EPISODE · Feb 9, 2026 · 2 MIN
Why Your Podcast is Too Quiet (The LUFS Standard Explained)
The "Car Test" Failure:Why podcasts often disappear when competing with road noise.The listener frustration of constantly adjusting volume between different shows.Defining LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale):Peak Volume: Measures the loudest millisecond (irrelevant for perceived loudness).Integrated Loudness: Measures the average energy over the entire episode (crucial for consistency).The Magic Numbers:Stereo Podcasts: Target -16 LUFS.Mono Podcasts: Target -19 LUFS.Tools of the Trade:Manual: Using loudness meters in DAWs like Reaper, Audacity, or Hindenburg.Automated: The "Cheat Code" of using Auphonic or Adobe Audition Match Loudness.The "Set and Forget" Workflow:Why you should apply loudness normalization as the very last step in your production chain, after all EQ and compression.Mark at onpodium.com
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The "Car Test" Failure:Why podcasts often disappear when competing with road noise.The listener frustration of constantly adjusting volume between different shows.Defining LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale):Peak Volume: Measures the loudest millisecond (irrelevant for perceived loudness).Integrated Loudness: Measures the average energy over the entire episode (crucial for consistency).The Magic Numbers:Stereo Podcasts: Target -16 LUFS.Mono Podcasts: Target -19 LUFS.Tools of the Trade:Manual: Using loudness meters in DAWs like Reaper, Audacity, or Hindenburg.Automated: The "Cheat Code" of using Auphonic or Adobe Audition Match Loudness.The "Set and Forget" Workflow:Why you should apply loudness normalization as the very last step in your production chain, after all EQ and compression.Mark at onpodium.com
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