In this week's Free Plugin, we are featuring Youlean Loudness Meter 2, an essential tool for anyone who needs accurate loudness metering, and that’s pretty much everyone is 2023!
What Is Loudness Meter 2?
The Youlean Loudness Meter 2 is a free loudness meter plug-in and unlike some other free loudness meter plug-ins runs on macOS and Windows and supports AAX, VST and AU plug-in formats.
What Youlean Say About Their Loudness Meter Plug-in
Works in almost any DAW - Available in VST2, VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats, Windows and macOS operating systems, Apple Silicon compatible.
Helps you comply with strict loudness requirements for the Film and TV industry.
Helps you get the correct loudness levels for upload to Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and Tidal.
Find out what regulation your country is using and use ITU-R BS.1770-4, EBU R128, ATSC A/85, OP-59, ARIB TR-B32 or AGCOM 219/09/CSP preset to comply with the standard.
Make sure to sound great on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, Tidal or when streaming by using AES loudness preset.
GUI too small or too large? No problem, freely resize or scale the plug-in
If you find graphs too distracting you can always switch to mini mode. Fit precisely for your workflow.
Inspect what exactly is going on with the audio dynamic. Using the peak to short-term loudness algorithm you can detect squashed or not correctly compressed mix.
There are two versions, a Free version and a paid Pro version. here are the differences between the two:
Pro Version - $39
Everything in FREE, plus
Streaming presets
Dynamics graph
PDF, PNG or SVG export
Saving custom presets
Text scaling
Dark and light theme support
A/B save states
Drag & drop analysis
Lifetime FREE updates
30 days money back guarantee
Free Version
Film, TV and Gaming presets
LU, INT, TP, LRA, PLR, DR readouts
Resizing, scaling GUI
Mini view
Custom true peak alert threshold
True peak and loudness graph
Loudness distribution graph
Automatic loudness overdub
Mono, Stereo, and 5.1 channel
Low CPU consumption
Never expires
How Do I Get Youlean Loudness Meter 2?
Go to the Youlean website using the button above and download the appropriate installer.
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 is available for Mac and Windows including Apple Silicon. No iLok required.