Understanding How to Loudness Normalize Your Audio for Video

In a previous episode, we covered the difference between volume and loudness and introduced the loudness metrics LUFS and LKFS. In this video, we talk about how to loudness normalize the audio for you videos in conceptual terms with a practical example. For the example, we edit our video and mix the audio in DaVince Resolve and then loudness normalize the audio mix in Izotope RX. But the goal here is to show you the concept so that you can adapt loudness normalization into your workflow.

Please watch part 1 first where we cover what loudness is: https://youtu.be/nOzZKEWJ5wk

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Index:
00:00 Start
00:12 Summary
00:22 Watch the previous video 1st
00:29 We Don’t Have Settings for You
00:43 Edit Your Video
01:05 Clean up Audio Clips
01:34 Mix Your Audio
01:57 Bounce or Export Mix
02:57 Tools for Loudness Normalization
03:50 Measure Loudness and Headroom
05:06 How Much Headroom Do You Need to Hit Your Loudness Target?
06:45 Compress or Level to Make Headroom
08:23 Boost Levels to Your Loudness Target
09:15 Final Cleanup
10:26 Bring Mix Back to Video Editing App
10:32 Export Video With Loudness Normalized Audio
10:54 Other Apps
11:40 Please Buy My Courses