GROOVE METER
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LUFS CHECK
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Choose or drop a file. Measurement runs inside this page only: no upload, no outside requests. WAV / AIFF / MP3 / M4A. Loudness follows ITU-R BS.1770-4; LRA follows EBU Tech 3342.

How to read LUFS, true peak and LRA

Integrated, short-term and momentary LUFS

Integrated is the average loudness of the whole track, with near-silent parts left out. Short-term uses the last 3 seconds and momentary the last 400 ms. It shows the peak short-term and peak momentary values separately.

True peak vs. sample peak

Sample peak is the largest sample value in the file. True peak (dBTP) estimates the waveform peaks between samples, so a file that stays under 0 dBFS as samples can still go over after conversion.

What is LRA?

LRA (Loudness Range) is how much the loudness moves within a track, in LU. A small value means steady; a large one means a wide gap between quiet and loud parts.

How this LUFS meter measures

Audio is weighted with the K-weighting filter of ITU-R BS.1770-4, then gated at an absolute -70 LUFS and a relative -10 LU to get integrated loudness. Everything runs in your browser; the audio never leaves it.

Accuracy

The repository tests check loudness within ±0.1 LU on the six EBU Tech 3341 cases, LRA within ±1 LU on EBU Tech 3342 cases, and true peak within -0.4 / +0.2 dB on Tech 3341 cases.

Streaming reference

Spotify normalizes playback to -14 LUFS. For other services, check their published guidance.

What each service officially says: loudness by streaming service.

To turn a track into a 1080×1920 video, see GROOVE METER.