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The Yulian Loudness Meter, a free tool, is highly beneficial for measuring LUFS values during the mastering process. By accessing this tool, musicians can begin to correlate their music's loudness with industry standards, ensuring their tracks are competitive.
To illustrate this, let’s consider a practical example of mastering a track from an artist named Conway, a recent graduate of a music production course. While analyzing the track, the peak volume and integrated LUFS values can be observed.
Initially, the track sits at -2.3 dB of headroom and -15 LUFS—too quiet for Spotify's ideal level of around -14 LUFS. By applying gain adjustments and looping the loudest parts of the track, the average loudness can be increased while keeping the peak volume stable.