A loudness war is taking place from CD mastering to broadcasting. The purpose of this article is to justify and recommend more fitting ways of measuring and controlling the audio level in digital broadcasting than looking at isolated samples or quasi-peak levels.
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The following translations of this document are available. These translations are courtesy of the translaters and hosted by the EBU 'as is'. The official and definitive version is the EBU English version.
Russian version of this Technical Review article [2007] - Special thanks to EBU Member RTR.
