hard limiter and the tool dynamics? there is a limiter too

The "disclosure triangle" at 3:14 is missing for me... I have the audio track mixer, but no triangle.

Hi Oliver, thanks for the interesting loudness clip. But I am confused. I tried to change the level exactly as described in the clip but there was NO reaction of the LUFS value up or down. Even if I change the volume of the master track, it is in- or decreasing in my speakers but the LUFS value is going to be the same in the radar...do you have any idea?

So, here's a question: Should that be -14 LUFS for youtube now? :)

but sir why i cant see loudness radar on my prmiere pro 2024

Great video but one mistake: YT does NOT boost your volume if you are too soft. They lower high volume, but if you're too quiet, that's that. They won't increase volume on quiet videos.

i'm trying to just create presets in premiere for my vlog mic so i can drag and drop and get semi decent audio cuz dude i suck. halp.

Hey, my video was at -30,4 LUFS and i boosted master by 14,4 dB and the loudness radar is still at around -30 LUFS, but the video is a lot louder, what's wrong?

None of this videos contain non-essential stuff. This was great too. Btw was the headphone wireless?

i love you

audio master!!! tnx sir!

Thank you...

Another clutch video man!

Dude, great video! Added this stuff to my notes. Excited about stepping up my audio game. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in a straight-forward tutorial. Appreciate you man. Checking out your Patreon and your audio presets.

this is a solid tutorial

You've probably heard this before but you look and sound like the lost Affleck brother. But great video! Subscribed!

This is a great channel!

is this considered as loudness normalization?

The problem for me is that if I go up to -16, I have many peak moments. I don't know what to do. It is so frustrating

Is there a way to make the radar linear and lay in below your timeline so you can exactly see where the audio mix is leveled bad?

Brilliant! Thanks Oliver, that saved my ass.

You're a legend. This is super helpful. Subscribe. Also your voice sounds like a combo of Ben and Casey Affleck. So. There's that. Cheers.

not sure why, but when I double click the loudness radar it doesn't come up on screen.. have I done something wrong? can't seem to get it working. Thanks

Hey bro what numbers would you suggest for film? -24? what would be a good Max Ampli? on average

Спасибо друг! В русскоязычном контенте хуй найдешь такого!!! Мне очень помог!

great video, except ironically terrible music loudness levels ;

Oliver? No, you’re a Gunter or Sven.

Double clicking what? in 2020