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Normalize audio

Normalize audio online to a standard loudness: −16 LUFS for podcasts and speech, −14 for music streaming, −23 for broadcast, or the loudest point at −1 dB. The whole file is measured first, then made louder or quieter by one amount. Nothing is uploaded: your browser does the measuring.

How to normalize audio to a standard loudness

  1. 1Drop an audio file in, or click to choose one
  2. 2Choose a target under "Bring it to", such as −16 LUFS
  3. 3Click "Normalize" and wait while the file is measured
  4. 4Read how far the loudness moved and save the result
  5. The same recording at the loudness you chose

What happens to your files

  • Nothing is uploaded.Your file is read and processed by your browser, on your own device
  • Measured the standard way.Programme loudness as in ITU-R BS.1770, the measure behind LUFS, taken over the whole file
  • The peaks stay safe.The loudest sample is never pushed past −1 dB, even if the file then ends below the target

What you can do

  • Bring a recording to −16 LUFS (podcasts, speech), −14 LUFS (music streaming) or −23 LUFS (broadcast, EBU R 128)
  • Choose "Loudest point at −1 dB (peak)" to raise or lower the file until its loudest sample sits at −1 dB
  • See what happened in the result: from which loudness to which, in LUFS, and by how many dB
  • Run several recordings through the same target, one after the other, so they play back about equally loud
  • Save in the format the file already has, or as MP3, M4A (AAC), WAV or OGG (Opus)
  • Open MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC and WebM files, and the sound of MP4, MOV and MKV videos

Good to know

  • The whole file moves by one amount. The difference between its loud and quiet parts stays as it was: this is not a compressor
  • A quiet recording with one loud peak may end below the target, because that peak may not pass −1 dB. The tool tells you when it stopped for that reason
  • If the file is already at the target, the tool says so and saves nothing. A mono file is measured as one channel
  • The sound is decoded and encoded again. "Same as the original" keeps the format at a bitrate not below the original's. A FLAC is saved as WAV, which is lossless too
  • It works best in desktop Chrome or Edge. Long WAV files are large, about 10 MB per minute in stereo

Questions

How do I normalize an MP3?

Drop the MP3 in, choose a target under "Bring it to" and click "Normalize". The file is measured, changed as a whole and saved to your device as an MP3 again.

Which LUFS target should I pick?

−16 LUFS is the one for podcasts and speech, −14 LUFS the one for music on streaming services, and −23 LUFS the broadcast standard EBU R 128. If you only want the file as loud as it goes without clipping, pick the peak option.

Why is my file still quieter than the target?

Its loudest sample reached −1 dB before the target was met. The tool stops there, because more would distort that part. This happens with quiet recordings that have a few loud peaks.

Does normalizing even out loud and quiet parts?

No. It makes the whole file louder or quieter by one amount. A whisper stays as far below a shout as it was before.

Is my recording uploaded?

No. Nothing is uploaded. The file is read, measured and processed by your browser, on your own device.

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