049 - Youlean Loudness Meter & Generating Noise to Calibrate Noise.

I have to turn off my workflow to present this episode on generating noise to demonstrate the concept of Noise floor. So this episode is going to sound very rough. Learn how to generate noise so you can calibrate a noise floor level that's acceptable to you. Also an intro to the Youlean Loudness meter (free version). A great way to measure loudness. And you can use LUFS to determine your noise-floor too. So pick a method that works for you and stick to it. I also use the Youlean meter to make sure my published episodes are at the correct level for mono files (-19LUFS) The Youlean Loudness Meter can be found here: https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/ PRODUCTION NOTES Recording Mic: Zoom LMF-2 Lavalier mic Recording device : Zoom H6 hooked up to a Dell Laptop in mix-minus configuration. (I got some serious RF interference, from the laptop, which I removed. I kept in all the other noise). Recording location: Dining table Recording format: WAV (24 bit mono) Sample rate: 44100Hz Editing app: Audacity Sound Treatment: None (ouch!!!) I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock. Episode art: Canva Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps, stereo, .m4a file