glossary
Dialogue-gated loudness focuses the reading on speech so voice-led programs are judged by the content that carries meaning.
Dialogue-gated loudness uses a gate or detection rule so the loudness reading follows dialogue instead of being pulled around by music beds, ambience, or silence.
It is useful for podcasts, video, broadcast, and post-production work where intelligible voice is the main reference.
A full-program integrated reading may look reasonable while dialogue still feels too quiet or too loud. Beds, pauses, and effects can change the average without fixing speech balance.
Checking speech-focused loudness keeps the measurement tied to the part listeners need to understand.
Measure dialogue sections with the music and effects in place, then confirm the full export for true peak and integrated loudness.
Meter Core helps keep voice level, peak margin, and final loudness visible while you balance spoken-word material.