What are LUFS and why is Spotify/Apple 'limiting' my podcast?

Do you make content with audio?
You may think that you can make your music or sounds as LOUD as you want to, but Spotify, Apple, and most streaming services will change how it sounds. Learn the basics of LUFS and how they affect everything you create!
Presentation starts at 3:20.
"What's the Deal with LUFS" - Created by Finnur Nielsen for Fool & Scholar Productions
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[@NicotineNerves]

Finnur really knows his stuff

[@emc2ct354]

As a listener, this was interesting. I've never had any issues listening to any Fool & Scholar podcast - I always found the balance between atmospheric, background, speaker, effects, and score to be A+, even when I started listening on Spotify. There are definitely some other podcasts I've listened to where I feel like the "limiting" done by the hosting service may have had a negative effect on the music to dialog volume levels. All that to say, keep it up Travis and Kaitlin!

[@FoolScholarProductions]

We will!

[@matthewmelange]

Cool video. It needs more time stamps for the slideshow because I wanted to skip to the reason why LUFS are being limited.

[@EdmundPaddington]

Especially as an occasional amateur podcast maker, that was super interesting! Thank you.

[@FoolScholarProductions]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@karisutcliffe265]

Thabk you for posting this publicly! It helped clarify things for me ❤

[@FoolScholarProductions]

Glad it could help!