← All four functions

Does my master compete?

Against a record you choose. Two columns and a delta — never a number on its own, because −8.2 LUFS means nothing until the reference is beside it.

Seconds ·free ·needs a reference track
First, the trap

Match the loudness, or measure the wrong thing.

Compare a −6 LUFS master against a −12 LUFS reference and you measure the gain difference, then call it tone. Watch it come out.

Your master The reference as they arrive
The scorecard

Four pairs and a delta. No grade.

A single mark would need weights, and weights are a judgement, not a measurement. These deltas are measured; a score built on top of them would not be.

Close — except in the low end.

Three of the four hold inside tolerance. The low end is the one that separates this master from the reference, and it is the one to work on. That sentence is not a summary of a score — it is what the rows below say, counted. Every tolerance that decides a verdict is printed beside it, so you can disagree with the one you disagree with.

yoursreference deltaverdict
Tone, at matched loudness 2.1 dBclose mean absolute 1/3-octave delta · tolerance 6.0 dB · the curve above is this row
Dynamics 6.8 LU8.1 LU −1.3 LUclose loudness range · tolerance 3.0 LU
Stereo width −7.2 dB−6.1 dB −1.1 dBclose side versus mid, compared per band · tolerance 3.0 dB
Low end, under 120 Hz −7.4 dB−9.5 dB +2.1 dBoff energy relative to programme · tolerance 1.5 dB

This page is an example, not a measurement. The tolerance shown for tone is the one the code uses; the pairs are from a comparison we ran to build this screen. Yours will be your own.