Hi,
There are still some bizarre things happening in the Offline “Audio Analysis” :
I have a very simple Montage, one working track, one Reference track. The Reference track is -12 LUFS, of that I am sure.
On the Master Section : a FabFilter Pro-L 2 limiter (on the Effects slots or the Final Effects / Dithering slots = same outcome)
1 - First test
Loudness analysis :
Whole Range : Checked
Reference track : Checked
Limiter instantiated on Master section
RESULT :
Track : -11,2 LUFS
Reference : -8,2 LUFS
2 - Second test :
Limiter deactivated
RESULT :
Track : -18,9 LUFS
Reference : -12,0 LUFS
Obviously, the reference track is treated through the Limiter plugin in the first test, and it shows on the progression meter because both go the same speed
On the second test its lightning speed on both tracks/
Normally the Reference track shouldn’t go through the limiter ?!?
BTW, a suggestion I wonder if the reference track shoud not be allowed (optional) to ouput through the playback section of the master section ?
You are right, this is a bug. Note that this is only an issue with the offline analyzer because, as you could hear, the reference track does not go through the master section.
This being said, you would not have this issue if the limiter was inserted in the output section of the audio montage and not in the master section. This is what I recommend you to do.
Hi, thanks for the response,
“if the limiter was inserted in the output section of the audio montage and not in the master section”
Frankly I am not very confortable with using the output section, probably the result of almost 3 decades of using the Master Section !
I also like beeing able to display several plugin windows simultaneously and fixedly. And for me, the Master section is really the final touch in the mastering (SRC, limiter, dither… with settings that vary with the desired outcome (Streaming, full blast for CD and files for listening) I often have two or three tracks when assembling an album, and eventually use the inspector to treat either the track or a clip, but the final comp/lim work is allways common to all tracks.
