Less Meter, free
Loudness metering for streaming, club and broadcast
Less Meter reads loudness, true peak, correlation and spectrum in one window. Targets cover the streaming and broadcast standards, plus two MixLess presets for playback that is not normalised, club at -8 and festival at -6: starting points, not standards. A normalization preview shows what each platform will do to your level.
What it does
EBU R128 loudness
Momentary, short term and integrated with histogram gating, plus loudness range.
True peak per BS.1770-4
Inter-sample peaks measured, with an over log that lists when and by how much.
Normalization preview
The readout says what the selected platform will turn your track down by, and the true peak after it does.
Reference A/B
Drop an audio file onto the window and its spectrum overlays yours as a dashed curve.
Correlation, balance, goniometer
Mono compatibility at a glance, next to the numbers.
Measured
The analysis path is a sample-exact passthrough, verified by test: what comes out is bit for bit what went in. A -23 dBFS sine reads -23.0 LUFS.
| Analysis path | sample exact passthrough, verified by test |
|---|---|
| Calibration | a -23 dBFS sine reads -23.0 LUFS |
Specifications
| Formats | AU, VST3 |
|---|---|
| Latency | 0 samples |
| Standards | EBU R128, BS.1770-4 |
| Targets | streaming, broadcast, MixLess presets club -8 and festival -6 |
| Signal path | sample-exact passthrough |
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