glossary
Album loudness is about relationships between songs, not one fixed number for every track.
Album loudness describes how songs sit next to each other across an EP, album, or playlist-style release. The goal is a coherent listening arc rather than forcing every track to the same integrated LUFS.
A sparse ballad and a dense club track may need different readings to feel equally intentional.
Check loudness, true peak, and tonal balance while moving from one song to the next. Transitions reveal level jumps that isolated measurements can hide.
Short-term loudness is useful around intros, first choruses, and endings because those moments shape the listener's sense of continuity.
After individual masters feel right, run a full sequence pass and note integrated loudness, loudness range, and peak margin for every track.
Meter Core keeps LUFS and peak readings visible so release-level decisions stay tied to both numbers and musical flow.