Less Meter · free

The meter that knows where the track is going

Streaming platforms normalise; clubs and festivals do not. Less Meter carries the targets mainstream meters skip, club at -8 and festival at -6, next to the broadcast and streaming standards, and tells you what the platform will do to your level before you find out from the master.

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Less Meter interface

EBU R128 loudness

Momentary, short term and integrated with histogram gating, plus loudness range.

True peak per BS.1770-4

Inter-sample peaks measured, with an over log that lists when and by how much.

Normalization preview

The readout says what the selected platform will turn your track down by, and the true peak after it does.

Reference A/B

Drop an audio file onto the window and its spectrum overlays yours as a dashed curve.

Correlation, balance, goniometer

Mono compatibility at a glance, next to the numbers.

Specifications
FormatsAU, VST3
Latency0 samples
StandardsEBU R128, BS.1770-4
Targetsstreaming, broadcast, club -8, festival -6
Signal pathsample-exact passthrough
Measured behaviour

The analysis path is a sample-exact passthrough, verified by test: what comes out is bit for bit what went in. A -23 dBFS sine reads -23.0 LUFS.