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Audio loudness normalizer

Open Audio loudness normalizer on Happytails.ai. This view has the same page content and links, with explicit tool capabilities. Read the processing notes before using a tool.

Tool capabilities

{
  "id": "audio-loudness-normalizer",
  "category": "media-tools",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "One recording up to 256 MiB and 5 minutes; target -40 to -5 LUFS, ceiling -9 to 0 dB. WAV is read with every sample intact; other formats are decoded by your browser at 48 kHz. Everything is processed on your device and nothing is uploaded. Download: WAV in the source format or the format you choose and a JSON report with loudness and peaks before and after.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "target",
        "label": "Target loudness (LUFS)",
        "value": "-16",
        "type": "number",
        "min": -40,
        "max": -5,
        "step": 0.5
      },
      {
        "key": "ceiling",
        "label": "Peak ceiling (dB)",
        "value": "-1",
        "type": "number",
        "min": -9,
        "max": 0,
        "step": 0.1
      },
      {
        "key": "mode",
        "label": "Peak mode",
        "value": "true",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "true",
          "sample"
        ],
        "labels": {
          "true": "Estimated true peak",
          "sample": "Sample peak"
        }
      },
      {
        "key": "encoding",
        "label": "WAV sample format",
        "value": "match",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "match",
          "pcm16",
          "pcm24",
          "float32"
        ],
        "labels": {
          "match": "Same as source",
          "pcm16": "16-bit PCM",
          "pcm24": "24-bit PCM",
          "float32": "32-bit float"
        }
      }
    ],
    "registrationFamily": "audio-dsp-dynamics-filters",
    "presentation": "metrics",
    "files": true,
    "accept": ".wav,.mp3,.m4a,.aac,.flac,.ogg,.oga,.opus,.webm,audio/*",
    "maxFileBytes": 268435456,
    "input": false,
    "inputErrorCode": "AUDIO_DSP_DYNAMICS_FILTERS_TOO_LONG",
    "note": "Runs locally in your browser. Normalizes one recording up to 5 minutes and 256 MiB.",
    "experience": {
      "automatic": false,
      "single": false,
      "inputMaxLength": 1000000,
      "inputMode": "text",
      "label": "Audio file",
      "placeholder": "Choose a recording",
      "help": "Set a loudness target, then check the measured result. Peak limiting can prevent reaching the target. Up to 1,000,000 characters. Review the settings before running.",
      "helpParts": [
        "Set a loudness target, then check the measured result. Peak limiting can prevent reaching the target.",
        "Up to 1,000,000 characters.",
        "Review the settings before running."
      ],
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "explicit",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "Browser interface",
  "api": null,
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}

Page guide

Adjust a recording toward a target loudness in LUFS, control its peaks, and check the measured loudness after processing.

How to use Audio loudness normalizer
  1. Choose the recording.
  2. Enter the target loudness in LUFS and the peak ceiling.
  3. Choose true peak or sample peak mode.
  4. Normalize, check whether the target was reached and download the WAV.

Useful next steps

One recording up to 256 MiB and 5 minutes; target -40 to -5 LUFS, ceiling -9 to 0 dB. WAV is read with every sample intact; other formats are decoded by your browser at 48 kHz. Everything is processed on your device and nothing is uploaded. Download: WAV in the source format or the format you choose and a JSON report with loudness and peaks before and after.

Measurement

Integrated loudness is measured using K-weighting, 400 ms blocks, and absolute and relative gates from ITU-R BS.1770-4. The gain stage turns the whole file up or down by the difference to your target. This stage preserves relative dynamics; any subsequent peak limiting can change them.

When limiting is needed

If the gain would push the peaks above the ceiling, a look-ahead limiter holds them down. The report says whether the limiter was applied and whether the result is within 0.5 LU of the target. Common targets are -16 LUFS for podcasts and -14 LUFS for music streaming, but check the current guidance of the service you publish to.

Silent files

A recording that is silent or almost silent has no measurable loudness, so it cannot be normalized.