Youlean Loudness Meter is a free plugin that analyzes audio loudness levels and helps audio engineers adhere to loudness standards like EBU R128. It works as a VST, AU, or AAX plugin in most major DAWs.
Youlean Loudness Meter is a free audio plugin developed by Youlean that analyzes and measures the perceived loudness of audio signals. It works as a VST, Audio Units, or AAX plugin within most major digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Reaper, and more.
The main purpose of Youlean Loudness Meter is to help audio engineers measure and control the loudness of their mixes and masters, ensuring they adhere to loudness standards and regulations like EBU R128. It provides detailed, momentary, short-term, and integrated loudness meters in compliance with loudness parameters laid out in those standards.
Key features include loudness meters in multiple scales and standards (LU, LUFS, etc), true peak meters, stereo correlation meters, gain reduction meter, frame rate converter, and more. It also allows customized preset configurations which save a specific metering setup for convenience.
Overall, Youlean Loudness Meter provides an easy way for music producers, audio engineers, podcast editors, video editors, and other content creators to analyze audio loudness within a DAW and ensure their content meets common loudness standards.