Nugen Audio has introduced its MasterCheck audio plug-in ‘the world’s first loudness tool specifically designed for the music producer’.

MasterCheck is an audio plug-in for professional recording systems such as Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg Cubase, or Ableton Live for music recording, mixing, mastering, compilation, archiving and restoration. MasterCheck is also capable of producing podcasts at optimal loudness levels for dialogue clarity and the listener environment. MasterCheck applies loudness matching and dynamic content analysis, using techniques such as peak-to-loudness ratio (PLR), to compare their audio output with existing productions. The sidechain loudness matching can also be used to audition signal paths without the ‘improvement’ of increased loudness to understand precisely how various effects such as compression can change the sound with no influence from the loudness enhancement.

‘Streaming services such as iTunes Radio, Spotify, and DAB Radio are now using loudness normalisation and true-peak limiting techniques,’ says Nugen Audio founder and Creative Director, Jon Schorah. ‘We designed MasterCheck to empower producers to mix audio to the new criteria and understand not only how algorithms from the major streaming platforms will affect the mix, but how the music will sound on consumer playout devices for the optimal listening experience.’

MasterCheck is available at a suggested retail price of US$129.

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